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  04. NEWSMAKERS
   
 
 
     
  India - Fastest Growing Free Market Democracy  
     
 
  India, the world’s fastest growing free market democracy, is on a high growth trajectory. The youngest and fastest growing population of consumers and professionals is leveraging demographic advantages and GDP is expected to grow at 8 percent for the second year running.

According to Goldman Sachs, among Brazil, Russia, India and China, India will show the fastest growth over the next 30 – 50 years. At present rates of growth, the burgeoning market in the country will add one France every three and a half years and one Australia every year.

With disposable incomes having multiplied five times over the past decade and a positive net employment outlook of +27 per cent, India’s 400 million strong middle-class is driving demand, competition and productivity like never before.

World class educational institutions, a thriving culture of entrepreneurship and strong quality orientation in manufacturing are drawing investors into India. The 2005 A T Kearney FDI Confidence Index ranks India higher than the USA, establishing India as global investors’ favourite democracy.
India’s focus on increasing investments in infrastructure development is
 
  designed to complement its rapid emergence as the preferred manufacturing hub for leading global corporations. The Establishment of a ‘hub-and-spoke’ network of centres of economic activity is sure to lead to manifold growth in business profits and bring the hinterland into the mainstream.

All this is buoyed further by India’s strong adherence to democratic tenets, which have enabled its assimilative and culturally-rich society to constantly modernise its traditions and create a unique work ethos, where freedom and the spirit of enterprise together give every individual a chance to shape a future of his or her own making.

When India made a pitch for its well deserved share of attention from global business at Davos in January 2006, the message from Indian policy makers and business leaders was received very well. The attraction with all things Indian continues.

India is the Partner Country at Hannover Messe 2006, the world’s largest and most important annual technology fair. Clearly, for India and those seeking a partnership with India, the time is NOW!
 
     
 


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