When Will India Become A Superpower? | NowThis World
India has seen a meteoric rise in its economy, population, and military ability. Some have even suggested it will hit superpower status by 2020. Just how likely is that timeframe? Find out...
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Over the past two decades, India has gone from a developing economy to one of the fastest growing economies in the world. Today it reigns as an emerging superpower, with significant growth in nearly all areas: population, financial markets, military and more. In 1998, APJ Abdul Kalam, the soon-to-be 11th President of India predicted the country would achieve superpower status by the year 2020. So, we wanted to know, is that goal still realistic, and when WILL India become a superpower? Well, in some areas, India has far surpassed expectations. In the early 1990s, a series of neoliberal economic policies focused on capitalist growth rather than a long term socialist economy. This resulted in a GDP jump from about 500 billion dollars in 2002, to 2 and a quarte...
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Over the past two decades, India has gone from a developing economy to one of the fastest growing economies in the world. Today it reigns as an emerging superpower, with significant growth in nearly all areas: population, financial markets, military and more. In 1998, APJ Abdul Kalam, the soon-to-be 11th President of India predicted the country would achieve superpower status by the year 2020. So, we wanted to know, is that goal still realistic, and when WILL India become a superpower? Well, in some areas, India has far surpassed expectations. In the early 1990s, a series of neoliberal economic policies focused on capitalist growth rather than a long term socialist economy. This resulted in a GDP jump from about 500 billion dollars in 2002, to 2 and a quarte...
