It is just one of the legs of diversification. India is also investing heavily into Na-ion batteries. It already has swathes of solar farms and twenty two working nuclear reactors and 13 more in the pipeline .
India will regret the money wasted on the nukes, and mothball them as they turn out to be unable to find bids for power at a price they can afford to offer.
Some will be kept operating at a loss for a while, as ego props.
Some will be kept operating at a loss for a while, as ego props.