India’s energy security to build on strengthening and expanding infrastructure: Hardeep Puri

Oil Minister Hardeep Singh Puri

India aims to achieve energy security through focusing on strengthening and expanding energy infrastructure in the country, said oil minister Hardeep Singh Puri on August 17.

For a growing India, real freedom means securing energy with its own resources for consumers, the minister said in a post on X.

Puri said 67 million people refuel every day, powered by India’s own energy network, adding that the country is currently the third largest energy consumer in the world.

India’s journey towards energy freedom is powering India’s quest for energy security with focus on strengthening and expanding the energy infrastructure.

67M people refuel daily on India’s network
20% ethanol blending in 2025, saving ₹1.4 lakh Cr in forex and giving our… pic.twitter.com/XbKbQ5osvY

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— Hardeep Singh Puri (@HardeepSPuri) August 17, 2025

Focusing on energy reforms, the oil minister said the ethanol blending programme has saved Rs 1.4 lakh crore in foreign exchange for the country while giving an additional source of income to the farmers as they earned Rs 1.2 lakh crore through the scheme.

Additionally, India has commissioned 113 compressed biogas (CBG) plants, with the production capacity of 775 tonnes per day. The country has over 8,150 compressed natural gas (CNG) stations currently, as compared to 738 stations in 2014. Domestic piped natural gas (PNG) connections stand at 1.5 crore homes, the minister added.