The government, according to official sources, will soon approve an annual plan for conducting work under the national program 'Samudra Mantran'. This program, valued at 84,084 crore rupees, is aimed at intensifying the search for oil and gas in India's marine basins and reducing the country's dependence on energy imports.
Oil Minister Hardeep Puri reviewed the adopted measures concerning the decisions developed during two brainstorming sessions to launch this scheme, which has received Cabinet approval.

