New Delhi, June 19 -- More than half of the world's nations improved their overall energy transition metrics this year, yet only a narrowing pool of countries managed to advance across all core performance areas simultaneously.

However, according to the World Economic Forum's Energy Transition Index (ETI) report, India stood out, "recording one of the greatest improvements in readiness, driven by significant gains in infrastructure and human capital, positioning it as a key player in the next phase of the transition."

The WEF report mentioned that India advanced two places in ETI through stronger readiness and broad-based system gains, driven by a sharp rise in infrastructure, alongside improvements in equity, sustainability and financi...