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India: BPO Facts

April 10, 2007 · 0 comments

The domestic BPO sector was projected to increase to $4 billion in 2004 and reach $65 billion by 2010. (McKinsey & Co.). The outsourcing includes a wide range of services including design, architecture, management, legal services, accounting and drug development and the Indian BPOs are moving up in the value chain. There are about 200 [...]

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India: MNC Facts

April 10, 2007 · 0 comments

Top 5 American employers in India are General electric with 17,800 employees, Hewlett-Packard with 11,000 employees, IBM with around 6,000 employees, American Express with 4000, Dell with almost 3,800 employees. General Electric (GE) with $80 Million invested in India employs 16,000 staff, 1,600 R&D staff who are qualified with PhDs and Masters degrees. The number [...]

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The Indian pharmaceutical industry at $6.5 billion and growing at 8-10% annually, is the 4th largest pharmaceutical industry in the world, and is expected to be worth $12 billion by 2008. Its exports are over $2 billion. India is among the top five bulk drug makers and at home, the local industry has edged out [...]

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India: Self Reliance

April 10, 2007 · 0 comments

India is among six countries that launch satellites and do so even for Germany, Belgium, South Korea, Singapore and EU countries. India’s INSAT is among the world’s largest domestic satellite communication systems. India’s Geosynchronous Satellite Launch Vehicle (GSLV) was indigenously manufactured with most of the components like motor cases, inter-stages, heat shield, cryogenic engine, electronic [...]

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India: Trade Facts

April 10, 2007 · 0 comments

Tata Motors paid $ 118 million to buy Daewoo commercial vehicle Company of Korea. Ranbaxy, the largest Indian pharmaceutical company, gets 70% of its $1 billion revenue from overseas operations and 40% from USA. Tata Tea has bought Tetley of UK for £260M. India is one of the world’s largest diamond cutting and polishing centres, [...]

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