And some of the recently promoted partners in India cant get INR 5 million.

Could be very much true although the minimum requirement at a shop like Simmons to make partner would be much less. Thinking out aloud - you would need to make about 3x your drawings. My guess would be that a Silver Circle recently made-up would be drawing about c. 250k so we are looking at 750k-ish projected book size. This is a great achievement not just for an Indian but in particular because the old days of seniors from MC being made up in SC are nearly gone. Kudos to the guy and hoping many more reach the P-suite soon.

Desi MC lawyer - well said! Indian or not - it's hard to make partner at top international law firms in London at the best of times and with brexit, trump etc it's even harder.