India Well Positioned To More Than Fend For Itself

New Delhi: India can enhance its economic potential and become a keystone in the global supply chain system by seizing the opportunity from the shift in global alliances, Mahindra Group Chairman Anand Mahindra said and asserted that “India is well positioned to more than fend for itself”.

In his New Year message to the employees of the group, Mahindra said international relations could become more and more transactional, driven strongly by national interest and national muscle-flexing.

“Globally, the last few years have been full of shocks, changes and uncertainties, and the year that is drawing to a close has been no exception. We are seeing a shifting world where interdependencies and a flat world may well be things of the past,” he wrote. Asserting that “India is well positioned to more than fend for itself”, Mahindra said, “It is no longer the 99-pound light-weight on the beach.

It can demonstrate military might. It can boast of political stability, anchored by its raucous and robust democracy that was on full display in the central elections, when a nation of over a billion people voted seamlessly, peaceably and effectively.” India can enhance its economic potential, by seizing the opportunity offered by shifting affinities and alliances to become a keystone in the global supply chain system, he noted.