India's recurring invitations to G7 summits, despite its non-alignment with Western powers, reflect both New Delhi's growing global influence and the G7's evolving strategy for legitimacy. Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi will attend the upcoming G7 Summit in Évian, France, as a guest, continuing a trend of over a dozen summits since 2003.
This occurs even as India maintains "strategic autonomy," participates in BRICS, engages with Russia and China, and has not joined Western sanctions against Russia. The G7, whose share of global GDP has fallen from approximately 70 percent in 1975 to about 43 percent today, and population share from 15 percent to less than 10 percent, seeks to broaden its engagement with non-Western powers. India, as the world's most populous country, a major economic power with a 7.7 percent growth rate, and an influential voice in the Global South, is seen as crucial for global governance and offers the G7 access to the developing world, underscored by its role in the African Union's G20 inclusion.
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