(a) the monthly oil import prices during the year 2017-18; (b) whether the Government is deliberating on an import substitute product which is pollution- free and cost-effective and if so, the details thereof; and (c) if not, the reasons therefor?
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MINISTER OF PETROLEUM AND NATURAL GAS (SHRI DHARMENDRA PRADHAN) (a) to (c) A statement is laid on the Table of the House. Statement referred to in reply to parts (a) to (c) of Lok Sabha Starred Question No. 115 asked by Shri Dinesh Trivedi to be answered on 11th February, 2019 regarding “Oil Import Prices”. (a) The details of month wise crude oil import quantity and value during the year 2017-18 are given below: CRUDE OIL IMPORT QUANTITY AND VALUE DURING THE YEAR 2017-18 QUANTITY VALUE Million Tonne US $ (Billion) ` crores April, 2017 18.1 6.7 43210 May, 2017 17.9 6.3 40654 June, 2017 17.7 5.8 37460 July, 2017 17.3 5.8 37277 August, 2017 18.1 6.4 41047 September, 2017 17.6 6.6 42201 October, 2017 19.0 7.5 48763 November, 2017 19.2 8.2 52709 December, 2017 19.3 8.5 54760 January, 2018 20.1 9.6 61777 February, 2018 17.6 8.1 52198 March, 2018 18.4 8.3 54394 Total 2017-18 220.4 87.8 566450 (b) & (c) Government has notified National Policy on Biofuels – 2018 which inter-alia aims to promote increase blending of biofuels from domestic sources in petrol and diesel to address environment issues and reduce imports. *****
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