EVs, in fact, reduce India’s global vulnerabilities, whereas fossil fuel vehicles increase them. Why? Because batteries and magnets are not consumables, even if their imports stop, EVs already on the road will continue to operate
It is evident that there are many contradictory stories playing out simultaneously where employment growth is concerned. Simplistic narratives will do us all a disservice
It is time we moved away from the larger sob-stories of falling/stagnating employment towards where the light and dark spots are and what they reveal about a rapidly changing economic structure.