♤ The 193 member-United Nations adopted a consensus resolution in its 69th General Assembly on September 14, 2015 to move from Inter-Governmental Negotiations (IGN) to a Text-Based Negotiations (TBN) process for reforming the United Nations Security Council.

1.12.2. India’s Case of Permanent Membership of the Security Council

♤ India itself also wishes to be a permanent member in a restructured UN. Following

arguments can be put forth in Support of India’s claim;

o India is the second most populous country in the world comprising almost one-fifth of the world population.

o Moreover, India is also the world’s largest democracy.