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• The Net International Investment Position (NIIP) i.e (Assets - Liabilities) of India resulted in net claims of non-residents to India (resulting largely from Portfolio & Direct Investment in India and external commercial loans), which declined by USD 11.51 billion to USD 68.72 billion as at end-September 2007 from a level of USD 80.23 billion as at end-June 2007.
• India had just 882 girls per 1,000 boys. Only China is worse. Beijing's harsh, yet effective, family-planning policy limited urban couples to a single child -which was usually a boy. China's sex ratio stands at just 832:1,000.
• J P Morgan stated in a study that India is the largest recipient of remittances by overseas workers who account to about 20 million, estimating a substantial $21 billion.(Jun 13, 2006)
• Deposits by NRI’s amount to around $32 billion in India which is 23 percent of foreign exchange reserves (Jun 13, 2006)
• UK: In one month, transferred from the UK to India estimate 20 million pounds and 7500 money transactions
• NRIs generate about $100 billion annually and pump back about $30 billion each year
• ''Bollywood,'' the world's biggest film industry, employing upward of 100,000 peopl
• Some 70,000 students from India come to the US for academic studies each year
• British High Commissioner in India Michael Arthur said 14,000 Indian students landed in the UK each year to study and will rise to about 25,000     
• (India)Local firms or Individuals can also buy farm land abroad   
• Heart disease after 40 years of age was higher among Indians as compared to the rest of the world. More than
  60 million Indians were expected to suffer from this disease by 2010.
• Indian Students seeking to pursue higher studies in the country and abroad can now seek loans up to Rs ten lakhs
• India is the world's largest mango producer, accounting for more than 50 per cent of the world's output
• Every Indian Owes Rs. 4,700: India's 1000 people have a foreign debt of $105 billion. This means that every Indian carries a foreign debt burden of $105 (roughly Rs. 4,700) on his or her head. India's population moved past the one billion mark in the middle of 2001
• RIs send almost $10 billion back home annually
• With 800 movies per year, India's film industry overshadows Hollywood.
• The organised 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. No other country has won more than twice.
• Bank deposits in India roughly equal 50% of its GDP Œ 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.
• It is the second-largest cement-producing country in the world, producing more than 110m tonnes.
• Of the Fortune 500 companies, 220 outsource their software-related work to India.
• There are 8,500 Indian restaurants in the UK, 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 Kumbh Mela festival, held every 12 years in the city of Allahabad, attracts 25 million people Œ more than the population of 185 of the 227 countries in the world.
• India is ranked the sixth country in the world in terms of satellite launches.
• The Indian city of Varanasi, also known as Benares, is the oldest, continuously inhabited city in the world today.
• SIKH religion the 5th largest religion in the world with twenty two million followers all around the globe

• India is the largest democracy in the world.
• India invented the Number System and Zero (invented by Aryabhatta).
• The world's first university was established in Takshashila in 700 BC.
• Ayurveda of India is the earliest school of medicine known to the world.
• The art of navigation was born in the river Sindh 6000 years ago. The very word 'Navigation' is derived from the Sanskrit word 'Navgatih'.
• Bhaskaracharya calculated the time taken by the earth to orbit the Sun (5th century) as 365.259756484 days.
• The value of 'pi' (() was first calculated by Budhyana in the 6th century and also propounded the Pythagorean Theorem.
• Chess was invented in India.
• The place value system or the decimal system was developed in India in 100 BC.
• India has the world's largest postal and rail network. Indian Railways is the world's single largest employer.
• India is a software power and leader in the knowledge based economy and has one of the largest pools of software engineers in the world. The country is also the largest manufacturer of tractors and leather goods.
• India ranks first in the production of milk and butter, mango, tea, raw sugar, jute, coconut, cashew and also in the cutting, processing and manufacturing of gems and jewellery.
• India is the second largest producer of vegetables and fruits, rice, groundnut, sugarbeet, tobacco, motorcycles and scooters.
• India is the third largest producer of wheat and the fourth largest producer of cement.
• The country is the fourth largest economy in terms of purchasing power.

Global

• 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.
• The organised 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.
• Bank deposits in India roughly equal 50% of its GDP ? 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.
• It is the second-largest cement-producing country in the world, producing more than 110m tonnes.
• Of the Fortune 500 companies, 220 outsource their software-related work to India.
• There are 8,500 Indian restaurants in the UK, 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.
• 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.
• With 800 movies per year, India's film industry overshadows Hollywood.
• Six Indian ladies have won Miss Universe/Miss World titles over the past 10 years. No other country has won more than twice.
• The Kumbh Mela festival, held every 12 years in the city of Allahabad, attracts 25 million people (more than the population of 185 of the 227 countries in the world).
  The Indian city of Varanasi, also known as Benares, is the oldest, continuously inhabited city in the world today.

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