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Economic At A Glance 2008-09

Indicator	Unit
Area & Demography
Area	000 km²	3,287.00
Population	Mn.	1,138.00
Sex ratio	Females per '000 males	934.00
Density of Population	Per Km²	346.00
Literacy Rate	%	64.8.00
Urban Population	Mn.	312.00

National Income
Gross Domestic Product At Factor Cost	Rs.crs	4,303,654.00
At Current Prices (Revised Estimates 2007-08)	$Bn.	1,069.00
Structure of GDP
Agriculture & allied	% share	17.80
Industry	% share	26.60
Services	% share	56.60
GDP Growth
2006-07	%	9.60
2007-08	%	9.00
Per Capita Income at Current Prices	Rupees	33,299.00
Per Capita Income at Current Prices	$	827.00
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Infrastructure
Road length	000 km	2,483.00
Railway Route	000 km	64.00
Cargo Handled At Major Ports	Mn.Tonnes	400.00
Electricity installed capacity	000 MW	138.00
Telephone connections	Mn lines	126.00

Agriculture
Index of Agricultural Production	1993-94=100	163.8*
Change over previous year	%	11.70
Foodgrain production	Mn. tonnes	230.70

Industry
Index of Industrial Production	1993-94=100	268.00
Change over previous year	%	8.50

No. of Factories	000 numbers	136.40
No. of Listed scrips	Numbers	4,821.00
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Financial Sector
Commercial bank network	No. of branches	73,836.00
Aggregate Deposits	Rs. crores	2,691,053.00
	$ Bn.	477.00
No. of Stock Exchanges	Number	21.00
Electronic Trading	Cos. Available for demat	5,536.00
Settlement practice	No. of days for settlement	T+2

Sensex	1978-79=100 (Annual Average)	16,569.00
Change over previous year	%	35.00
Amount raised in primary market	Rs.crores	178,651.00
	$ Bn.	44.40

Inflation Rate	WPI average	4.80
Deposit Rates	% p.a. (current)	8.50-10.00
Prime Lending Rates	% p.a. (current)	12.50-13.25

Foreign Investment
FDI (Apr-Oct. '08-09)	Net $ Bn.	20.8
FDI (Apr-Mar. '07-08)	Net $ Bn.	32.4
FII (Apr-Dec. '08-09)	Net $ Bn.	-6.0
FII (Apr-Mar. '07-08)	Net $ Bn.	16.0
GDR/ADR (Apr-Oct. '08-09)	$ Bn.	1.1
GDR/ADR (Apr-Mar. '07-08)	$ Bn.	8.8
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External Sector
Exports	Rs.crs (2007-08)	640,172.00
Exports	$Bn.	159.10
Share in world exports	%	0.90

Imports	Rs.crs.	960,147.00
Imports	$Bn.	238.60

Total Forex reserves	$ Bn. (Mar 28, 08)	309.00

India's Ranking In World
In terms of:
Area	Numbers	7.00
Population	"	2.00
Arable Land	"	2.00
Gross National Income	"	10.00
Electricity generation	"	5.00
Production of:
Tea	"	2.00
Milk	"	1.00
Butter & ghee	"	1.00
Rice	"	2.00
Wheat	"	2.00
Sugar	"	2.00

Human Resource:
Total graduates	Thousands	18,349.00
(All faculties)
Engineering degree holders	"	1,180.00
Engineering diploma holders	"	1,720.00
Software professionals	"	1,287.00
Nurses	"	296.00
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Note: For a detailed sector-wise data on the Indian economy refer to The Statistical Outline of India - 2008-09

* Pertains to 2007-08

*For enquiry contact: des@tata.com

# Figures pertain to 2001. In 2003 number of degree holders and diploma holders in Engineering faculty were 11.8 Lakhs and 17.2 Lakhs respectively

Economic Indicators

Value

Stock Market
Sensex (07.09.10)	18645.06
	(85.01)
Nifty (07.09.10)	5604
	(27.05)
Dow Jones (03.09.10)	10447.93
	(127.83)
Nikkei-225 (03.09.10)	9114.13
	(51.29)

Monetary	Latest
Inflation
WPI (July 2010)	262.5
	(9.97)
M3growth (%y-o-y)	14.7
Repo-Rate (%)	5.75
Reverse-Repo(%)	4.5
CRR	6

Forex	Latest
Exchange Rate
Rs./U$ (06.09.10)	46.71
	(-0.23)
Foreign Exchange Reserves (as on 30.07.2010 US $ Bn.)	284.2
Oil
Brent (U$/bbl.) (06.09.10)	77.14
	(1.46)


*	Figures in bracket indicates change over previous value. In case of WPI it is y-o-y change.