India's Thorium rich sands are being mined and exported. Not many people are aware though. Hope it isn't too late. Scandals have throttled many efforts to grow indigenous techs. The ridiculous ISRO spy case is one such example.
Cui bono?
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nambi_Narayanan
Looking at the wiki, it seems likely that outside forces might've been involved in the scandal.