India in Numbers...
· India is world's largest exporter of rice (2016) and wheat (2014)
· An Indian agricultural household has an average monthly income of Rs. 6,426, and an outstanding loan of Rs 47,000; about 52 % agricultural households live in debt (2016); Over past 20 years (1995-2014), more than 3Lakh farmers have committed suicide, with a more or less consistent average of 15,000 farmers/ year.
· India is world's 2nd largest fruit and vegetables producer (2016), and the largest producer of milk (2015).
· India houses 195mn people (out of the 795mn worldwide) who go hungry to bed every day; 3000 children in India die every day from poor diet related illness (2015).
· India is world’s 2nd largest producer of tea accounting for 30% of global produce (2015), and 25% of spices produced globally (2013).
· 335mn (29% rural and 23% urban) Indians live without safe and adequate water-supply (2015).
· Agriculture accounts for about 11% of country's exports (2014).
· 138.5mn Indian households (i.e., about 700-800mn) depend on agriculture for subsistence. 67% of farmers are marginal (owning up to 1 hectare plot), and 83% are small and marginal farmers (upto 2 hectare plots). The average farm holding in India is 1.15 hectare, and only 1% farmers have plots larger than 10 hectare (2011).
· India is world’s largest producer of mica, 3rd largest producer of iron ore, 2nd largest producer of cement (2010).
· India has around 700mn+ employable workforce and about 460mn employed. Only about 7-8% of India's employed work is in "organised" sector.
· India has one of the world’s largest technically qualified manpower, comprising of 15mn doctors, engineers and scientists. There are about 30mn graduates, post-graduates and doctorates in India.
· 44% of India’s workforce is illiterate, and 23% has education up to primary level. More than 90% rural workforce, and more than 80% of urban workforce has no “marketable” skill (e.g, typing, brick-laying, fishing, driving, basket-making, carpentry, tailoring, etc.).
· India is among the 3 countries (US and Japan being the other two), who have built its own indigenous 4th generation super computer.
· 85% of India’s public health problems are due to water-borne diseases; around 37.7 million Indians are affected by water-borne diseases annually, 1.5 million children are estimated to die of diarrhoea alone, and 73 million working days are lost due to water-borne diseases each year. 1 in 4 persons dying from a water-borne disease is an Indian.
· India is world's largest center for diamond cutting and polishing. 9 out of 10 diamonds sold anywhere in the world pass through India.
· India is estimated to have 60-65mn DIDs (Development-Induced-Displaced / Project Affected/ "oustees"), who are displaced due to development of dams and canals, mining, new industries, etc. – this estimate excludes the displaced landless labours, fishermen, and the rural artisans, who are not counted for compensation and rehabilitation. 40% of DIDs are tribal who constitute 8% of India’s population.
· There are close to 2.36Lakh HNWIs ("high net worth individuals") in India, whose individual net worth is more than $1mn (2016). The number of HNWIs in India is growing twice the global rate, and their cumulative liquid wealth is more than $200bn.
· In rural India (comprising of 3/4th of population), only 7.3% have a monthly income of more than Rs.775/month; In urban India, only 7.8% earn of more than Rs.1500/month. Only 15% of India’s 190mn households have an family income of more than Rs.2.5 lacs/ annum; only 4% of India’s population earns more than Rs.4 lacs/annum.
· India is among the 6 countries worldwide, who have developed its own space technology (23 satellite in orbit and 14 geo-stationary satellites). It has not only launched its own satellite, but also for countries like Germany, Korea and Belgium. ISRO/Antrix Corp.'s clientele include the European Commission (for agriculture and forestry), Japan (volcanic activity), US (telephone network mapping, rail alignments, Wal-Mart, airlines) and Thailand (information). Its images are distributed by Space Imaging Inc and Euromap.
· The official definition of poverty in India is: a monthly individual income of less than Rs.816 /month (rural) and Rs.1000/month (urban); 33.6% (rural) and 28.5% (urban) of Indian population - i.e., around 270mn Indians - lives below (even this) poverty line. Of India’s poor, 40% are landless labours, 45% small/marginal farmers, and 7.5% rural artisans (2013).
· India is world’s largest producer of sponge iron.
· India has around 0.7mn primary schools – out of which around 10% do not have a building, 9% have a single teacher (for class I-V), 11% have no drinking water, and 30% have no toilets (2011).
· India's real estate investment market is estimated to be $50bn (2015), and is predicted to grow to $180bn by 2020. During last 4 years, the average return on investment has been of around 50%.
· For a country with 3/4th of population in villages, India has 20% hospital beds in villages.
· Indian pharmaceutical industry ranks 4th in the world in terms of volumes, and 13th in terms of value. Indian Pharma industry has the highest number of patents approved by US FDA outside US. Indian drug companies also topped the drug filing with FDA, accounting for 20% of all drugs coming into US market.
· India hosts 1/3rd of world’s leprosy patients. About 0.5mn people in India die from TB every year. 68/1,000 Indian babies die before their first birthday.
India, as the cliché goes, is a land of contrasts!
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