'India keeping a close tab on US-Iran crisis, oil prices'
Wednesday - January 8, 2020 3:24 pm ,
Category : BUSINESS
New Delhi, Jan 8 (IANS) India is keeping a close watch on the developing US-Iran geo-political tensions and its consequential impact on the oil prices, Petroleum Minister Dharmendra Pradhan said on Wednesday.
India as a major consumer of crude oil is keeping a tab on the situation which has developed as the US-Iran crisis deepened on Wednesday, said Pradhan.
Answering a question during a Cabinet briefing here, the minister said that while the government is keeping a close watch on the developing situation, it is also preparing itself to face any eventualities arising out of the crisis.
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