India Will Continue to Buy Russian Oil, Sitharaman Says (1)

Sept. 5, 2025, 10:36 AM UTC

India’s Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman said that the South Asian nation will continue to buy Russian oil.

  • Where we buy our oil from will depend on “what suits us the best,” Sitharaman said in an interview with News18 television Friday
  • India will adhere to the fiscal deficit target of 4.4% for the current fiscal year ending March, she said
    • “This is the last point of the glide path and I plan to adhere to it”
    • Capital expenditure will not come down and continue as budgeted for the current year
  • Bond yields becoming unsustainably high has a big bearing on the ...





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