NEW DELHI: India went into the Brics summit feeling confident it would be able to negotiate the duelling pressures from members of the grouping and get member countries to condemn the Pahalgam attack despite the presence of China and its increasing brazenness in obscuring Pakistan's continuing use of terrorism.
Govt sources, while agreeing with the estimates in many quarters that reconciling the divergent perspectives of Brics members would be a challenging task, had expressed confidence that India's enhanced standing would help it overcome any problems.
"From being the weakest link in the Brics chain to being an economy with a growth rate and low inflation, a robust digital public infrastructure, there has been a transformation, which has helped us push India-specific concerns," the sources said.
Referring to the stand against terrorism, they said since 2014, the Modi govt has focused on getting the world to recognise the need for collective action against the scourge. "India's consistent push to address terrorism in all its forms led to the creation of the Brics counter-terrorism working group, and under India's leadership at the 13th Summit in 2021, the group adopted a Counter Terrorism Action Plan, marking a shift from broad declarations to concrete institutional mechanisms for intelligence sharing, capacity building and preventing the misuse of financial and digital networks by terror networks," according to the sources.
They also said India was instrumental in using the forum to support its pitch for democratising multilateral institutions - a theme PM Modi articulated in his address to the Summit on Sunday.
Sources also mentioned India's initiatives, including the call for the launch of Brics Startup Forum and inclusion of digital public infrastructure in the core agenda, to argue that India has moved from the sidelines to the centre stage of the group. "India has become a voice that is heard. It isn't easy to imagine that 12 years ago, many seriously debated whether to replace India, with the lowest growth rate and high inflation, with Indonesia as a member," said sources.
Govt sources, while agreeing with the estimates in many quarters that reconciling the divergent perspectives of Brics members would be a challenging task, had expressed confidence that India's enhanced standing would help it overcome any problems.
"From being the weakest link in the Brics chain to being an economy with a growth rate and low inflation, a robust digital public infrastructure, there has been a transformation, which has helped us push India-specific concerns," the sources said.
Referring to the stand against terrorism, they said since 2014, the Modi govt has focused on getting the world to recognise the need for collective action against the scourge. "India's consistent push to address terrorism in all its forms led to the creation of the Brics counter-terrorism working group, and under India's leadership at the 13th Summit in 2021, the group adopted a Counter Terrorism Action Plan, marking a shift from broad declarations to concrete institutional mechanisms for intelligence sharing, capacity building and preventing the misuse of financial and digital networks by terror networks," according to the sources.
They also said India was instrumental in using the forum to support its pitch for democratising multilateral institutions - a theme PM Modi articulated in his address to the Summit on Sunday.
Sources also mentioned India's initiatives, including the call for the launch of Brics Startup Forum and inclusion of digital public infrastructure in the core agenda, to argue that India has moved from the sidelines to the centre stage of the group. "India has become a voice that is heard. It isn't easy to imagine that 12 years ago, many seriously debated whether to replace India, with the lowest growth rate and high inflation, with Indonesia as a member," said sources.
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