India, Jan. 13 -- Principal Secretary to the Prime Minister, Shaktikanta Das, has said that despite of several hiccups on every front globally, India continues to stand for a cooperative, rules-based global system while pragmatically forging partnerships to safeguard its national interests.

Placing India's journey in a global context, Das highlighted that the world economy is at an inflection point. "Traditional multilateralism is under strain, weakened by geopolitical rivalries, protectionism and fragmentation. Trade and supply chains are no longer neutral engines of globalisation but instruments of strategic influence. Reshoring, friend-shoring and restrictions on technology, labour and critical resources have slowed global trade growt...