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India
India’s turbocharged growth rates promise to shorten the time frame within which it rises up the ranks of the world’s economic powers. Anecdotal evidence suggests there is a wall of cash waiting to enter. - -
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Surging with self-confidence and ambition
Not so long ago, remembers Kamal Nath, India’s commerce minister, the Indian delegates attending this week’s meeting of the World Economic Forum in Davos would all have been armed with “The List”.
Infrastructure: When politics obstructs expansion
The people who make the “My job just got Bangalored” T-shirts face a challenge.
Manufacturing finally comes into its own
This time it is for real. That is the conclusion of Scott Bayman, one of the most experienced India hands in the country today.
Effort to transport domestic success
A gleaming motorcycle plant in Chakan, near Pune, is intended to be the springboard for a move by Bajaj Auto.
Management: Reaching for the top 10 schools
Competition for places is strong and standards are high for those seeking an MBA at an Indian business school.
Pharmaceuticals: When language gives an industry the edge
Sunil and Prashant Shah co-ordinate a fledgling company that is riding India’s fast-growing pharmaceuticals wave.
India key facts
- Official name: Republic of India
- Capital: New Delhi
- Population: 1.08 billion
- Currency: Indian rupee
- Official language: Hindi and English
Introduction
Separated from the rest of Asia by the Himalaya mountain range, India forms the bulk of a subcontinent. As well as the Himalayas, there are two other main geographic regions, the Indo-Gangetic plain, which lies between the foothills of the Himalayas and the Vindhya Mountains, and the central–southern plateau. India is the world's largest democracy and second most populous country after China. The birthrate has recently been falling, but even at its current level India's population will probably overtake China's by 2030. After years of protectionism, India is opening up its economy to the outside world in the hope that the free market will go some way to alleviating one of the country's major problems – poverty.
