Global Firepower, a portal that analyses data from 145 countries has released a list of the world's most powerful militaries for 2023.
The portal considers various factors like the amount of military equipment, number of troops, financial standing, geography, and available resources while ranking the militaries.
India's armed forces have been ranked as the world's fourth most powerful. According to Business Insider, Global Firepower ranked India second for available manpower, total available active military manpower, and paramilitary force strength. The report also said that India had almost 1.5 million active military personnel.
As far as India's neighbours are concerned, while Pakistan ranked below India at number 7, China as been adjudged the third most powerful military in the world.
The top two positions are held by the United States and Russia.