India’s Atmanirbhar Bharat and Defence Outreach: Leveraging the Gulf Strategic Partnerships

India’s Atmanirbhar Bharat and Defence Outreach: Leveraging the Gulf Strategic Partnerships

India

Middle East

Near East

Diplomacy

COVID

In May 2020 when Prime Minister Narendra Modi gave the clarion call for Atmanirbhar Bharat or ‘Self Reliant India’; the initiative, atleast until then referred to economic stimulus packages intended for the distressed population during the Pandemic. However, soon after, it became the buzzword for modern India, the one touted as a responsible, reliable regional and global power that visualizes itself as a self-reliant and self-sufficient economy while maintaining its strategic autonomy. This realisation further got affirmation when the country became the first responder and a responsible supplier of basic medicines such as paracetamol and hydroxychloroquine to around 120 countries during the initial stages of COVID-19, thus providing impetus to India’s medical diplomacy.

Singh, Manjari

CLAWS Journal; Vol. 14 No. 1 (2021): Summer 2021; 154-162

2319-5177

Centre For Land Warfare Studies (CLAWS), New Delhi, India

2021-06-30

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