 a global leader is one who can a play major role in world affairs, work for

maintaining peace and tranquillity and can extend all type of help in
preventing global crisis such as climate change, food insecurity, hunger,
poverty etc.
 India part of international organizations UNO, WORLD BANK, IMF,
UNESCO, UNICEF, ILO, WTO, FATF etc.
 Currently India is a non-permanent member of the United Nations
Security Council for two years for which the election was held in 2020. In
that election India got a record 189 votes, only four countries voted
against its membership. This shows her popularity throughout the world.
  Three major wars, two with Pakistan and one with China, after
independence- dependent on foreign aid for its socio economic and
infrastructure development. But after 1991 economic liberalisation-
India a major contributor of aid to the world- now 3rd position
 India is at the cynosure of the world leader for it's contribution to each
and every continent of the globe.
 India- engaged with countries for their infrastructure development,
capacity building, and socio economic development
  India takes the leading role in promoting peace, financial stability, and
facilitating free trade among the south Asian countries under the SAARC
umbrella.
 Also helping Srilanka by providing financial and technical assistance in
the construction of railway line, road, housing for displaced Tamils
during LTTE war, renovating a Kankasanthurai harbour. 
 provided $1 billion grant in aid to Bangladesh for their infrastructure
development at the interest rate of .75%.
 has allowed Bhutan and Nepal to use it's land to do trade with
Bangladesh and to import or export goods using Bangladesh port.
 relation with Pakistan is also improving.
 India Africa e-network project to connect all the 53 countries of Africa
through fibre optic connection.
 India formed south-south co-operation with Brazil and South Africa to
provide financial help to the least developed countries -earlier
dependent only on the north for aid.
 other Indian project in Africa got international acclamation like
construction of railway line linking Ethiopia and Djibouti, setting up of 80
institutions for capacity building in various sectors such as food
 processing, agriculture, textile, weather forecasting and rural
development.
 Working with SCO member countries in maintaining peace and stability
and preventing terrorism, drug trafficking from central and south Asia.
 planning to extend help in construction of nuclear reactors for some of
the central Asia countries like Kazakistan.
 world's 6th largest contributor to the Afghanistan infrastructure project
and also providing training to Afghanistan security forces- they can
protect their country after Americas pull
  India has taken the responsibility of giving training to Afghan Gov.
employees through VV Giri National labour institute , constructing road
from delaram to Zarang and building power plants to meet its energy
need.
 BIMSTEC, Mekong Ganga co-operation, India ASEAN summit, East Asia
summit India is maintaining cordial relations with all the south east
asean countries.
 Will promote culture by protecting all important historic monuments
through ASI of India.
  proposed to build a highway which will connect Myanmar, Thailand ,
Laos ,Vietnam and Cambodia to facilitate free movement of goods and
spur economic development in that region.
 India is one among the few countries who recognised Palestine as an
independent state.
 promotes democratic government instead of autocratic Government
throughout world.
 Indian election commission extend help to Egypt for their election
reform.
 India also providing it's wonder machine EVC(electronic voting machine)
to Nepal, Mexico, Bangladesh, Ethiopia, Afghanistan- conduction of their
election.
 Indian CAG (Controller and auditor general)- example of a unique
institution in the field of audit appointed as the external auditor of two
major UN organisations: IAEA and world intellectual property right.
 has one of the largest and advanced security forces in the world. Has a
strong navy, army and air force -protecting our countries, also engaged
in UN's peace keeping process -Srilanka, Somalia , Afghanistan or any
other countries. 
  Indian Ocean's international transit corridor to protect the merchant
vessel from the Somalia pirates which has become a sanctuary for them.
 India escorted more the 1000 vessels including some Indian vessels.
 a well develop space research centres (ISRO) which is regularly launching
satellites for itself and for other countries- communication satellite,
weather forecasting, remote sensing etc.
 satellite called meghatropics with collaboration with France which will
benefit all tropical countries.- will provide real time data regarding
rainfall pattern in tropical region thereby helping farmers in agriculture
and ensure food security. 
 India is World's first country to identify presence of water on Moon
surface through her Chandrayan-I mission and planning for Chandrayan-
II mission to send humans on to the moon surface.
  has one of the largest work forces of the world

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