India, Feb. 10 -- In recent years, India has positioned itself as the voice of the Global South, taken on a greater role in regional groupings, and played a key role in global bodies such as the International Solar Alliance (ISA) and Coalition on Disaster Resilient Infrastructure (CDRI) while simultaneously enhancing developmental aid around the world. Its diplomatic footprint, however, continues to have sizeable gaps in regions such as Africa and Latin America. In light of this, it is significant that Parliament's standing committee on external affairs has called for accelerated efforts to bridge gaps in 42 countries where India currently lacks resident missions.

India operationalised missions in Albania, Bolivia, Georgia, Latvia and Ga...