But actions are not [0]. India does not view fossil fuels and cleantech as a zero-sum game. Choosing to ignore the Indian trend of expanding both renewable and

But actions are not [0]. India does not view fossil fuels and cleantech as a zero-sum game. Choosing to ignore the Indian trend of expanding both renewable and fossil fuel capacity is ridiculous. > Modi is 75, he will be replaced eventually with someone new (if only out of life expectancy) Modi is expected to remain in office til 2034 [1], and his parents lived into their 90s. > so stated policy through 2050 is not a predicator. It is in India, which operates on 5 year plans like China. The current reshoring of fossil fuels is itself due to China's weaponization of export controls [2]. ClimateTech will and is dramatically expanding in India, but India will continue to use fossil fuels as a backstop as long as China remains a national security threat to India. [0] - https://www.reuters.com/sustainability/boards-policy-regulation/indian-states-sign-more-coal-power-deals-meet-rising-demand-2025-10-07/ https://www.reuters.com/sustainability/boards-policy-regulat... [1] - https://theprint.in/opinion/why-pm-modi-has-staked-claim-for-a-fourth-term-so-early-in-his-third/2248414/ https://theprint.in/opinion/why-pm-modi-has-staked-claim-for... [2] - https://lkyspp.nus.edu.sg/cag/publications/center-publications/publication-article/detail/sino-india-relations-in-light-of-green-energy-transition https://lkyspp.nus.edu.sg/cag/publications/center-publicatio...