NEW DELHI/WASHINGTON: State-run oil companies have signed a one-year deal to buy 2.2m tonnes of cooking gas from the US, about 10% of India's LPG imports. It's expected to help cut the trade imbalance, a key complaint of the Trump administration. "A historic first! One of the largest and the world's fastest growing liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) market opens up to the US. In our endeavour to provide secure affordable supplies of LPG to the people of India, we have been diversifying our LPG sourcing," petroleum minister Hardeep Puri posted on X. The gas will be sourced from the US Gulf Coast and the purchase in 2026 will be linked to Mont Belvieu as the benchmark, the minister said. Was eying US buy, it wasn't part of any talks per se: Official While the exact figures remain conf

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