“Does buying discounted Russian oil benefit India so crazy much that they can take hits for doing so in other areas of their economy?”
How much do you spend on gasoline?
How much do you spend on Indian goods?
The only goods you might well be getting of significant value from India are generic drugs. Your very life might depend on their continued supply to the USA and purchase here in the USA.
The USA is too dependent on foreign goods and Indian software services.
That is the simplest and most direct explanation of our situation and why. Thanks.