Mohammed Ismail
Over the past 25 years, India has achieved remarkable growth that competes with the Chinese, Japanese and the US economies, to the extent that the Asian country recently hosted the Commonwealth Games.
Hosting such a mega-sports event reflects India's growing importance
among the world's advancing nations.
A rapid shift is taking place in the balance of power in the world, with India having become a new economic superpower within a very short period of time.
India is expanding and developing very swiftly, making a deep and lasting impression on any visitor, who has nothing to do but to express his admiration for a country that has been economically transformed.
It has undergone an agricultural, industrial and information technology revolution, all within a quarter of a century.
The Indians have progressed from poverty to modest prosperity; a vast pool of educated and ambitious talent has been created, while a vibrant democracy and free press have become permanent features of India’s political map.
Any visitor will quickly recognise the change, which has achieved India’s goal of self-reliance in all domains.
This success is fully attributed to the government’s massive investment programmes that are currently underway – improving ports and airports, boosting power generation and water supplies, and upgrading education at all levels.
Cheap electronic goods, such as mobile phones and laptops, shopping malls and fine dining, are some examples of the emerging India, which could never have been visualised a few years ago.
What strikes any visitor to India is the big change in the attitude of the people working in public administration, which has become more efficient.
The Indian government has launched an urban-oriented reform package covering industry and services, in order to improve productivity.
With its many languages, cultures and religions, India is highly diverse.
This is also reflected in its federal political system, whereby power is shared between the central government and 28 states.
India, the world’s most populous democracy, has operated under a multi-party system for most of its history.
For most of the years since independence, the federal government has been led by the Indian National Congress (INC).
Politics in the states have been dominated by national parties like the INC, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and various regional parties.
From 1950 to 1990, barring two brief periods, the INC enjoyed a parliamentary
majority.
Since its independence in 1947, India, which has maintained cordial ties with most nations, has been working to improve its economy through encouraging private enterprise and implementing manpower development programmes.
It is now courted by the world's leading economic and political powers.
Supporting the ongoing reform process, India is heading towards becoming a developed nation and a superpower by the year 2020.
It is undergoing tremendous changes, due to competition and technical progress.
The Indian people have succeeded in making the values of science – rationality, accuracy and objectivity – a way of life.
*Published in the EGYPTIAN GAZETTE on Oct. 22, 2010.
India?s way to superpower status
It's an Arab Source,not an Indian one.
