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In his address at the 11th Heads of Missions Conference, Prime Minister Narendra Modi highlighted the 3Ts—Trade, Technology, and Tourism—as central to reforming Indian diplomacy for Viksit Bharat@2047. This builds on a decade of expanded global engagement and integrates economic tools directly into diplomatic missions' mandates. Diplomats are tasked with aggressively promoting market access, FTAs, supply chain diversification, and "Brand India" exports. Emphasis on emerging tech collaborations, innovation partnerships, and digital-public diplomacy. This leverages India's strengths in IT, space, renewables, and defence tech (e.g., recent DRDO advances). Promotion of cultural soft power, spiritual-heritage circuits, and people-to-people ties to boost inbound travel, diaspora engagement, and image-building. The strategy integrates these with Neighbourhood First, strategic partnerships, and diaspora connect, supported by brainstorming sessions, tabletop exercises, and geopolitical briefings at the conference. Strengths include economic statecraft for growth, multi-alignment synergies, and soft power leverage. Challenges involve coordination gaps, geopolitical risks like West Asia disruptions, and balancing commerce with security. This pragmatic strategy positions India as a proactive global player, blending interests with ambition for developed-nation status.
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