**Executive Summary**
On April 1, 2026, Prime Minister Narendra Modi chaired the second special meeting of the Cabinet Committee on Security (CCS) to review measures mitigating the impact of the ongoing West Asia conflict. The meeting focused on ensuring the stability of essential supplies, diversifying energy sources, and maintaining price controls for food and fertilizers. Key directives include strict enforcement against hoarding and the enhancement of public communication to prevent misinformation.
**Key Points / Main Content**
**Energy and Power Security**
* Diversifying international sources for LPG and LNG procurement to ensure continuous supply.
* Maintaining stable LPG prices for domestic consumers through regular anti-diversion enforcement.
* Exempting gas-based power plants (7-8 GW capacity) from the gas pooling mechanism to ensure power availability.
* Increasing coal rakes to thermal power stations; current coal stocks are deemed adequate for peak summer demands.
**Agricultural Support and Fertilizer Supply**
* Maintaining domestic urea production and coordinating with overseas suppliers for DAP and NPKS.
* Ensuring adequate fertilizer availability for the upcoming Kharif and Rabi seasons.
* Requesting State governments to conduct daily monitoring and raids to curb the black marketing and hoarding of fertilizers.
**Commodity Price Control**
* Establishing Control Rooms for constant monitoring and interaction with States/UTs regarding the prices of food, vegetables, and fruits.
* Strict enforcement of the Essential Commodities Act to ensure retail price stability.
* Implementing interventions across agriculture, MSMEs, shipping, aviation, and logistics to mitigate emerging challenges.
**Logistics and International Coordination**
* Engaging in diplomatic efforts and international initiatives to secure the safe passage of vessels through the Strait of Hormuz.
* Diversifying global supply chains for energy and fertilizers to minimize conflict-related disruptions.
**Information Management**
* Driving proactive measures for real-time communication across central, state, and district levels.
* Ensuring the flow of authentic information to the public to prevent rumor-mongering and misinformation.
**Impact Analysis**
**General Public / Consumers**
**Impact**
Assured availability of essential commodities, stable fuel prices, and consistent power supply during peak months.
**Action Required**
Monitor official channels for authentic information to avoid being misled by rumors or misinformation.
**Farmers and the Agricultural Sector**
**Impact**
Protected from fertilizer shortages for the Kharif and Rabi seasons despite global supply chain pressures.
**Action Required**
Coordinate with state-level distribution points and report any instances of black marketing or hoarding.
**State and UT Governments**
**Impact**
Increased mandate for local market regulation and enforcement of central commodity acts.
**Action Required**
Operate Control Rooms for price monitoring and conduct active raids to prevent the diversion or hoarding of essential goods and fertilizers.
**Relevant Government Departments (Energy, Shipping, Aviation, MSME)**
**Impact**
Necessity to implement sector-specific interventions and diversify procurement sources.
**Action Required**
Take all possible measures to ameliorate problems for citizens and ensure the smooth flow of goods through international corridors like the Strait of Hormuz.
Key Entities Referenced
Cabinet Committee on Security (CCS): The high-level government body responsible for reviewing and directing measures to mitigate the impact of the West Asia conflict on India's essential supplies and economy.
Essential Commodities Act: The primary legislation enforced to monitor price stability and take strict action against hoarding and black marketing of food and essential goods.
West Asia: The geographical region central to the ongoing conflict that necessitates emergency interventions in India's energy, fertilizer, and logistics sectors.
Strait of Hormuz: A strategically critical maritime location central to international initiatives for securing the safe passage of energy and trade vessels.
Prime Minister's Office
PM chairs CCS Meeting to review measures
being taken in the context of ongoing West Asia
Conflict
Interventions across agriculture, fertilizers, shipping, aviation,
logistics and MSMEs to mitigate emerging challenges
discussed
Supply diversification for LPG and LNG, fuel duty reduction
and power sector measures reviewed to ensure stability of
essential supplies
Steps being taken to ensure stable prices of essential
commodities and strict action against hoarding and black-
marketing
Control Rooms set up for constant monitoring and interaction
with States/UTs on prices and enforcement of Essential
Commodities Act
Various efforts being taken to ensure fertilizer supply such as
maintaining Urea Production and coordination with overseas
suppliers for DAP/NPKS supplies
PM assesses availability of critical needs for the common
man
PM discusses availability of fertilisers in the country and
steps being taken to ensure its availability in the Kharif and
Rabi seasons
PM directs that all efforts must be made to safeguard the
citizens from the impact of this conflict
PM underlines the need for timely & smooth flow of authenticinformation to the public to prevent misinformation and
rumour mongering
Enough coal stock exists which shall serve power needs
adequately in coming months
Posted On: 01 APR 2026 10:04PM by PIB Delhi
Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi chaired a special meeting of the Cabinet Committee on Security
(CCS) to review measures taken by various Ministries/Departments and also discussed further initiatives
to be taken in the context of the ongoing West Asia conflict, at 7 Lok Kalyan Marg today. This was the
second special CCS meeting on this issue.
Cabinet Secretary briefed about the action taken to ensure supply of petroleum products, particularly
LNG/LPG, and sufficient power availability. Sources are being diversified for procurement of LPG with
new inflows from different countries. Similarly, Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) is being sourced from
different countries. He further briefed that LPG prices for domestic consumers have remained the same
and Anti-diversion enforcement to curb hoarding and black marketing of LPG is being conducted
regularly.
Initiatives have also been taken to expand Piped Natural Gas connections. Measures like exempting the
gas-based power plants with a capacity of 7-8 GW from gas pooling mechanism and increasing of rake for
positioning more coal at thermal power stations etc. have also been taken to ensure availability of power
during the peak summer months.
Further, interventions proposed to be taken for emerging challenges in various other sectors such as
agriculture, civil aviation, shipping and logistics were also discussed.
Various efforts like maintaining urea production to meet requirements, coordinating with overseas supplies
for DAP/NPKS suppliers are being taken to ensure fertilizer supply. State governments are being
requested to curb black marketing, hoarding, and diversion of fertilizers through daily monitoring, raids,
and strict action.
The retail prices of food commodities have been stable over the past one month. Control Rooms have been
set up for constant monitoring and interaction with States/UTs on prices and enforcement of Essential
Commodities Act. The prices of agricultural products , vegetables and fruits are also being monitored.
Efforts to globally diversify our sources for energy, fertilizers and other supply chains, and international
initiatives for securing safe passage of vessels through the strait of Hormuz and ongoing diplomatic efforts
are being taken.
Enhanced coordination, real-time communication, and proactive measures across central, state, and district
levels to drive effective information dissemination and public awareness amid the evolving crisis is being
undertaken.
Prime Minister assessed the availability of critical needs for the common man. He discussed availability of
fertilisers in the country and steps being taken to ensure its availability in the Kharif and Rabi seasons. He
said that all efforts must be made to safeguard the citizens from the impact of this conflict. Prime Minister
also emphasised smooth flow of authentic information to the public to prevent misinformation and rumour
mongering.
Prime Minister directed all concerned departments to take all possible measures to ameliorate the
problems of citizens and sectors affected by the ongoing global situation.***
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