New Delhi, March 15 -- Over the past decade, India has boosted its energy sector through a strategy focused on expanding domestic production, managing the transition to new energy technologies and diversifying global supply partnerships.

Energy sector reforms implemented over the last 11 years have helped the country build stronger safeguards against global supply disruptions while ensuring stable energy availability for a rapidly growing economy.

The approach has been built around three key pillars - boosting domestic alternatives, supporting the transition to cleaner technologies, and widening the country's energy sourcing network.

A major component of this strategy has been the rapid expansion of ethanol blending in petrol.

Although ...