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Why is Dharmendra Pradhan, minister of state for petroleum and natural gas, reluctant to share details of the new energy policy that the National Institution for Transforming India (NITI) Aayog has started work on, and which plans to offer an integrated road map for the sector? While Arvind Panagariya, vice-chairman of the NITI Aayog, seemed ready to share details about the policy with the media during an event in Delhi, the minister was in no mood to relent. When reporters asked him about the date he had set for the policy framework to be ready, Pradhan said, "Itna accha karya ho raha hai. Ab time toh lagega. Bata denge sahi samay par. (Some good work is being done here, it is bound to take time. We will tell you at the right time.) He then launched into a commentary on his most recent trip, which was to Mozambique to strengthen ties with that country.