<h1>Energy transition demands policy shift away from fossil fuels and monopoly control toward decentralised electric and battery technologies.</h1> The article critiques India's industrial policy amid a global energy transition to electric motors, batteries, and optics, arguing current policies still favour fossil fuels and allow concentration of economic power in large conglomerates. It contends that decentralising power through EV and battery technologies reshapes industry and that policy reorientation and inclusive industrial reform are needed to avoid ceding technological leadership and to broaden participation of marginalised groups.