Claim

India imports more than 90% of the crude oil it needs.

“जबकि हम अपनी जरूरत का 90% से ज्यादा कच्चा तेल आयात करते हैं”

Rationale

Official PPAC data put India's annual crude oil import dependence at roughly 88% (88.2% in FY2024-25, ~88-89% in recent periods), with the highest ever monthly reading being exactly 90% in April 2025. As of the 2 July 2026 broadcast, no official figure showed dependence exceeding 90%. The anchor's core point — that India imports the overwhelming majority of its crude — is directionally correct, but the specific assertion of 'more than 90%' overstates the recorded data, making the claim misleading rather than flatly false.

Evidence

• https://www.chinimandi.com/indias-crude-import-dependence-at-88-despite-diversification-push/ Reports PPAC data showing India's crude oil import dependence has stayed around 88% over recent financial years despite diversification efforts ✓ reachable · archived
• https://www.scribd.com/document/865973499/THE-HINDU-BusinessLine-HD-Delhi-22-05-2025 Hindu BusinessLine (22 May 2025), citing PPAC: import dependence hit its all-time record of 90% in April 2025, up from 88.5% and 88.6% in the same month of 2024 and 2023 — i.e., it has never exceeded 90% ✓ reachable · archived
• https://ppac.gov.in/archives/reports Petroleum Planning & Analysis Cell (Government of India), the primary source for official import-dependency figures on POL-consumption basis ✓ reachable · archived
• https://prsindia.org/files/budget/budget_parliament/2025/DFG_Analysis_Petroleum_2025-26.pdf PRS analysis of the 2025-26 Petroleum demand for grants, corroborating annual crude import dependence of roughly 88% ✓ reachable · archived