Davos, Jan. 21 -- India has moved beyond the label of an emerging economy and is fast becoming an essential pillar of the global economic order, said Ram Mohan Naidu, Minister of Civil Aviation, Government of India, at the World Economic Forum (WEF) Annual Meeting 2026 in Davos.

"India today stands at the intersection of trust, scale, and innovation, offering reliability through its stable democratic institutions, resilience through its diversity and size, and relevance through solutions that deliver value for money. No longer defined as merely an emerging economy, India is becoming essential to the global economic order", Minister Naidu said.

He was speaking at a luncheon session "Shift from Emerging to Pivotal: India in the New Geoeco...