Association of lightning with CAPE, convective rain, NDVI and AOD has been studied.
LFR is positively correlated to CAPE, convective rain and AOD and negatively to NDVI.
Upper tropospheric water vapor possesses a significant linkage with LFR over India.
Future projections through CMIP5-based CCSM4 and CESM1-CAM5 models have been done.
AOD, convective rain and specific humidity will enhance remarkably during year 2045.