It has been 70 years since India has been an independent country and India has come a long way. From being an infant nation with germinating economy, industry and polity, India has become a much developed nation and has become one of the most powerful Asian countries. Following are some of the few factors supporting India’s candidature for the permanent membership of the security council-

a) India is the largest democracy of the world and supports almost 1/5^th population of the world which makes it a representative of a substantial number of people of the world.

b) India participates in almost all of the initiatives taken by the UN.

c) India has largely supported, promoted and been a part of UN’s peacekeeping missions.

d) India has emerged as a nation that is economically sound and independent. It is one of the healthy and growing economies of the world.

e) India has also contributed financially to various initiatives of the UN and has also never faltered in making payments.

f) India has since ancient times been a country sheltering various religions of the world under one umbrella. It is an embodiment of ethnic, cultural and religious cohesiveness and has always propagated peace and cooperation which also forms the spirit of the UN.

Therefore, India is a very promising candidate for the permanent membership of the Security Council.