Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday made his debut among the world's most powerful people, ranked 15th on the Forbes list, topped by Russian President Vladimir Putin who pipped his US counterpart Barack Obama for a second year.
The list of 72 most-powerful people in the world also included Reliance Industries Ltd (RIL) Chairman Mukesh Ambani at 36th, ArcelorMittal Chairman and Chief Executive Officer (CEO) Lakshmi Mittal at 57th, and Microsoft India-born CEO Satya Nadella at 64th.
On Modi, Forbes said "India's newest rock star doesn't hail from Bollywood. He is the newly elected Prime Minister who sailed into office in May with a landslide victory, ushering the Bharatiya Janata Party into power after decades of control by the Gandhi dynasty." Forbes described him a "Hindu nationalist" and referred to the 2002 Gujarat riots when he was the state's chief minister.
"Modi is credited with massive reconstruction projects in his home state of Gujarat. His administration promises to bring economic rejuvenation to other beleaguered parts of India. The world is as impressed as the citizens of India: So far he's toured the US and China and met with his Southeast Asian neighbours," the magazine said.
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