India occupies a significant position in the world pharmaceutical market – especially in generics. The Indian Pharmaceutical industry is over $10 billion revenues constituting 1.3% of the country’s GDP.

India is the leading destination for providing IT and IT Enabled Services (ITeS), with revenues of over $30 billion of which: IT Services and Software constituted 59%, IT Hardware about 21% and ITeS about 20%. India has a market share of over 35% of the $40 billion global market for off-shored IT & ITes.

The Indian Auto Component Industry is a $8.7 billion industry of which 16% is exports ($1.4 billion). This industry has experienced high growth in the past few years with many international auto-component majors including Delphi, Visteon, Bosch and Meritor have setting up operations in India.

India is one of the ten largest retail markets in the world with retail sales of over $206 billion (over 30% of GDP). ‘Organized Retail’ constitutes only 3% of total retail sales and presents a great investment opportunity.

With an industry size of over $36 billion, India’s share of the world trade in textiles (3.5%) is increasing. India is amongst the largest producers of Cotton, Yarn and Fabrics.

India is the largest diamond cutting and polishing centre in the world with 60% value share, 85% volume share and 92% share of the world market by number of pieces. The domestic market is growing at a rapid pace with revenues of over $10 billion.

Even though small in size, the Indian B2B Media industry is poised for dramatic growth driven by healthy business environment. This industry has seen entry of many global players through joint ventures and strategic partnerships.

Exponential increase in number of automotives and industry applications combined with high fuel prices is driving high domestic demand for ethanol in India. Projected overall demand for Ethanol is far outpacing supply. Of the 132M gallons of ethanol required, only 37% is currently produced.

Real Estate and Construction is a $12 billion industry in India. Various foreign Real Estate and Finance companies like GE Commercial Finance, Tishman Speyer, Ascendas and Farallon Capital have entered the Indian markets in the past few years.

Per capita consumption of paint in India is 800-900 grams compared to 15-25 kg in the developed countries. With an unprecedented boom in Housing sector, there is a high growth expected in the Indian paints industry.

India has a huge output of agricultural produce, with the 2nd largest arable land area in the world. It is the largest producer of milk, pulses, sugarcane and tea in the world and the 2nd largest producer of wheat, rice, fruits and vegetables in the world.

India consumes about $200 billion worth of food products p.a.; 53% of this is processed food – mostly primary processing. Value addition of food products is expected to increase from the current 8 per cent to 35 per cent by the end of 2025.