Archive · 25 Nov 2025
India and Canada Eye Collaboration in Critical Minerals and Energy
India and Canada want to work together on important things like minerals, clean energy, and technology.
India has a lot of clean energy and is growing fast.
Canada's Prime Minister will visit India soon to talk more about these plans.
They want to make it easier to trade and do business together.
India is also getting stronger in areas like AI and making things.
Both countries think they can help each other a lot.
India and Canada are exploring collaboration in critical minerals, clean energy, and supply-chain diversification.
India highlights its strengths in AI, quantum computing, and clean energy, aiming to double its clean energy capacity to 500 GW by 2030.
Canada's Prime Minister Mark Carney accepted an invitation to visit India in early 2026 to discuss deeper cooperation in defense, space, trade, and technology.
Both countries agreed to launch negotiations for a Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement (CEPA).
India's economic growth and strong fundamentals, including low inflation and high foreign exchange reserves, were emphasized as advantages for collaboration.
- Who
- India and Canada
- What
- Collaboration in critical minerals, energy, supply chains, and technology
- When
- Upcoming visit by Canadian PM Carney in early 2026
- Where
- India and Canada
- Why
- To strengthen economic ties, enhance cooperation in defense, space, trade, investment, technology, and energy
- Countries Involved
- India and Canada
- Key Areas of Collaboration
- Critical minerals, clean energy, nuclear energy, supply-chain diversification, AI, quantum computing, defense, space
- India's Clean Energy Capacity
- 250 GW (aiming for 500 GW by 2030)
- India's Economic Growth
- Expected to become the world's third-largest economy in 2-2.5 years
- Stock Market Growth
- Grown nearly four-and-a-half times in the last 11 years
- Proposed Collaboration Areas
- Critical minerals, clean energy, aerospace, defense, manufacturing under Make in India
- Upcoming Visit
- Canadian PM Carney to visit India in early 2026
- Agreements
- Launch negotiations for a Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement (CEPA)
