India, March 18 -- Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Tuesday said the entire 25 per cent increase in India's domestic liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) production is being supplied to households as cooking gas to maintain stable availability.

Speaking in the Rajya Sabha, Sitharaman noted that about 65 per cent of India's LPG consumption is met through imports, with nearly 90 per cent of those shipments passing through the strategically critical Strait of Hormuz. Despite the geopolitical tensions in West Asia, she said the government is ensuring uninterrupted fuel supplies and that there is no energy shortage in the country.

To offset disruptions in imports, domestic refineries have increased output, according to the Ministry of Petrole...