(Online Course) Contemporary Issues for IAS Mains 2012: India and The World - Prospects of India Becoming a Global Power
India & The World
::Prospects of India Becoming a Global Power::
Question : What are the strengths of India?
Answer:
- World’s seventh largest landmass
- Second largest population
- Fourth largest economy in PPP terms,
- Third largest Army.
- Unity in diversity of language, race, religion, etc.
- Universal recognition of India largest democracy with 15th general election.
Question : What are the challenges?
Answer :
- Massive poverty and illiteracy
- 17% of world's population
- Serious adverse land-man ration
- 27% population under BPL
- 46% of our children suffer from malnutrition.
- Lack of basic sanitation facility and high IMR.
- Poor educational system.
Question: What are the potential of India?
Answer:
- More youthful population than China.
- Become third largest economy by 2025.
- Massive investment on infrastructure.
Question : What kind of super power India will have by 2025?
Answer:
- Lifting millions of people out of poverty
- Embracing pluralism, a free press and a vibrant, multi-party democracy.
- Inclusive economic growth
- Rapid decline of wide-spread corruption
- World’s most-connected and IT saving societies.
- World’s most entrepreneurial societies.
Question : What are the India’s projection?
Answer :
- Third world leader at international conferences.
- A potential economic super power.
- A political counter weight to China
- A probable permanent member of the UN security council.
- Growing strength of India’s knowledge based industry.
- Extraordinary role played by Indian Industrial houses threw foreign acquisitions.
Question : What are the key areas of strategic concern?
Answer :
- Civilian nuclear technology.
- Dual-use high technology.
- Space research.
- Ballistic missile defense.
- A robust military capability for defending the country’s extensive land and maritime boundaries.
