Look at the nations surrounding india, China(an enemy), pakistan(chinese client state), myanmer(chinese client state), nepal(soon to be a chinese client state). Chinese naval bases on both sides of the indian ocean. Now in terms of land armies, china as far superior logistics and C3I frastructure than india. But the biggest obstacle to india's rise is its socialist economy. And India's democracy is simply preventing the economy from becoming capatilist and competitive, this is also why China's economy is 7 times larger than that of india when their populations are roughly the same.
>>China's economy is 7 times larger than that of india when their populations are roughly the same.
United States Economy
GDP: purchasing power parity - $9.963 trillion (2000 est.)
GDP - real growth rate: 5% (2000 est.)
GDP - per capita: purchasing power parity - $36,200 (2000 est.)
China Economy
GDP: purchasing power parity - $4.5 trillion (2000 est.)
GDP - real growth rate: 8% (2000 est.)
GDP - per capita: purchasing power parity - $3,600 (2000 est.)
India Economy
GDP: purchasing power parity - $2.2 trillion (2000 est.)
GDP - real growth rate: 6% (2000 est.)
GDP - per capita: purchasing power parity - $2,200 (2000 est.)