• Total area 3,287,590 sq. km. Coast line approx. 7,000 km. 28 States and 7 Union Territories
• Territorial borders with 6 countries
• Population of over 1 billion
• Multi-ethnic, multi-lingual, multi-cultural people. More than 96 living languages with only 46 technically written. Land of all seasons and diverse terrains
• World's fourth largest economy in-terms of PPP
• World's second fastest growing economy with a GDP growth rate of around 7%
• Indian merchandise trade grew by 27% to 73 billion in 2004, well above the world trade growth
• Indian trade touched 0.82% of world trade in 2004. Expected to touch 2% by 2010