The Ministry of External Affairs (India) (MEA), otherwise called the Foreign Ministry, is the public authority organization liable for the lead of unfamiliar relations of India. With the world’s third biggest military use, fourth biggest furnished power, fifth biggest economy by GDP ostensible rates and third biggest economy as far as buying power equality, India is a noticeable local force, an atomic force, an arising worldwide force and an expected superpower. India expects a developing worldwide impact and an unmistakable voice in worldwide issues.

As a previous British settlement, India is an individual from the Commonwealth of Nations and keeps on keeping up with associations with other Commonwealth nations. Since acquiring autonomy from Britain in 1947, nonetheless, India is presently delegated a recently industrialized nation and has developed a broad organization of unfamiliar relations with different states. As a part province of BRICS – a collection of arising significant economies that additionally envelops Brazil, Russia, China and South Africa, India likewise applies a striking impact as the establishing individual from the Non-Aligned Movement. In ongoing many years, India has sought after a more broad international strategy that envelops the local first arrangement encapsulated by SAARC just as the Look East approach to fashion more broad monetary and key associations with other East Asian nations. Also, India was one of the establishing individuals from a few global associations — the United Nations, the Asian Development Bank, New Development BRICS Bank, and G-20, broadly viewed as the primary monetary locus of arising and created countries.

India has additionally assumed a significant and compelling part in other global associations like East Asia Summit, World Trade Organization, International Monetary Fund (IMF), and IBSA Dialog Forum. India is additionally an individual from the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank and the Shanghai Cooperation Organization.

Provincially, India is a piece of SAARC and BIMSTEC. India has participated in a few UN peacekeeping missions, and as of June 2020, is the fifth-biggest troop giver. India is as of now looking for a perpetual seat in the UN Security Council, alongside the other G4 countries.

India employs colossal impact in worldwide undertakings and can be delegated an arising superpower.