New Delhi, June 16 -- India is putting in all kinds of effort to ramp up its own traditional fossil-based energy production, and the latest push is to dig deep in the Andaman region.

Talking to ANI on Monday, Union Petroleum and Natural Gas Minister, Hardeep Puri, outlined several measures the government has been taking over the years for exploration and production. He also noted the exploration in the Andamans is pointing to "good news" and may end up becoming India's 'Guyana moment'.

The minister said India has 3.5 million square kilometres of sedimentary basin, but it never explored beyond eight per cent area, keeping a large expanse of sea beds untapped and unexplored.

Puri said that it is their government which had decided to expl...