https://www.thehindu.com/elections/...er-bow-down-rajnath-singh/article68117440.ece Crore = 10,000,000. Lakh = 100,000. In terms of GDP by Purchasing Power Parity, India is the number 3 economy, and about half as large as number 2 United States. Whether India can attain true superpower status along with China and the US is uncertain. The ethnic diversity of India tends to cause a lack of social cohesion, and the caste structure limits India's ability to develop all its human resources to the maximum extent.