CITING India’s example in dealing with implications from the Ukraine-Russia war, Union Minister Hardeep Singh Puri on Tuesday said the world needs to deal with challenges and crises pragmatically. Speaking at a session on ‘energy and rivalry’ here at the World Economic Forum Annual Meeting, Puri said India took a pragmatic approach in the very beginning after the Ukraine war signalled an energy crisis and the results are for everyone to see.

 

Puri, Minister for Petroleum and Natural gas as well as Housing and Urban Affairs, said India has a large population to take care of and it’s the Government’s responsibility to feed millions of people three times a day. “But at the same time we have not let our domestic compulsions come into the way of our global commitments towards a sustainable future,” he asserted. Another panelist, European Commission’s Commissioner for Energy Kadri Simson said she agrees that pragmatism is necessary and Europe also recognises that.