India has become an important player on the global oil market since the beginning of the Russia-Ukraine war which the European Union shunning Russian products, including oil. India, on the other hand, increased its crude oil imports from Russia at discounted rates and enabled its backdoor entry to European nations in the form of refined oil, such as diesel and jet fuel. The oil import jumped by a whopping 33 times more than a year earlier, according to a report released in January.
To this, the IEA top official said it is a legitimate step and India is following the international rules and regulation in terms of trade and financing rule. “India is doing this in a transparent way, and India is profiting having the importing of crude at a lower discounted price than the others. This is definitely a legitimate step,” he added.
Source- Hindustan Times.