India is halfway through its general elections. Although the elections have been overshadowed by severe heatwaves in most parts of the country, climate change and its impacts have not made it a key electoral issue. Even though the two main pan-India political parties – the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and the Indian National Congress have both dedicated some space to climate change in their election manifestos. The promise of economic development, however, does figure high in the poll rhetoric, including the goal of the incumbent National Democratic Alliance government, led by the BJP, to put India on the path of becoming a developed country by 2047.