"Huge Opportunity For...": Former NITI Aayog CEO On 'The India Century'

India's G20 Sherpa Amitabh Kant spoke at the NDTV World Summit in Delhi where he mentioned that this will be "India's century".

Mr Kant highlighted how the world is mired in conflicts - both in Europe and in West Asia. While this is sad and unfortunate, he explained that it also presents India - a largely peace-loving and ambitious nation - with an opportunity to set up manufacturing hubs and encourage innovation. 

"When you look around the world, there are 3 big challenges," he said, adding that conflict is the first.

"Europe was responsible for World War I, it was also responsible for World War II, and now we have had a war there for the last 3 years. 45,000 people have died in Europe," he said.

"Similarly, 350.000 people have died n the Middle East. The region is up in flames," he added, going on to say that because of these wars, "global value chains are disrupted."