INDIA AS AN EMERGING GLOBAL POWER CHALLENGES AND PROSPECTS

India is at a crucial juncture, seventy-three years after independence.

- ANEEK CHATTERJEE*

The nation is poised for a major power status; but the crucial question is: whether India will be able to achieve that status, because of internal and external constraints. Several reports issued by international agencies in recent times have projected a major power picture for India. But is India progressing in that direction? Twenty-five years ago, in the year 1995, the U.S. Commerce Department declared India as a ‘Big Emerging Market’. Since then American and global investment and eagerness for India increased. India is playing a more active role in global politics and the economy. Perception about India has changed, but the big question remains: is India on the road to a major power tag? This article aims to discuss this question and search for possible answers, on the eve of the 74th Independence Day.

Challenges to Emerging Power Tag