The India brand - feel proud to be an Indian

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The India brand - feel proud to be an Indian

· The number of companies listed on the Bombay Stock Exchange, at more than 6,000, is second only to NYSE.

· Four out of 10 Silicon Valley startups are run by Indians.

· With 800 movies per year , India ’s film industry overshadows Hollywood .

· The organized lottery market in India is US$7bn (2% of GDP)

· India consumes a fifth of the world’s gold output.

· Indians account for 45% of H1-B visas issued by the US every year

· Growing at 6%, in 25 years Indian GDP(on a PPP basis) will be at the same level the US is at today

· Six Indian ladies have won Miss Universe/Miss World titles over the past 10 years.

· Bank deposits in India roughly equal 50% of its GDP C again, among the highest in the world.

· Indian Railways is the largest railway network in the world under single management

· India has the third largest army in the world, nearly 1.5 million strong.

· India is the largest producer and consumer of tea in the world, accounting for more than 30% of global production and 25% of consumption.

· India is the world’s premier center for diamond cutting and polishing. Nine out of every 10 stones sold in the world pass through India .

· India has the highest number of annual bulk drugs filings (77) with USFDA.

· India is home to the largest number of pharmaceutical plants (61) approved by USFDA outside the US .

· India’s Hero Honda is the world’s largest motorcycle manufacturer, with 2002 production of 1.7m units.

· Other than US and Japan , India is the only country to have built a super computer indigenously.

· Indian Railways is the largest employer in the world, with a staff of 1.6 million people.

· India is the second largest cement producing country in the world, producing more than 110 m tones.

· Of the fortune 500 companies, 220 outsource their software-related work to India .

· There are 8,500 Indian restaurants in the U.K.15% of the country’s total dining-out establishments.

· India is the largest democracy in the world, with nearly 400m voting in the last national elections.

· India has the second-largest pool of scientists and engineers in the world.

· India has the third largest investor base in the world

· According to the Gemological Institute of America, up until 1896, India was the only source of diamonds.

· The Indian city of Varanasi , also known as Benares , is the oldest continuously inhabited city in the world today.

· There are 3.22 million Indians in the US .

· Indians are the richest immigrant class in the US , with nearly 200,000 millionaires.

· India is ranked the sixth country in the world in terms of satellite launches.

· There are over 70,000 bank branches in India – among the highest in the world.

~~~~~Sreenath Vanmelil