Adnan Kidwai on Sustainability Karma

As fuel delivery moves from being a convenience to becoming a mission-critical service for industries, the rules of the game are changing. Adnan Kidwai, the founder and CEO of FuelBuddy, offers a realistic viewpoint on what really characterizes the next stage of technology-first fuel delivery in a recent discussion on Sustainability Karma. A straightforward fact is at the core of this evolution: growth cannot scale in the absence of discipline. S...
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Manufacturing Today India Features Adnan Kidwai

According to Adnan Kidwai, CEO of FuelBuddy, fuel procurement in India now involves control, compliance, and operational discipline in addition to supply. Fuel procurement is now moving from the “emergency purchase” category to a more organised method across industries.  Diesel sourced from unverified suppliers during emergencies is not reliable anymore because the businesses now need safety, audit readiness, and cost predictabil...
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Mr. Sunil Maddala in conversation with EPC World on Tech-Led Diesel Delivery.

Sunil Maddala on Scaling Tech-Led Fuel Delivery

Sunil Maddala recently discussed how FuelBuddy is rethinking fuel access for large-scale operations in an interview with EPC World. The discussion presents fuel as an operational dependency that directly affects productivity, compliance, and financial discipline across infrastructure-heavy sectors rather than as a commodity transaction. Sunil draws attention to the hidden inefficiencies that decentralized refueling produces, such as time loss, in...
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FuelBuddy fleet fuel management and real-time diesel delivery tracking.

How Diesel Enables India’s 24×7 Economy

When we think about what keeps India running around the clock, our minds often go to buzzing call centers, late-night factories, or trucks thundering down highways under the stars. But behind this visible workforce lies an invisible one, a force that never rests, never complains, and powers everything from hospitals and telecom towers to factories and cold storage units. That hidden workforce is diesel. It’s the quiet engine that fuels India’...
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Where every drop of fuel is optimized by intelligent circuits.

Cost Optimization Strategies in Fuel Management

In the competitive landscape of modern industry, managing operational expenses is a constant, strategic battle. Among the most significant of these is the cost of fuel, a volatile and critical component for any business reliant on machinery, generators, or a network of vehicles. For procurement and operations leaders, simply reacting to market price fluctuations is not enough. The key to long-term profitability and resilience lies in a proactive...
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A dynamic, digital web guides a truck through a complex network of roads, visualizing how AI optimizes the fuel delivery supply chain.

Digital Transformation in Fuel Supply Chains

For years, the oil and gas sector operated on established, traditional processes. Managing the journey of fuel, from the refinery to the final customer, was a complex web of phone calls, manual checks, and paper trails. It was a reactive model, often slowed by human error and a lack of real-time visibility. Today, that entire paradigm is shifting. We are in the midst of a digital revolution, with technologies like Artificial Intelligence (AI), th...
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Mobile diesel bowser delivering on-demand fuel on Indian highway – symbolizing regional diesel trends and doorstep fuel delivery services.

Diesel Demand Shift: FY25 vs FY26 Insights

India’s diesel landscape is changing, and not uniformly. While diesel continues to power 40% of India’s oil use, it’s no longer growing at the same rate everywhere. In FY2024 – 25, nationwide, diesel sales rose only ~2%. Looking ahead, PPAC projects total diesel demand will climb another ~2.8% in FY2025 – 26 (to ~94.1 million tonnes). However, local patterns vary dramatically. In Delhi, diesel consumption fell roughly 9% in...
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Trained fuel handler verifying tamper-proof seal on diesel bowser to ensure safe and adulteration-free delivery.

How Sealed Bowsers & SOPs Protect You

Quality cannot be compromised. Diesel adulteration, however, is a problem that frequently goes unnoticed. Even a tiny amount of impurity can seriously harm engines, lower generator efficiency, and raise operating expenses. “How can we ensure the diesel we receive is pure, reliable, and untampered with?” is still a question that many businesses must answer. The answer is opting for diesel delivery, which is a controlled, secure process...
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FuelBuddy diesel bowser fueling a generator.

PESO to Doorstep: Rules Behind Diesel Delivery

The Indian government has overhauled fuel regulations since 2019 to permit doorstep diesel delivery for eligible B2B customers. This move was not just about convenience; it was also aimed at curbing rampant pilferage, adulteration, and unauthorized resale, which plagued traditional diesel supply chains for industrial users. In May 2019, the Ministry of Petroleum issued Gazette Notification No.384(E),  amending the Petroleum Rules, 2002, to e...
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Why drive for diesel when it can drive to you?

Eliminating Dead Mileage in Industrial Fuel Logistics

How Sending Vehicles to Petrol Pumps is Draining More Than Just Diesel Every litre of diesel procured manually has a concealed expense. Aside from the actual costs, there’s the time expenditure, productivity, and efficiency drain hidden beneath the surface. In the tight-economy world of admin and procurement, every extra distance travelled matters. Still, plenty of businesses remain stuck in the loop of dispatching vehicles to fuel stations, or...
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