Highlights
- India is among the five countries sharing 50% of the world production (or GDP).
- FDI inflows have jumped by almost three times to US $ 15.7 billion in 2006–07 as against US $ 5.5 billion in 2005–06.
- The aggregate income of the top 500 companies rose by 28.4% in 2006–07 to total US $469.51 billion.
- Twenty Indian firms have made it to the Boston Consulting Group's 100 New Global Challenger Giants list.
- According to a study by the McKinsey Global Institute (MGI), India's consumer market will be the world's fifth largest (from twelfth largest) in the world by 2025.
- Four Indians and seven Indian microfinance companies make it to the Forbes list of the world's wealthiest CEOs and the World's Top 50 Microfinance Institutions, respectively.
- India has the most number of private equity (PE) funds operating amongst the BRIC markets.
- Eighty of the world's 117 SEI CMM Level–5 companies are based in India.
- India already has 10 of the 30 fastest–growing cities in the world.
- The Indian biotechnology industry is growing at 37% annually, and is expected to become a US $5 billion industry by 2010.
- The Indian healthcare IT market is the fastest growing in Asia, with an expected growth rate of 22%, says a Springboard Research report.
- With more than 250 universities, 1,500 research institutions and 10,428 higher education institutes, India produces 200,000 engineering graduates and another 300,000 technically trained graduates every year.
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