By Shobhankita ReddyIndia is expected to be a part of the US State Department’s inaugural Critical Minerals Ministerial next week. International partnerships are, therefore, a necessity for India’s critical minerals supplies. AdvertisementSecond, critical minerals are not all critical in the same way, and many demand different approaches to ensure supply resilience. India must push for joint long-term research collaborations, processing partnerships, as well as capacity building and scale-up, so as to create this value within its borders. Additionally, critical minerals are not the same as oil in that they can be recovered from their source and reused.