New Delhi [India], October 23 (ANI): India must adopt a dual strategy on rare earth minerals, focusing both on domestic mineral sourcing and international cooperation for processing and production of metals to stem dependence on China, the world's largest supplier, NITI Aayog Member Arvind Virmani said on Thursday.

"The whole world is highly dependent because they control 80 to 90 per cent of the metals, the rare earth metals actually," Virmani told ANI in an exclusive interview. "So, really there is a dual issue. One is of rare earth minerals and then translating those minerals into metals. So those have to be addressed separately or by different strategies."

While India possesses some rare-earth reserves, it will need to collaborate with other resource-rich nations to build a resilient

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