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15 August 2012
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India astonishes
visitors in every
season. B6
B2 INDIA
India
by the numbers
62nd
This year is the 62nd anniversary of the establishment of
diplomatic relations between
China and India, and the year
of India-China Friendship and
Cooperation.
US$74b
Bilateral trade between China
and India has grown dramatically from US$3 billion in 2001
to US$74 billion in 2011.
35,000
The Indian Consulate General
in Shanghai issued 35,000
visas in 2011, 60 percent of
which were business visas.
250
Naveen Srivastava, the new Indian consul general, believes Shanghai is a very
important area for the India-China relations. Wang Rongjiang
the 150th birth anniversary of writer
and philosopher Rabindranath Tagore,
who twice visited China and was a pioneer in establishing friendly relations
between the two countries.
The Indian Consulate General in
Shanghai issued 35,000 visas in 2011,
60 percent of which were business
visas, the rest mostly tourist visas.
The total was almost twice the number issued in 2007, and the number
of tourist visits has increased almost
three-fold.
Srivastava, having arrived just a
week ago, has already planned trips
to his jurisdiction to understand what
the local governments want and to
help establish links between Indian
companies and local business partners.
Shanghai is a very important area
for India-China relations. I hope to be
able to reach out to more cities and
counties across this region, and we
hope to see how Indian companies can
collaborate with them to meet their
goals. Its my job to see where India
can help, he said.
There are about 250 Indian companies in China now, covering a wide
spectrum of areas including IT, bank-
INDIA B3
FACTS
India at a glance
President:
Pranab Mukherjee
Full Name:
Republic of India
MAJOR CITIES
ECONOMY
Capital:
New Delhi
US$3,700
National Flag:
Service industry
57 percent of the total GDP is generated by the service
industry. GDP growth rate in India in 2011 was 6.9%.
Mumbai
National emblem:
428.9 million
Labor force (2010)
New Delhi
Monetary Unit:
Indian
rupee
National Day:
August 15
(Independence Day)
Population:
1.2 billion (2011)
Major Languages:
Hindi, English
Major religions:
Hinduism, Islam, Christianity, Sikhism, Buddhism
Source: www.india.gov.in
www.worldbank.org; en.wikipedia.org
DEMOGRAPHICS
30%
30% of the
population lives
in urban areas.
1.3%
Population growth rate
India has the second
largest population in the
world, and it is expected
to keep growing at a rate
of 1.3% every year.
Life expectancy
The average life expectancy is 65.4 years
(UNDP report, 2010).
Kolkata
Chennai
B4 INDIA
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Attracted initially by
the well-developed
infrastructure, Indian
IT businesses
branching out
in China are
generating huge
profits, and helping
shape the high-tech
landscape here.
INDIA B5
An IT engineer checks
the quality of chips in a
laboratory. The Indian
IT industry employs
2.5 million workers
and services almost 70
nations in 35 different
languages. Xinhua
B6 INDIA
INDIA B7
B8 INDIA
FASHION WEEK
taps into opulence,
tribal exotica
An Indian model displays a creation by Shyamal and Bhumika during the Lakme Fashion Week in Mumbai. Rajanish Kakade
An Indian
model displays
a creation by
Ritu Beri.
Rafiq Maqbool