In late March 2019, the Modi government took a momentous and courageous decision to conduct a kinetic Anti-Satellite Test (A-SAT) dubbed “Mission Shakti”. The A-SAT was obviously a response to the growing asymmetry in counter-space capabilities between India and the People’s Republic of China (PRC).
An A-SAT test ban can wait: India needs to widen kinetic A-SAT capabilities | ORF (orfonline.org)