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Strengths
- Their economy averaged 7% annual growth and quadrupled between 1997-2015.
- India is the worlds largest democracy, with 672 million voters
- It was a founding member of the UN
- Global Fire Power ranks India as the world's fourth largest military power (due to their weaponry).
- Bollywood is the world's largest film industry, producing around 1200 films a year.
- India has the worlds richest biodiversity
- India has a large and youthful working population.
- Its major universities have global reputations.
- India has the world's second largest population.
- Their culture is popular around the world, which will increase tourists who want to experience their culture.
- Their military is shown to have many assets like their aircraft carriers.
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Weaknesses
- Manufacturing peaked in 1995 and has slightly lowered since. It had 7% annual growth between 1997-2015 and it peaked at 17% of their GDP in 1995, however it is now only at 14%.
- Indian infrastructure is poor in water and energy supply, as well as in transport.
- Power cuts are frequent. One in 2012 affected roughly 620 million people.
- 20% of Indians live in severe poverty- people may not want to migrate/ move there due to the level of poverty.
- Bollywood doesn't have the same global reach as Hollywood- they cannot reach the same level of popularity or amounts of money.
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Opportunities
- Large amount of films produced by Bollywood could earn the country large amounts of money, it just needs to reach a wider audience in order to reach the success of Hollywood
- If they regulated their building codes to a higher level, or produced more housing to fit with the population growth, the amount of slums may reduce.
- Their military's assets will strengthen their bid to superpower status.
- Their large population can mean that they have a larger amount of working population which may help to boost their economy.
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Threats
- The government is facing large debt, which led to a reduction in the value of the rupee.
- Population and economic growth threaten their rich biodiversity
- India has the world's worst environmental problems with its severe pollution
- They are the world's third largest emitter of carbon dioxide
- They have some of the worst slums
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