India needs liquefied natural gas prices in Asia to nearly halve in order to significantly raise LNG imports and consumption, the top executive of the biggest Indian LNG importer said on Wednesday. Asia’s spot LNG price is about $11 per million British thermal units (MMBtu) at present, while a major demand boost in India would come at prices between $6 and $7 per MMBtu, Akshay Kumar Singh, chief executive at Petronet Ltd, said at the India Energy Week conference, as carried by Bloomberg. India is expected to import about 29 million tons of…