The effective closure of the Strait of Hormuz since early March amid the West Asia conflict has significantly hit India’s liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) supplies, for which the country depended heavily on imports from the Gulf countries. The disruption is clearly visible in the data: India’s LPG imports dropped sharply in March and April, halving from the average import volumes for most of financial year 2025-26, ship tracking data shows. With the persistent uncertainty and lack of clarity on when vessel movements through the Strait would return to the pre-war normal, India’s LPG supply challenge is far from over with supply tightness likely to continue for the foreseeable future. The Strait of Hormuz — the narrow waterway between Iran and Oman — is the key maritime chokepoint through which a sizeable chunk of global petroleum flows usually pass. The war in West Asia began with the US-Israeli strikes on Iran on February 28.…