INDIA – A GROWING SUPERPOWER

1. INDIA – A GROWING SUPERPOWER By rahul mittal

2. Body of the presentation………………….. The presentation is divided into 2 parts, 1 A reference to graphs for establishment of aforementioned 2 Some great persons.

3. United States 10417 Japan 3979 Germany 1976 United Kingdom 1552 United Kingdom France 1410 France China 1237 Italy 1181 Italy Canada 716 Canada Spain 650 Spain Mexico 637 India 515 India South Korea 477 South Korea Brazil 452 Netherlands 414 Australia 411 Russia 347 Taiwan 282 Switzerland 268 Belgium 248 Sweden 230 India currently has the 11th largest GDP in the world… WDI: Constant 1995 US$ billion, 2002

4. Back To Article Section….. Can India be a Super-Power ?

5. India has the fourth largest army in the world and is among the seven or eight countries which have confirmed capacities in nuclear technology, space technology etc. Of late, India has also begun to commercialise indigenously developed satellites, defence equipments and peaceful nuclear products and technologies, which is a distinct imitation of superpower syndrome. But, what is India's most significant achievement ? It may well be the triumph of multiculturalism. India with its unbelievable 4,635 communities and 325 languages has not only happily survived but continues to derive immense pride from the fact of this wonderful diversity enriching its culture. This civilisational ethos has been an immeasurable asset for our country. Factors Against India The factors which can prevent us from becoming an important power are : (a) ineffective population control programmes; (b) high levels of illiteracy; (c) poor quality of national politics; (d) our economy, despite reforms, is not efficient or productive, and does not ensure distributive justice for our vast population; (e) lack of scientific temper; (f) we still do not produce nuclear submarines, aircraft carriers etc. (g) we still have to plan a pattern of strategic equations with other power centers of the World. We have to resolve our problems with our neighbours, only then we can move effectively on to the international stage.

6. 96178 China 37781 United States 19233 Japan 16706 South Korea 8662 Taiwan 7307 India 6458 Germany 4974 France 3960 United Kingdom 3111 Italy Brazil 2598 Russia 339 Projecting GDP using historical growth rates, India would be the 6th largest economy in 2050 WDI: Constant 1995 US$ billion

7. China 13842 US 6969 India 5575 Russia 3018 UK 2054 Germany 2021 1421 France Japan 1238 Brazil 1013 Italy 948 0 2000 4000 6000 8000 10000 12000 14000 16000 Under GS assumptions, India would be the world’s 3rd largest trader in 2050 Goldman Sachs & WDI: Constant 1995 US$ billion, projected at historical Trade-to-GDP ratios

8. China 9.5 South Korea 6.8 Taiwan 6.6 Vietnam 6.5 Malaysia 6.3 Thailand 6.0 India 5.6 Indonesia 5.4 Cambodia 5.3 Pakistan 5.2 India has been one of the fastest growing economies in the world over the last 20 years Annual average growth rates of 10 fastest growing economies over 1980-2002 excl. small countries (pop < 10 million) Source: WDI

9. United States 2374 Germany 1356 Japan 925 United Kingdom 850 815 France China 706 615 Italy Netherlands 574 Canada 558 Belgium 481 Hong Kong, China 478 377 Korea, Republic of Spain 374 363 Mexico Taipei, Chinese 293 289 Singapore Austria 226 Switzerland 215 Ireland 209 Malaysia 204 202 Russian Sweden 193 172 Australia Thailand 165 Denmark 155 India 151 Brazil 133 131 Norway Saudi Arabia 119 115 Poland …and ranks 26th in the world by total trade in goods and services (US$ billion, 2002)… WTO: US$ billion, 2002

10. “The fundamental challenge facing India is not to become an economic superpower but to become rich and eliminate poverty.”

11. 1601 1600 1418 1400 1262 2000 2050 1200 1002 1000 Population (millions) 800 600 420 400 282 228 176 146 200 127 118 100 82 74 64 58 59 61 60 50 0 UK US Italy China India Brazil Japan Russia Germany France India is already a population superpower……Any Doubts?? India will be the world’s most populated country by 2050; it’s population is expected to stabilize by the year 2100 at 1.8 billion Reference to – Goldman Sachs

12. Lately the Indian defense authority has made tremendous strides in creating a powerful arsenal of weapons..denoting the defensive prowess. Recent introductions are….

13. The nuclear weapons capable “Arihant” submarine

14. And The Much Touted long range Nuclear capable battleships……

15. Much like the famous Indian personalities of yesterday…today…tomorrow……Here are some legends and to be legends of India that I do have on top of my head.

17. Leander Paes

18. Shri Abdul Kalam

19. C.V Raman

20. Kapil Dev

21. SachinTendulkar

22. Bapu,Mahatma….Father of India

23. As of now, India is still far from the status of superpowerdom. At present we are considered as a regional power. We are confined largely to the South Asian region, and may be South-East Asian region. Undoubtedly, serious deficiencies have remained; fresh weaknesses have emerged; new dangers have arisen. Still, it would be wrong not to acknowledge that India has made substantial all round progress; its achievements in the last fifty-eight years have been considerable by any historical standards, especially if we keep in view the level from which it started and 'how difficult was the terrain along which we had to tread.'

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