India is gradually receiving less sunlight each year, a trend scientists call solar dimming. This decline, driven by rising pollution, aerosol particles, and persistent cloud cover, is most visible across the northern plains and western coastline. The fading sunlight is lowering farm productivity and cutting into solar power generation. With every missing hour of sunshine, energy output drops and agricultural challenges grow. Experts caution that unless industrial emissions and air pollution are controlled soon, India’s clean energy ambitions could fade under increasingly dim skies.
