Reading Time: 9 minutes by Lt Gen CA Krishnan (Retd). India’s Ministry of Mining, on February 9, 2023, announced a 5.9 million metric ton “Inferred Lithium Resource” in the Salal-Haimana belt of Riasi in Jammu & Kashmir. The possibility and significance of a domestic Lithium source and the excitement that the announcement generated calls for a closer look at the reported Lithium deposit as well as the overall Indian mineral scenario.