India has risen in the Asia Power Index 2025, ranking third among 27 countries with improved economic strength, cultural influence, and military capability. The Lowy Institute report shows India's overall power score increasing to 40.0, reflecting its growing role as a major Asian power.<
India surpassed Japan to become the third-largest power in the Asia Power Index, according to an official statement by Ministry of Information and Broadcasting on Wednesday.
Union Minister for Petroleum and Natural Gas and BJP leader Hardeep Singh Puri has attributed India's ascent in the latest Asia Power Index to Prime Minister Narendra Modi's visionary leadership and global strategy and said that India's rise is an outcome of aggressive diplomatic strategy a