India presses oil cartel OPEC for affordable fuel prices

India has again requested the Organisation of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) to increase supplies to rein in prices, three months after the producers’ cartel ignored New Delhi’s call.

In a meeting with OPEC secretary-general Mohammed Sanusi Barkindo on Thursday, oil minister Dharmendra Pradhan flagged concerns over increasing crude oil prices and its impact on consumers and the economic recovery, the oil ministry said in a statement.