India Foundation organized a roundtable on ‘An Overview on Indian Critical Mineral Supply Chain’ on 12th December 2025. The session was chaired by Shri. Jayant Sinha, Former Minister of State, Government of India and Member, Governing Council, India Foundation and saw participation from various stakeholders from government, academia as well as think tanks. The discussion focused on the dominance of China in critical minerals, particularly in processing and refining and the need for India to diversify international partnerships in order to reduce dependence on China. The discussion also revolved around various ways to enhance critical mineral supply chain through urban mining and co-mining and reforms needed in the critical mineral sector such as decoupling the HS1 codes to have better read of the data and involvement of the private sector in critical minerals. The discussion also focused on National Critical Mineral Mission and KABIL as well as government initiatives to secure critical minerals and the urgency to secure critical minerals for India’s economic, energy and national security needs.
