Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday held a virtual meeting with chief ministers to review preparedness and ensure that India's fuel and energy supplies remain adaptable in the face of a global crisis triggered by the ongoing West Asia conflict and the blocking of the Hormuz Strait.
The initiative is aimed at ensuring synergy of efforts of 'Team India'. Details of the meeting are yet to be shared by the government. The meeting lasted for around 2 hours and 15 minutes.
The Centre has taken multiple measures to meet the country's energy demands, and states remain a key factor in on-ground implementation.
Those chief ministers who attended the meeting included N Chandra Babu Naidu (Andhra Pradesh), Yogi Adityanath (Uttar Pradesh), Revanth Reddy (Telangana), Bhagwant Mann (Punjab), Bhupendra Patel (Gujarat), Omar Abdullah (Jammu and Kashmir), Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu (Himachal Pradesh), Pema Khandu (Arunachal Pradesh), among others.
Home Minister Amit Shah and Defence Minister Rajnath Singh also attended the meeting.
'Team India' approach
The meeting comes days after Narendra Modi warned that the ongoing crisis in West Asia could have long-lasting repercussions for India. He also referred to the COVID-19 pandemic from six years ago, stressing that the Centre and states must work together as they did during that period.
“I appeal to all state governments to put special arrangements in place to ensure that the uninterrupted supply of essential commodities is not interrupted," he said, recalling the ‘Team India’ spirit shown during the pandemic. “The same spirit must guide the nation now,” he added.
