India is a rich country when it comes to its achievements and other traits such has trade and technoslogy, here I have collected some facts about India, in terms of Industries, Trade and Technology –
- India has the largest movie industry in the world, terms of ticket sales and number of films produced.
- Bharat Forge has the world’s largest single-location forging facility; its clients include Honda, Toyota and Volvo amongst others.
- India is the 2nd largest tractor manufacturer (TAFE) in the world.
- Tata Nano is the cheapest car in the world at USD 2200.
- India is being recognized as potential emerging auto market.
- Foreign players are adding to their investments in Indian auto industry.
- Within two-wheelers, motorcycles contribute 80% of the segment size.
- Unlike the USA, the Indian passenger vehicle market is dominated by cars (79%).
- Tata Motors dominates over 60% of the Indian commercial vehicle market.
- 2/3rd of auto component production is consumed directly by OEMs.
- India is the largest three-wheeler market in the world.
- India is the largest two-wheeler manufacturer in the world.
- India is the second largest tractor manufacturer in the world.
- India is the fifth largest commercial vehicle manufacturer in the world.
- The number one global motorcycle manufacturer is in India.
- India is the fourth largest car market in Asia – recently crossed the 1 million mark. (Via Indian Automobiles)
- Aston Martin contracted prototyping its latest luxury sports car, AM V8 Vantage, to an Indian-based designer and is set to produce the cheapest Aston Martin ever.
- Suzuki, which makes Maruti in India has decided to make India its manufacturing, export and research hub outside Japan.
- Hyundai India is set to become the global small car hub for the Korean giant and will produce 25k Santros to start with.
- 80 of the World’s 117 SEI CMM Level-5 companies are based in India.
- 5 Indian companies recently received the globally acclaimed Deming prize. This prize is given to an organization for rigorous total quality management (TQM) practices.
- World-renowned TQM expert Yasutoshi Washio predicts that Indian manufacturing quality will overtake that of Japan in 2013.
- Flextronics, the $14 billion global major in Electronic Manufacturing Services, has announced that it will make India a global competence centre for telecom software development.
- India is one of the world’s largest diamond cutting and polishing centers, its exports were worth $6 Billion in 1999.
- About 9 out of 10 diamond stones sold anywhere in the world, pass through India.
- Garment exports are expected to increase from the current level of $6 billion to $25 billion by 2010.
- Ranbaxy, the largest Indian pharmaceutical company, gets 70% of its $1 billion revenue from overseas operations and 40% from USA. (Via THE SANGAM FOUNDATION)
- India is among six countries that launch satellites and do so even for Germany, Belgium, South Korea, Singapore and EU countries.
- The Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) is among the top three universities from which McKinsey & Company, the world’s biggest consulting firm, hires most Indians abroad.
I have planned to collect more and more facts about India, and will be posting more facts very soon.
