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Saturday, November 25, 2006

Business Today - NUMBERS OF NOTE


220: The number of malls India is expected to have by 2007, up from a mere 30 in 2003

68 per cent: The share of Mumbai, Delhi, Chennai, Kolkata, Bangalore and Hyderabad in India's total organised retail market

$1.3 million (Rs 5.85 crore): The amount for which TCS has acquired TCS Management, a privately-owned consulting company in Australia

90 per cent: The contribution of India's urban population to government revenues

$50,000 (Rs 22.5 lakh): The permissible overseas remittance limit for resident Indians per financial year, up from $25,000

$3.2 billion (Rs 14,400 crore): The increased limit for FII investments in government securities, up from $2 billion (Rs 9,000 crore)

$48 billion (Rs 2,16,000 crore): What financial systems reforms, and further economic liberalisation, can add every year to India's gross domestic product

Rs 150-200 crore: The amount the three-day bandh by traders in the Capital (Oct. 30-Nov. 1, 2006) is estimated to have cost the exchequer

Rs 2,91,206 crore: The total assets under management of the domestic MF industry as on September 30, 2006

16.9 per cent: Projected growth of technology spending by SMEs in India in 2007, the highest in the Asia-Pacific region

100 million-plus: Total number of websites on the internet, according to a survey by the internet research firm Netcraft

130 million litres: The estimated use of ethanol in India in 2006

Rs 26,000: India's current annual urban per capita income

7 lakh cases: The current size of the domestic wine market in India. Over the next 5 years, this is likely to grow to 28 lakh cases to be Precise