Helium Crisis in India

India imports helium for its needs, and with the U.S. appearing set to cut off exports of helium since 2021, Indian industry stands to lose out heavily.

• The U.S. is the most important exporter of helium across the world.
• Qatar is a possible exporter but acute political and diplomatic wrangles have made Qatar unreliable.

Helium

• Helium (He) is colourless, odourless, tasteless, inert and a noble gas with atomic number 2 and atomic mass 4.
• Its boiling point is the lowest among all the elements.
• It is the second lightest and second most abundant element in the observable universe (hydrogen is the ....