**Executive Summary**
On March 22, 2026, Prime Minister Narendra Modi chaired a meeting of the Cabinet Committee on Security (CCS) to review the impact of the ongoing West Asia conflict. The meeting focused on implementing short, medium, and long-term mitigating measures to ensure the availability of essential needs and protect the macro-economic scenario. Key directives include the creation of a dedicated group of Ministers and Secretaries to coordinate a "whole of government" response to the evolving situation.
**Key Points / Main Content**
**Essential Supplies and Energy Security**
* Conducting detailed assessments to ensure food, energy, and fuel security for the general public.
* Maintaining adequate coal stocks at all power plants to prevent electricity shortages across the country.
* Ensuring the availability of essential needs through immediate and long-term counter-measures.
**Agriculture and Industry**
* Assessing fertilizer requirements for the upcoming Kharif season and securing alternate sources to ensure food security.
* Diversifying import sources for critical sectors, including chemicals, pharmaceuticals, petrochemicals, and other industrial areas.
* Developing new export destinations to promote and expand the reach of Indian goods in the near future.
**Governance and Monitoring**
* Establishing a dedicated group of Ministers and Secretaries to facilitate a unified, "whole of government" approach.
* Directing sectoral groups to conduct consultations with all relevant stakeholders before implementing new measures.
* Coordinating with state governments to monitor markets and prevent the black-marketing or hoarding of important commodities.
* Instruction for all government arms to work together to minimize inconvenience to citizens.
**Impact Analysis**
**Central Ministries and Departments**
**Impact**
They are responsible for the multisectoral response covering agriculture, petroleum, MSMEs, shipping, and finance.
**Action Required**
Concerned ministries must prepare and implement proposed measures in the coming days and participate in the newly created dedicated group of Ministers and Secretaries.
**State Governments**
**Impact**
They are tasked with maintaining local market stability and the fair distribution of goods.
**Action Required**
State authorities must ensure proper coordination with the central government to strictly prevent hoarding and black-marketing of essential commodities.
**Industrial Sectors (Chemicals, Pharmaceuticals, Petrochemicals)**
**Impact**
These sectors face potential disruptions in their traditional import supply chains.
**Action Required**
Industry stakeholders must engage with sectoral groups and work toward diversifying their sources of imports and identifying new export markets.
**Farmers**
**Impact**
The conflict potentially affects the supply of fertilizers necessary for the Kharif season.
**Action Required**
While the document focuses on government provision, the government will be required to ensure timely availability of fertilizer stocks to prevent impact on food security.
Key Entities Referenced
Cabinet Committee on Security: The high-level decision-making body chaired by the Prime Minister that reviewed national security and mitigating measures in response to the West Asia conflict.
West Asia: The central geographic location of the ongoing conflict necessitating India's assessment of impacts on energy, food security, and trade supply chains.
Group of Ministers and Secretaries: A dedicated administrative body directed to be created to implement a whole-of-government approach for coordinating sector-specific responses to the crisis.
Prime Minister's Office
PM chairs CCS Meeting to review the situation
and mitigating measures in the context of
ongoing West Asia Conflict
Short, Medium and Long term measures to ensure continued
availability of essential needs discussed in detail
Alternate sources of fertilizers for farmers were also
discussed to ensure continued availability in the future
Several measures discussed to diversify sources of imports
required by chemicals, pharmaceuticals, petrochemicals and
other industrial sectors
New export destinations to promote Indian goods to be
developed in near future
PM instructs that all arms of government should work
together to ensure least inconvenience to citizens
PM directs that a group of Ministers and Secretaries be
created to work dedicatedly in a whole of government
approach
PM instructs for sectoral groups to work in consultation with
all stakeholders
PM asks for proper coordination with state governments to
ensure no black-marketing and hoarding of important
commodities
Posted On: 22 MAR 2026 9:06PM by PIB Delhi
Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi chaired a meeting of the Cabinet Committee on Security to review the
situation and ongoing and proposed mitigating measures in the context of ongoing West Asia Conflict.The Cabinet Secretary gave a detailed presentation on the global situation and mitigating measures taken
so far and being planned by all concerned Ministries/Departments of Government of India. The expected
impact and measures taken to address it across sectors like agriculture, fertilisers, food security,
petroleum, power, MSMEs, exporters, shipping, trade, finance, supply chains and all affected sectors were
discussed. The overall macro-economic scenario in the country and further measures to be taken were also
discussed.
The ongoing conflict in West Asia will have significant short, medium and long term impact on the global
economy and its effect on India were assessed and counter-measures, both immediate and long-term, were
discussed.
Detailed assessment of availability for critical needs of the common man, including food, energy and fuel
security was made. Short term, Medium term and Long term measures to ensure continued availability of
essential needs were discussed in detail.
The impact on farmers and their requirement for fertiliser for the Kharif season was assessed. The
measures taken in the last few years to maintain adequate stocks of fertilizers will ensure timely
availability and food security. Alternate sources of fertilizers were also discussed to ensure continued
availability in the future.
It was also determined that adequate supply of coal stocks at all power plants will ensure no shortage of
electricity in India.
Several measures were discussed to diversify sources of imports required by chemicals, pharmaceuticals,
petrochemicals and other industrial sectors. Similarly new export destinations to promote Indian goods
will be developed in the near future.
Several measures proposed by different ministries will be prepared and implemented in the coming days
after consultation with all stakeholders.
PM directed that a group of ministers and secretaries be created to work dedicatedly in a whole of
government approach. PM also instructed for sectoral groups to work in consultation with all stakeholders.
PM said that the conflict is an evolving situation and the entire world is affected in some form. In such a
situation, all efforts must be made to safeguard the citizens from the impact of this conflict. PM instructed
that all arms of government should work together to ensure least inconvenience to the citizens. PM also
asked for proper coordination with state governments to ensure no black-marketing and hoarding of
important commodities.
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