India’s energy independence may be hiding in plain sight — in farms, waste and sugar mills

Energy independence is often discussed in terms of oil fields, strategic reserves and overseas supply contracts. Yet one of India’s most practical answers may already be lying in its farms, sugar mills, cattle sheds, city waste streams and food-processing units. As global supply disruptions expose the cost of dependence on imported fuels, bioenergy is moving from the margins of policy to the centre of India’s energy-security strategy.