226 Mn tons crude oil worth Rs 7,83,183 Cr ($111.9 bn) imported in 2018-19: Petrol Min Pradhan
New Delhi: Union Minister for Petroleum and Natural Gas Dharmendra Pradhan in a written reply in the Lok Sabha today said the Government has notified a ‘National Policy on Biofuels 2018’ which inter-alia aims to promote and increase blending of biofuels from domestic sources in petrol and diesel to address environment issues and reduce imports. Pradhan was responding to a query regarding the details of month wise crude oil import quantity and value during the year 2018-19. The Minister released the values given below:
| QUANTITY | VALUE | ||
| MMT | US $ (Billion) | Rs crore | |
| April, 2018 | 17.3 | 8.3 | 54774 |
| May, 2018 | 20.0 | 10.2 | 68799 |
| June, 2018 | 19.5 | 10.2 | 69746 |
| July, 2018 | 19.6 | 10.3 | 71013 |
| August, 2018 | 18.6 | 9.8 | 69055 |
| September, 2018 | 17.9 | 9.8 | 70493 |
| October, 2018 | 21.1 | 11.7 | 84902 |
| November, 2018 | 17.0 | 8.3 | 59275 |
| December, 2018 | 19.5 | 8.4 | 59455 |
| January, 2019 | 19.7 | 8.3 | 58811 |
| February, 2019 | 17.1 | 7.7 | 54282 |
| March, 2019 | 19.2 | 8.9 | 62578 |
| Total 2018-19 | 226.5 | 111.9 | 783183 |
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