(a) To strengthen its military capabilities:
(i) India has been involved in conflicts with its neighbors as Pakistan in 1947-48,1965,1971, 1999 and China in 1962.
(ii) In the South ***** region, India is surrounded by nuclear-armed countries.
(b) To strengthen international norms and institutions:
(i) India’ first Prime Minister J.L. Nehru supported **** solidarity, disarmament, decolonization and the UN as a forum to settle down the international conflict.
(ii) It used non-alignment to help to carry out an area of peace outside the blocs.
(c) To meet security challenges within the country:
(i) Several militant groups from areas such as Nagaland, Mizoram, Punjab, Kashmir have sought to break away from India.
(ii) India has made efforts to preserve national unity by adopting a democratic political system by providing freedom of speech and expression along with the right to vote.
(d) To develop its economy:
(i) India develops the way to lift a vast mass of citizens out of ***, misery and huge economic inequalities.
(ii) A democraticallj^ elected government is supposed to combine economic growth with human development without any demarcation between the rich and the poor.
