{"id":288801,"date":"2024-03-30T19:07:59","date_gmt":"2024-03-30T13:37:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/?p=288801"},"modified":"2024-03-30T19:07:59","modified_gmt":"2024-03-30T13:37:59","slug":"africa-at-the-heart-of-indias-global-south-vision","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/africa-at-the-heart-of-indias-global-south-vision\/","title":{"rendered":"Africa-At the heart of India\u2019s Global South vision"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Source<\/strong>&#8211; This post on<strong> Africa-At the heart of India\u2019s Global South vision<\/strong> has been created based on the article \u201c<strong>Why India must put Africa at the heart of its Global South vision<\/strong>\u201d published in \u201c<strong>The Indian Express<\/strong>\u201d on 30 March 2024.<\/p>\n<p><strong>UPSC Syllabus<\/strong>&#8211;<strong>GS Paper-2-<\/strong>International relations- Bilateral, Regional and Global Groupings and Agreements involving India and\/or affecting India\u2019s interests.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Context<\/strong>&#8211; Africa houses three-fourths of humanity and over 39 % of the global GDP. Further, India projects itself as one of the leading voices of the Global South. In this context, there is a need to reform existing structures towards a more inclusive and representative system focused on development.<\/p>\n<p>Read more- <a href=\"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/india-and-global-south-explained-pointwise\/\">India and Global South<\/a><\/p>\n<h2><strong>What is the importance of Africa for India\u2019s global south vision?<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>1) <strong>Economic Importance<\/strong>-The potential for economic partnerships between India and Africa is immense. For ex-Indian investments in Africa has reached $98 billion in 2023, with trade totaling $100 billion.<\/p>\n<p>2) <strong>Strategic importance<\/strong>-Africa\u2019s influence in global forums will be important for India\u2019s vision for rule based global governance. India has also advocated the creation of African Union in the G20 summit.<\/p>\n<p>3) <strong>Energy Security<\/strong>&#8211; There is great potential for cooperation in this sector. Africa, with 30 % of the world\u2019s critical mineral reserves, is vital to ensure the energy transition in India. India needs to build solar panels and batteries necessary for a low-carbon future. This can be provided by the critical mineral reserve of Africa.<\/p>\n<h2><strong>What should be the way forward?<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>India should increase technical capacity building amongst Africa\u2019s workforces. India should revamp existing collaborations or establish new ones with African technical organizations to address the issue of skill gap in Africa.<\/p>\n<p>In order to meet India\u2019s Global South aspirations, it is important to leverage historical partnerships with African countries.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Question for practice<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>What is the significance of Africa for India\u2019s global south vision?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Source&#8211; This post on Africa-At the heart of India\u2019s Global South vision has been created based on the article \u201cWhy India must put Africa at the heart of its Global South vision\u201d published in \u201cThe Indian Express\u201d on 30 March 2024. UPSC Syllabus&#8211;GS Paper-2-International relations- Bilateral, Regional and Global Groupings and Agreements involving India and\/or&hellip; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/africa-at-the-heart-of-indias-global-south-vision\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Africa-At the heart of India\u2019s Global South vision<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10320,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1230,1235],"tags":[212,10500,239],"class_list":["post-288801","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-9-pm-daily-articles","category-international-relations","tag-gs-paper-2","tag-indian-express","tag-international-relations","entry"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","views":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/288801","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10320"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=288801"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/288801\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=288801"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=288801"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=288801"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}