Solar Manufacturing

New Delhi (Gurpreet Singh): India’s rapid expansion in solar manufacturing capacity has triggered significant discussion within Chinese industrial circles, where social media users and market analysts have increasingly started viewing India as a potential rival in the global photovoltaic sector rather than merely a major consumer of imported equipment. Shared reports and online commentary highlight concerns over a 17-fold increase in Indian solar component manufacturing since 2018, with some posts comparing the rapid industrial shift to an encirclement of China's long-standing dominance in the global solar supply chain. According to an analysis by the Observer Research Foundation titled ‘From Consumer…