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India’s Lithium Discovery: A Game Changer for a Clean Energy Future?

PK Khup Hangzo, Associate Fellow, VIF Article

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On 9 February 2022, India announced the discovery of 5.9 million tons of lithium deposit in the Union Territory of Jammu and Kashmir. The estimated value of the deposit was around USD 410 billion.June 13, 2023 Climate Change , Article , Climate Change , Electric Vehicles , Jammu and Kashmir , Lithium , Clean energy transition , critical minerals

2019 Sets 2020 for a Robust EV Policy in India

Aayush Mohanty Commentary

2019 has been a pivotal year for the State Governments and Union Territories in India to come up with policies and initiatives for Electric Vehicles. The pivot comes at a time when India’s major cities saw high levels of pollution, some entering th....

January 03, 2020 Governance and Political Studies , Commentary , Electric Vehicles , States' policies , energy

The Future of Batteries belongs to China

Aayush Mohanty

China’s rapid climb to become the second largest economy in the world in a span of 40 years has also meant that it is now the world’s largest carbon emitter. The air pollution has been so severe that in 2015, a research paper indicated that it ha....

April 03, 2018 Technological and Scientific Studies , Electric Vehicles , Cobalt , Lithium-ion batteries

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