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Step out in an Indian city on a summer afternoon and you’ll notice a quiet ritual unfolding everywhere. Office workers rush between air-conditioned cabs and glass buildings. Cafes become informal cooling shelters. At home, the remote control for the AC sits on the table like a prized possession. In hospitals, data centres, malls and metro stations, giant cooling systems hum in the background, silently making modern life possible. Cooling in India is no longer just about comfort. It is quickly becoming infrastructure.
“The Indian HVAC industry is expected to grow steadily, with residential air conditioner sales likely to reach 30 million units annually by 2030,” said Mukundan Menon, Managing Director of Voltas Limited. “Rapid infrastructure development, data centers and district cooling projects are contributing to this growth. The recent reduction of GST on air conditioners from 28 percent to 18 percent is also expected to encourage more consumers to adopt cooling solutions.”
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