India, May 27 -- Energy sovereignty on large scale cannot be achieved overnight. It is built steadily through factories, infrastructure, and changing habits - brick by brick, factory by factory, citizen by citizen

Energy is the bedrock of modern economic life. For a country that imports nearly nine out of every ten barrels of the oil it consumes, securing it is not one policy question among others. It is the policy question of the century. India faces it more sharply than most: as the world's third-largest crude importer, with the largest two-wheeler base on the planet and a passenger vehicle market still in its early growth stage, how the country powers its mobility will shape household budgets, the rupee, and its strategic standing for...