Indian Century
The Indian Century[1][2] (or India's Century[3]) (Hindi : भारतीय शताब्दी) is the possibility that the 21st century will be dominated by India, similarly to how the 20th century is often called the American Century,[4] and the 19th century as Pax Britannica (British Peace).[5] The phrase is used particularly in the assertion that the economy of India could overtake[6][7] the economy of the United States and economy of China as the largest national economy in the world,[8] a position it held[9] from 1 to 1500 A.D. and in 1700 A.D.[10][11]
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India has created North–South Transport Corridor as an alternative to One Belt, One Road policy initiative of China (PRC),[12][13][14] to link in with Iran, Russia, the Caucasus, and Central Asia. In 2017, India and Japan[15][16] joined together to form Asia-Africa Growth Corridor, to better integrate the economies of South, Southeast, and East Asia with Oceania and Africa.[15][16]
According to the report named "Indian Century: Defining India's Place in a Rapidly Changing Global Economy" by IBM Institute for Business Value, India is predicted to be among the world’s highest-growth nations over the coming years.[17][18][19]
Factors
Top five countries by military expenditure in 2016. According to the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute.[20] |
One of the key factors includes its populous democracy.[21][22] As per United Nations report, India will overtake China to become the world's most populous nation by 2022.[23][24]
Economists and Researchers at Harvard University have projected India’s 7% projected annual growth rate through 2024 would continue to put it ahead of China, making India the fastest growing major economy in the world.[25][26] In 2017, Center for International Development at Harvard University, published a research study,[27] projecting that India has emerged[27] as the economic pole of global growth by surpassing China and is expected to maintain its lead over the coming decade.[27]
India is generally considered an emerging great power due to its large and stable population, and its rapidly growing economic and military sectors.[28]
See also
References
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- Martin Halliwell; Catherine Morley (2008). American Thought and Culture in the 21st Century. Oxford University Press. p. 10. ISBN 9780748626021.
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- "21st century is going to be Indian century: Alagappan." December 1, 2007. OneIndia News/(UNI).
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- "The West and the Rest in the International Economic Order". Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development. Retrieved 2 July 2017.
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- "Of Oxford, economics, empire, and freedom". The Hindu. Chennai. 2 October 2005. Retrieved 2010-12-06.
- An Era of Darkness: The British Empire in India. Aleph Book Company. 2016. ISBN 978-9383064656.
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- Data Source: Tables of Prof. Angus Maddison (2010). The per capita GDP over various years and population data can be downloaded in a spreadsheet from here.
- "India ratifies TIR Convention to access transnational multi-modal connectivity". Mint. Retrieved 30 June 2017.
- "Watch Out, China: India Is Building A 'New Silk Road' Of Its Own". Forbes. Retrieved 30 June 2017.
- "PM Modi in Russia: How fastracking North-South corridor will help India counter Chinese OBOR". The Financial Express (India). Retrieved 30 June 2017.
- "India And Japan Join Forces To Counter China And Build Their Own New Silk Road". Forbes. Retrieved 1 August 2017.
- "Ignoring OBOR, India and Japan forge ahead with joint connectivity project". The Economic Times. Retrieved 1 August 2017.
- "Indian Century - Defining India's place in a rapidly changing global economy" (PDF). IBM. Retrieved 11 February 2016.
- "India to be world's highest growth nation in 21st century: IBM study". Business Standard. Retrieved 11 February 2016.
- "21st century is India's century: IBM chief Virginia Rometty". Moneycontrol.com. Retrieved 11 February 2016.
- "Trends in World Military Expenditure, 2019" (PDF). Stockholm International Peace Research Institute. Retrieved 27 April 2020.
- "‘India’s decade could pave way for an Indian century’." Archived 2013-05-08 at the Wayback Machine Hindustan Times.
- "Next century will be India's, says WSJ - Oman Tribune". omantribune. Archived from the original on 2015-01-19.
- "India 'to overtake China's population by 2022' - UN". BBC. Retrieved 30 June 2017.
- "World Population Prospects 2017 - UN". United Nations. Retrieved 30 June 2017.
- "New Growth Projections Predict the Rise of India, East Africa and Fall of Oil Economies". 7 May 2015. Retrieved 12 April 2016.
- "India Will Be Fastest-Growing Economy for Coming Decade, Harvard Researchers Predict". 1 January 2016. Retrieved 12 April 2016.
- "New 2025 Global Growth Projections Predict China's Further Slowdown and the Continued Rise of India". Harvard University. Retrieved 10 July 2017.
- Lydon, Christopher (6 August 2010). "Real India: A Historian's Cautions on "The Indian Century" (AUDIO)". Huffington Post.
Further reading
- "Is this the Indian century?" The Guardian.
- Is it the dawn of the Indian century, asks Wharton forum. India Abroad.
- Action: the Indian Century and China-India relations. SBS.
- China's Century — or India's?
- India, China to become superpowers in two decades The Economic Times.
- China and India: The Power of Two Harvard Business Review
- Lesson From Old India
- India, the Next Great Basketball Superpower? The Atlantic.
- Dirks, Nicholas (2008) The Scandal of Empire: India and the Creation of Imperial Britain. Belknap Press ISBN 978-0-674-02724-4.
- Durant, Will (1930) The Case for India. New York: Simon and Schuster.
- India: The Rise of an Asian Giant ISBN 978-0-300-11309-9
- Kennedy, Paul (1989) The Rise and Fall of the Great Powers. Vintage; 1 edition ISBN 978-0-679-72019-5.
- Lak, Daniel (2009) India Express: The Future of the New Superpower. Palgrave Macmillan ISBN 0-230-61759-X.
- Luce, Edward (2008) In Spite of the Gods: The Rise of Modern India. Anchor ISBN 978-1-4000-7977-3.
- Marks, Robert (2007) The Origins of the Modern World: A Global and Ecological Narrative from the Fifteenth to the Twenty-first Century. Rowman & Littlefield Publishers ISBN 978-0-7425-5419-1.
- McKinsey & Company Inc. (2013) Reimagining India: Unlocking the Potential of Asia's Next Superpower. Simon & Schuster ISBN 978-1-4767-3530-6.
- Meredith, Robyn (2008) The Elephant and the Dragon: The Rise of India and China and What It Means for All of Us. W. W. Norton & Company ISBN 978-0-393-33193-6.
- Parthasarathi, Prasannan (2011) Why Europe Grew Rich and Asia Did Not : Global Economic Divergence, 1600–1850. Cambridge University Press ISBN 978-0-521-16824-3.
- Sieff, Martin (2010) Shifting Superpowers: The New and Emerging Relationships between the United States, China and India. Cato Institute ISBN 978-1-935308-21-8.
- Smith, Jeff (2013) Cold Peace: China-India Rivalry in the Twenty-First Century. Lexington Books ISBN 978-0-7391-8278-9.
- Tharoor, Shashi (2012) Pax Indica: India and the World of the Twenty-First Century. Penguin Global ISBN 978-0-670-08574-3.
- Gupte, Pranay (December 29, 2013). "The Indian Century, great war to 2014".
- Pascaline Winand; Marika Vicziany; Poonam Datar. The European Union and India: Rhetoric or Meaningful Partnership?. Edward Elgar Publishing. p. 174.