Updates on Key Sectors in View of Developments in West Asia

• Inter-ministerial response framework activated by Government of India to insulate domestic energy, shipping, citizen-safety and industrial-feedstock sectors from the West Asia crisis (2026).
• Lead coordinating ministry: Ministry of Petroleum & Natural Gas (MoPNG); partnered with MEA, MoD, Ministry of Shipping, DPIIT.
• Relevance for UPSC: tests GS-II (India & neighbourhood, diaspora), GS-III (energy security, internal security of sea lanes), and current-affairs Prelims hooks (DAC, 5 Kg FTL, Operation Sindhu).