Mumbai, July 8 (TIWN) Hardeep Singh Puri will now take charge of the Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas.

Puri succeeds Dharmendra Pradhan as India's new Petroleum and Natural Gas Minister.  The former diplomat has a tough task at hand with the global oil prices surging amid supply constraints and demand hopes. Further, the ever-increasing domestic petrol and diesel prices too would remain a key issue to deal with.