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India to import more kerosene



New Delhi, July 5 (IANS) India will import 60,000 tonnes of kerosene within the next fortnight to bridge the shortfall in the requirements of the public distribution system (PDS), Petroleum Minister Murli Deora said here Wednesday.

'We have instructed the oil marketing companies to import kerosene and build up buffer stocks as there are reports of the shortfall. We should ensure that people do not suffer,' said Deora.

Petroleum Secretary M.S. Srinivasan said the shortfall was due to private refineries not providing adequate supplies.

Alongside attempts to ensure adequate supplies through PDS meant for economically weaker sections, plans were afoot to curb diversion of the subsidised kerosene for adulteration of diesel and petrol, the minister said.

This might see the petroleum ministry pushing the oil companies to put in place a mechanism to check adulteration with the use of markers that make any dilution in purity of kerosene easy to detect, said Srinivasan.

While India needs around 300,000 tonnes of kerosene every quarter for supplies through the PDS, 240,000 tonnes have been imported so far, leading to a shortfall of around 60,000 tonnes.

Unlike petrol and diesel, which are indigenously produced for domestic consumption, India imports a large part of its requirement of kerosene both for the PDS distribution and commercial sale. The annual PDS requirement of kerosene is around 1.2 million tonnes.



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