Efforts on to reduce crude oil imports | Pradhan
Steps are being taken to enhance oil and gas production to reduce crude oil imports, which has accounted for 82 per cent of the total domestic consumption this fiscal, said Petroleum and Natural Gas Minister Dharmendra Pradhan, adding that the target is to reduce energy imports by 10 per cent by 2021-22. To reduce imports to meet the energy needs, the government has 'taken several steps to enhance exploration and production of oil and gas in the country,' he told the Lok Sabha.