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India's oil trade continues amid Russia sanctions
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India's oil trade continues amid Russia sanctions
India continues large-scale Russian oil purchases even as G7 nations, the EU and Australia enforce a price cap on Russian seaborne crude that India has not joined.
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Reports of record Russian fuel imports into India have drawn renewed attention to the sanctions architecture built around Russian oil exports since the war in Ukraine.
The Group of Seven (G7) nations, along with the European Union and Australia, established a price cap mechanism on seaborne Russian crude to limit Moscow's oil revenue while keeping global supply flowing.
India has not joined the price-cap coalition and continues to buy Russian crude on commercially negotiated terms.
ഉറവിടങ്ങൾ: Topper IAS editorial (PIB / The Hindu / Indian Express)
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Remember these
- Russia sanctions
- G7 price cap
- Russian oil
- India oil imports
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How the exam will ask it
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- Russia sanctions, G7 price cap, Russian oil, India oil imports
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Use as an example in GS-2 answers (GS Paper 2 / Paper 3 - International Relations / Indian Economy).
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Answer before you reveal
With reference to sanctions on Russian oil exports, consider the following statements:
- The price cap mechanism on seaborne Russian crude oil was established by the G7 nations along with the European Union and Australia.
- India is a formal signatory to this price-cap coalition and applies the cap on all its crude oil imports from Russia.
Which of the statements given above is/are correct?
- 1 only
- 2 only
- Both 1 and 2
- Neither 1 nor 2
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ഉത്തരം: A — The G7, EU and Australia set up the price cap on Russian seaborne crude, but India has not joined the coalition and continues to buy Russian oil on its own commercial terms.
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