View: Reaching its economic goal should be India’s biggest strategic objective

The challenge now is to leverage this broader political acceptability for an economic purpose.

Synopsis

But can India convert this convergence of opportunities into gains, like Japan did after World War 2 and China did after the Cold War? And, for that, the challenges remain internal, not that much external. New Delhi has responded with a policy of self-reliance: ‘Atmanirbhar Bharat’. But that would remain incomplete without a clearly articulated trade and economic strategy to engage with the world.