Modi aimed at lowering it by at least 10 per cent by 2022 - to coincide with the platinum jubilee of India's independence
Futures in New York rose as much as 3.7 per cent on Thursday to the highest intraday level since 2018
The rating agency has revised Brent crude oil price expectations for the rest of 2021 to $65 per barrel from $60 per barrel earlier
Oil prices rose after data showed US crude inventories fell more than expected, reinforcing views of a tightening supply-demand balance with road and air travel picking up in Europe and North America
Brent crude futures for August eased 10 cents, or 0.1%, to $74.80 a barrel by 0110 GMT, while US West Texas Intermediate (WTI) crude for July was at $73.44 a barrel, down 22 cents, or 0.3%
Brent crude futures for August rose 28 cents, or 0.4%, to $72.17 a barrel
OPEC+ decided in April to return 2.1 million bpd of supply to the market during May through July as it anticipated demand would rise despite high numbers of coronavirus cases in India
The three things that derailed the economy in the past - war, drought and oil - were mostly absent during his regime, but with the Covid crisis Mr Modi's luck seems to have run out, writes T N Ninan
Oil demand was already outstripping supply and the shortfall was expected to grow even if Iran boosted exports
Brent futures rose $1.12, or 1.6 per cent, to $69.67 a barrel by 10:44 am EDT (8.14 pm IST), while US West Texas Intermediate crude rose $1.10, or 1.7 per cent, to $66.38
Raw materials are likely to surge 13.5 per cent in the next six months
The deteriorating situation there could pose a problem for the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries and its allies, which have agreed to start adding more supply from May
Officials in the know say this relaxation was given during the first wave of the Covid-19 pandemic
OPEC raises 2021 global oil #demand growth view by 100,000 bpd to 6 mn
In order to wean Saudi Arabia off its dependency on crude the kingdom needs higher oil prices
West Texas Intermediate slid 0.6%, though remains within the $5 range it has traded in since mid-March
Oil prices eased on Wednesday despite prospects for stronger global economic growth as talks to revive a nuclear deal with Iran opens the possibility of an easing of sanctions on its oil exports
The Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries and allies, known as OPEC+, agreed on Thursday to monthly production hikes from May to July. Iran is also boosting supply
In the first reduction in rate in two months, jet fuel or ATF price on Thursday was cut by 3 per cent in line with softening international crude oil prices
Brent crude was down $1.02, or 1.6%, at $63.96 a barrel by 1334 GMT. West Texas Intermediate US oil was off by $1.16, or 1.9%, at $60.40 barrel