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India’s battery dreams trip on visa hurdles for Chinese pros

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December 03, 2025

Problems in renewal of visas for Chinese technicians have slowed the pace of buildout of India’s lithium-ion battery manufacturing factories for electric vehicles and energy storage, according to two people aware of the matter.

- Rituraj Baruah & Manas Pimpalkhare

India’s battery dreams trip on visa hurdles for Chinese pros

Chinese workers get visas only for 6 months in India.

(BLOOMBERG)

The issues are happening despite bilateral relations between India and China having eased in the past few months. India had stopped approving visas for Chinese nationals after the 2020 Galwan clashes, but began issuing short-term visas in August 2024 under the production-linked incentive (PLI) schemes.

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