India, March 13 -- Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday warned those blackmarketing LPG and fuel, saying action will be taken against such elemets. Addressing panic around the LPG crisis, he said those creating fear are exposing themselves and hurting the country. Modi highlighted India's energy security measures, noting that strategic petroleum reserves have grown to over 50 lakh tonnes and household LPG connections have risen from 14 crore in 2014 to 33 crore. He also cited doubled LNG terminals and efforts to shield citizens from the Russia-Ukraine crisis, keeping urea prices at INR 300 despite global costs of INR 3,000 per bag.

Earlier in the day, Union Petroleum Minister Hardeep Singh Puri told the Lok Sabha that India's crude o...