Knowledge · Documented remarks
Statements & Remarks
Short quotations from Hardeep Singh Puri, each with the speaker, date, venue, context and official source. The wording is exactly as published by the Press Information Bureau. The site has not added or altered any words.
The world has not faced a moment like this in modern energy history.
Context: Opening of a suo motu statement on the West Asia situation and the disruption of shipping through the Strait of Hormuz.Source: PIB release ↗
India will continue to ensure availability, affordability and sustainability of energy, even amid global uncertainty.
Context: Closing session of IEW 2026.Source: PIB release ↗
Global turmoil has never been passed on to the consumer.
Context: Closing session of IEW 2026, on retail fuel prices during international price volatility. This is the minister's own description; see the excise and pricing data on the Energy Policy Explained page.Source: PIB release ↗
India's ethanol journey is unstoppable.
Context: Remarks on the ethanol blending programme.Source: PIB release ↗
…being close to discovering a Guyana-scale oilfield in the Andaman Sea…
Context: The minister's expectation about exploration in the Andaman basin. As of this page's last check, no such discovery had been officially confirmed. The ellipses are in the published release.Source: PIB release ↗
Energy today has become the spinal cord for economic growth and development.
Context: Address at a geosciences and exploration conference.Source: PIB release ↗
India is poised to become the third-largest economy in the world within the next five years and a developed nation by 2047.
Context: Address to public-sector enterprises. This is a projection, not a documented outcome.Source: PIB release ↗
IEW has come to acquire a prominent place amongst available platforms…
Context: Closing address on the event's growth.Source: PIB release ↗
…imbue a sense of pragmatism, balance and affordability.
Context: Urging OPEC, at a bilateral meeting with its Secretary General, after OPEC+ production cuts that he said had removed about 5% of global supply.Source: PIB release ↗
Our interaction and takeaways from our discussion today will have a direct bearing on our tomorrow and future generations.
Context: Address to Asian energy ministers, with the International Energy Forum.Source: PIB release ↗
Vande Bharat has been a Mission of hope & happiness.
Context: On the COVID-19 repatriation mission, while he was Minister of State (Independent Charge) for Civil Aviation.Source: PIB release ↗
How quotations are handled
A statement is not evidence that what it says is true. Projections, expectations and characterisations are marked as such in the context line. Where official data bear on a statement, the relevant page is linked. Quotations are cut only where the source shows an ellipsis or where the cut does not change the meaning.
Sources
- PIB — Lok Sabha, New Delhi (12 March 2026) — pib.gov.in/PressReleasePage.aspx?PRID=2239021
- PIB — India Energy Week 2026, Goa (30 January 2026) — pib.gov.in/PressReleasePage.aspx?PRID=2220772
- PIB — Biofuels 360, New Delhi (8 August 2025) — pib.gov.in/PressReleasePage.aspx?PRID=2154355
- PIB — 9th OPEC International Seminar, Vienna (9 July 2025) — pib.gov.in/PressReleasePage.aspx?PRID=2143550
- PIB — GEO India 2024, Greater Noida (15 November 2024) — pib.gov.in/PressReleasePage.aspx?PRID=2073617
- PIB — CII PSE Summit, New Delhi (14 November 2024) — pib.gov.in/PressReleasePage.aspx?PRID=2073285
- PIB — India Energy Week 2024, Goa (9 February 2024) — pib.gov.in/PressReleasePage.aspx?PRID=2004572
- PIB — ADIPEC 2023, Abu Dhabi (3 October 2023) — pib.gov.in/PressReleasePage.aspx?PRID=1963857
- PIB — 9th Asian Ministerial Energy Roundtable, Bengaluru (7 February 2023) — pib.gov.in/PressReleasePage.aspx?PRID=1897089
- PIB — Ministry of Civil Aviation, New Delhi (21 March 2021) — pib.gov.in/PressReleasePage.aspx?PRID=1706443