India to soon start making lithium-ion batteries

New Delhi: An agreement on the first transfer of technology for lithium-ion batteries was signed here on Sunday, June 10 between the government-run Central Electro Chemical Research Institute (CECRI) and RAASI Solar Power Pvt Ltd, an official statement said on Sunday.

According to the Science and Technology Ministry statement, this memorandum of understanding is the first of its kind for the country.

The indigenous technology of lithium-ion cells has been developed by a group of scientists at the Council for Scientific Industrial Research (CSIR)’s CECRI in Tamil Nadu’s Karaikudi in partnership with CSIR-National Physical Laboratory, CSIR-Central Glass and Ceramic Research Institute, Kolkata and CSIR-Indian Institute of Chemical Technology, Hyderabad, it said.