- Title: India 'will face energy issues' if Iran war continues, analyst tells Reuters
- Date: 13th March 2026
- Summary: PRAYAGRAJ, UTTAR PRADESH, INDIA (MARCH 13, 2026) (REUTERS) VARIOUS OF PEOPLE GATHERED OUTSIDE LIQUEFIED PETROLEUM GAS (LPG) CYLINDER DISTRIBUTION CENTRE VARIOUS OF PEOPLE QUEUING WITH CYLINDERS NEW DELHI, INDIA (MARCH 13, 2026) (REUTERS) (SOUNDBITE) (English) PROFESSOR AT THE SCHOOL OF INTERNATIONAL STUDIES AT JAWAHARLAL NEHRU UNIVERSITY, RAJAN KUMAR, SAYING: "As you know,
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- Keywords: AGRICULTURE ENERGY GAS INDIA INDUSTRY LPG OIL PRICE
- Location: VARIOUS LOCATIONS, INDIA
- City: VARIOUS LOCATIONS, INDIA
- Country: India
- Topics: Asia / Pacific,Conflicts/War/Peace
- Reuters ID: LVA001384713032026RP1
- Aspect Ratio: 16:9
- Story Text: India could face an energy crisis if the U.S.-Israeli war in Iran continues, an analyst told Reuters on Friday (March 13), after nearly two weeks of turmoil in the Middle East.
Rajan Kumar, a professor at the School of International Studies at Jawaharlal Nehru University in Delhi, believes a continuation of the war will lead to fiscal deficit and "the slowing down of the Indian economy in the long term."
Kumar said increasing oil prices will impact multiple industries, including agriculture, transportation and the service sector.
"When Iran decided to completely block the Hormuz trade and the route, so, after that, it has created a panic kind of situation in India and people are worried that the kind of gas, the kind of oil that we need, kind of fertilizer that we need, that would be impacted in the coming days if the war continues," he said.
Queues of people were seen outside liquefied petroleum gas distribution (LPG) centres in New Delhi and Prayagraj, Uttar Pradesh on Friday, on the same day U.S. President Trump declared that Iran was going to be hit "very hard over the next week".
Iran has allowed two Indian-flagged LPG carriers to sail through the Strait of Hormuz, four sources with direct knowledge of the matter, a move that could help ease some of the cooking gas crisis in the country.
Separately, a crude tanker is expected to arrive in India on Saturday (March 14) carrying Saudi Arabian oil after sailing through the Strait around March 1, according to two of the sources and data from Lloyd's List Intelligence.
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