‘Not Expecting Neighbours To Do Only What’s In My Interest’: Indian External Affairs Minister Jaishankar On Bangladesh, Pakistan, China

[Beijingwalker]

That's funny? 2000: China had reached about only 4.7%.

Shipbuilding: China vs World​

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[Raj-Hindustani]

Ships built by country of building | 2025​

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Generic medicines are just one example. The point is that no country should think, “We can't do it, so why even try?” If you have an ambition today to achieve something and genuinely work toward it, you may not achieve 100% of the target—but you can still make significant progress and build enough capability to prove yourself.

India may not become China's equal in every manufacturing sector, and perhaps it won't achieve every target it sets. But that doesn't mean the ambition itself is delusional. India became a major global supplier of generic medicines by building capabilities over time. The same principle can apply to shipbuilding, manufacturing, technology and other sectors.

Ambition is about setting a direction and working toward it—not guaranteeing that you will achieve 100% of the goal. Even partial success can transform a country's capabilities.

 

[Beijingwalker]

That's the problem with China: if they can achieve something, they think they only can do it.

If every country can do what China did the whole world will become unrecognizable. You need to have solid industrial base, robust manufacturing capability, healthy complete supply chain to start with instead of merely slogan shouting.

 

[Raj-Hindustani]

If every country can do what China did the whole world will become unrecognizable. You need to have solid industrial base, robust manufacturing capability, healthy complete supply chain to start with instead of merely slogan shouting.

Isn't that exactly what I'm saying? An industrial base and robust manufacturing capability don't just appear overnight. You have to build them over many years through investment, infrastructure, skills, technology, supply chains and experience. China did exactly that over the past several decades.

I never said India would become a manufacturing or shipbuilding giant overnight. I'm talking about having the ambition today, building the necessary capabilities over time, and seeing how far India can go. Even if India doesn't achieve 100% of its target, substantial progress would still be a success.

Just i taken the data from ChatGPT. Again, no comprision - iam talking about being ambition

India's recent progress​

• India's shipbuilding output increased from 40,923 GT in 2024 to 57,637 GT in 2025 — a 41% increase.
• The government has committed a ₹69,725 crore package to shipbuilding, including ₹24,736 crore in financial assistance, a ₹25,000 crore Maritime Development Fund and ₹19,989 crore for the Shipbuilding Development Scheme.
• India is targeting 4.5 million GT of annual shipbuilding capacity by 2047, compared with a current baseline of roughly 0.05 million GT.
• A 400+ vessel fleet acquisition plan has been prepared to provide Indian shipyards with longer-term order visibility.
• 288 contracts covering 456 vessels, worth ₹19,748 crore, had received in-principle approval under the shipbuilding financial-assistance programme.
• India is also moving toward large greenfield shipyards. A proposed mega shipyard at Thoothukudi, Tamil Nadu, with South Korean HD KSOE involvement, is planned for 2.5 million GT annual capacity.
• Gujarat has received approval for a greenfield shipbuilding cluster planned for 1.2–1.5 million GT annual capacity.

and India is targeting 4.5 million GT of annual shipbuilding capacity by 2047, compared with a current baseline of roughly 0.05 million GT. no one said, we are going to be comparable with China in near future.

 

[Beijingwalker]

Isn't that exactly what I'm saying? An industrial base and robust manufacturing capability don't just appear overnight. You have to build them over many years through investment, infrastructure, skills, technology, supply chains and experience. China did exactly that over the past several decades.

I never said India would become a manufacturing or shipbuilding giant overnight. I'm talking about having the ambition today, building the necessary capabilities over time, and seeing how far India can go. Even if India doesn't achieve 100% of its target, substantial progress would still be a success.

Just i taken the data from ChatGPT. Again, no comprision - iam talking about being ambition

India's recent progress​

• India's shipbuilding output increased from 40,923 GT in 2024 to 57,637 GT in 2025 — a 41% increase.
• The government has committed a ₹69,725 crore package to shipbuilding, including ₹24,736 crore in financial assistance, a ₹25,000 crore Maritime Development Fund and ₹19,989 crore for the Shipbuilding Development Scheme.
• India is targeting 4.5 million GT of annual shipbuilding capacity by 2047, compared with a current baseline of roughly 0.05 million GT.
• A 400+ vessel fleet acquisition plan has been prepared to provide Indian shipyards with longer-term order visibility.
• 288 contracts covering 456 vessels, worth ₹19,748 crore, had received in-principle approval under the shipbuilding financial-assistance programme.
• India is also moving toward large greenfield shipyards. A proposed mega shipyard at Thoothukudi, Tamil Nadu, with South Korean HD KSOE involvement, is planned for 2.5 million GT annual capacity.
• Gujarat has received approval for a greenfield shipbuilding cluster planned for 1.2–1.5 million GT annual capacity.

and the target is India is targeting 4.5 million GT of annual shipbuilding capacity by 2047, compared with a current baseline of roughly 0.05 million GT. no one said, we are going to be comparable with China in near future.

I suggest that your defence minister should first try to make India into this list before talking about global dominance.

 

[Raj-Hindustani]

I suggest that your defence minister should first try to make India into this list before talking about global dominance.

india can't achieve everything with limited resources; it will take some time

at the moment, India is currently around 16th global

Likely will be part of top ten before 2035

 

[Beijingwalker]

india can't achieve everything with limited resources; it will take some time

When our rankings were like yours our mininsters never shouted to the world that we would achieve global dominance. You should first at least make yourself visible, not miscroscopic in current size.

 

[Vikramaditya1]

If asking and acting days are over - and I AGREE with you that they are - then why has laser eyes made this complaint that it is PAKISTAN WHO HAS FAILED to EMPATHISE with India's position?

If Hindustan will achieve its objectives through simple force, why even mention Pakistan's refusal to entertain any alternative means of dispute resolution?

Is EAM sahib complaining?

We achieved things through a multitude of actions. It's a dog eat dog world, the rule books don't matter. EAM is justifying his actions when some countries maybe uncomfortable with India's retaliations to Pakistan.

 

[Raj-Hindustani]

When our rankings were like yours our mininsters never shouted to the world that we would achieve global dominance. You should first at least make yourself visible, not miscroscopic in current size.

Please don't misrepresent what the minister actually said. He said India is capable of becoming a “global shipbuilding hub”—he did not say India will achieve global dominance, nor did he claim that India will suddenly overtake China.

and i dont have any problem with being ambitious.

 

[Beijingwalker]

Please don't misrepresent what the minister actually said. He said India is capable of becoming a “global shipbuilding hub”—he did not say India will achieve global dominance, nor did he claim that India will suddenly overtake China.

and i dont have any problem with being ambitious.

Capable or not doesn't depend on ranting empty promises, that's so cheap. At least not our style, we won't say anything like that unless it's reasonably within reach.

 

[ety]

Please don't misrepresent what the minister actually said. He said India is capable of becoming a “global shipbuilding hub”—he did not say India will achieve global dominance, nor did he claim that India will suddenly overtake China.

and i dont have any problem with being ambitious.

Your media, the prominent Palki Sharma, sure did. Becoming global shipbuilding hub is still far fetched from current state.