Why bharat matters ?

Why bharat matters ?

Because of 7Ds + 5Arcs

• Demography - acc to UN state of population report india alone contributes 18% to the toltal world population with 68% of working age population. S. Jaishankar writes that country with such huge Demographic capital set their own narratives

• Democracy - India is known as mother of democracy

• Dynamic economy - 5th largest economy. According to recent IMF reports India is one of the fastes growing economy in the world

• Diaspora - acc to Global Migration reports 2020- india continues to be the largest country of origin of international migrants with 17.5 million strong diaspora across the world , they are source of remittance & exhibits India's soft power diplomacy

• Defence - acc to SIPRI - India is the 4th largest spender of defence. India has moved from being a net importer to also exporter of defense equipment eg BrahMos to Philippines 🇵🇭

• Digitisation & Tech - india is making huge advances in form on DPI , UPI etc which is now being accepted by foreign nations as well.

• Diplomacy - various forms like cultural diplomacy, transit diplomacy, soft power diplomacy etc

India is part of 5 Arcs as stated by Rajeev Sikri

• Arc of growth and development

• Arc of energy

• Arc of communication

• Arc of instability

• Arc of uncertainty