India unlikely to restrict oil imports from Iran

11 Apr 2013 Evaluate

Clearing the air that India will buy oil from wherever it ‘gets the best deal’, the government has refused to ‘lay down a quota’ for importing oil from any country, including Iran which is facing strict financial sanctions imposed by the UN and the US. On the other hand, India is unwilling to impose restrictions or restrict its oil imports from Iran, and will continue its energy ties with Tehran as long it gets a good deal and logistic support.

The government also cleared that there is no issues between the two countries and the present decline in oil import from Iran is due to the logistics reason. Lack of logistic support, mainly in financing, has over the months created problems for Indian refining companies. However, two Indian insurance companies recently agreeing to provide insurance to the oil imports from Iran have removed a great hurdle in oil imports.

The following western sanctions were aimed at cutting Iran's funding of its contentious nuclear programme. Although, Iran has always maintained that its nuclear programme was for peaceful purposes. Currently, India imports 12% of its oil requirement from Iran, which is the second largest supplier to the country.

On the other hand, the government on the domestic front is working towards securing energy independence for India and has formulated new vision and set ambitious targets to reduce India’s energy dependence on crude oil imports achieving self-sufficiency by 2030.

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