UPSC Notes

Critical Minerals Global Supply Chains

PYQs

3

Articles

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Momentum

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Phase IFoundation

Background

Overview

Understanding resource security, economic diplomacy, strategic autonomy, the intersection of technology and geopolitics, and India's efforts to secure essential raw materials for its industrial and technological growth.

Critical minerals are elements vital for modern technologies, renewable energy, and defence industries, whose supply chains are vulnerable to disruption due to concentrated production, geopolitical risks, and complex processing, making their secure and diversified access a strategic national priority.

Phase IIStatic core

Facts & tables

Key facts

Importance

Essential for high-tech industries (AI, green energy, defence)

Vulnerability

Supply chains are often concentrated and susceptible to disruption

Initiative

India-UK Critical Minerals Global Supply Chain Observatory launched

Goal

Enhance supply chain resilience and security

Reference table

Static syllabus anchors

TypeReference
Conceptual areaInternational Relations
Phase IIIExam lens

Prelims angle

Overview

Prelims angle: Factual recall

Prelims angle: Multi-statement analysis

Quick revision

  • Minerals vital for tech, green energy.
  • Supply chains are strategic, vulnerable.
  • India-UK Observatory launched.
  • Aims for supply chain resilience.
  • Crucial for India's tech growth.

Topic timeline

International Relations

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