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Starting this season, the Indian research base Himadri has been specially equipped to perform observations, with special winter gear/clothing and other technical support. But why is the Arctic being studied?
Himadri: Lithium-ion batteries, which power electric vehicles (EV) and used to store energy, are expected to play a key role in India s goal to be a net zero emitter of greenhouse gases by 2070. The country is expected to see sales of more than 10 million EVs a year by 2030, rising more than ten fold from the last fiscal year, according to a recent annual Economic Survey.
While speaking to the media in Pune after his visit to the Indian Institute of Tropical Meteorology (IITM), Union Minister of Earth Sciences Kiren Rijiju said, “We have plans to ensure the station would be manned in the winter months starting this season”.