Pradeep Mahaur

How Beijing’s attempt to weaponize rare earths could trigger India’s industrial resurgence A Geopolitical Shockwave  On April 2025, China delivered a shock to the global economy by imposing fresh restrictions on the export of rare-earth materials. These are not just any materials. They form the very backbone of modern industry: electric vehicles, smartphones, wind turbines, and military hardware all rely on them. When China, the world’s dominant supplier, clamps down, the world feels the tremors. Among the countries rattled most by this decision was India. With its auto and EV sectors already under pressure, China's sudden move felt less like an economic policy and more like a calculated geopolitical nudge. But where there is crisis, there is also opportunity. For India, this became a moment of reckoning—a signal that the time for rare-earth independence had arrived. China's Chokehold on Critical Minerals Rare-earth elements such as neodymium, dysprosium, ...