New Delhi, March 12 -- union Minister for Petroleum and Natural Gas Hardeep Singh Puri on Thursday said there is no shortage of petrol, diesel, and kerosene in the country, and assured that retail outlets across the country are stocked and supply chains for these products are functioning normally.
Speaking in the Lok Sabha on concerns over the energy crisis, Puri said the refineries are operating at high capacity utilisation, adding that in several cases, they are exceeding 100 per cent.
"There is no shortage of petrol, diesel, kerosene, ATF, or fuel oil. The availability of petrol, diesel, aviation, turbine fuel, kerosene and fuel oil is fully assured," he said.
He informed the House that non-Hormuz sourcing has risen to approximately 7...