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Currency : Indian National Rupee (INR)
Area Total : 3,287,590 sq. km

Economic Indicators : (All figures in US$)

INDICATOR	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009(est.)
GDP (PPP)	2.35 tr.	2.67 tr.	2.99 tr.	3.28 tr.	3.46 tr.
GDP (current prices)	784.25 bn.	874.77 bn.	1.10 tr.	1.20 tr.	1.18 tr.
GDP Growth Rate %	7.5	9.4	9.6	8.7	6.7
Inflation	3.76%	4.24%	6.17%	8.34%	6.26%

Trade & Investment : (All figures in US$)

INDICATOR	2008 - 2009(Apr. - Dec.)	2007 - 2008
India's Total Trade	386.33 bn.	414.54 bn.
India's Total Exports	131 bn.	162.98 bn.
India's Total Imports	235.33 bn.	251.56 bn.

INDIA'S TOP 10 EXPORT DESTINATIONS: USA, UAE, Singapore, China, Hong Kong, Netherlands, U.K., Germany, Saudi Arabia and Belgium

INDIA'S TOP 10 IMPORT SOURCES: China, Saudi Arabia, UAE, USA, Switzerland, Iran, Germany, Nigeria, Kuwait and Australia

FDI INVESTMENTS (April 2008 - March 2009)US$27.3 bn.

FII INVESTMENTS (Jan. 1 2009- 2 Jun 2009) was U$5,562 mn.

FOREIGN EXCHANGE RESERVES (as on June 19 2009) was U$263.65 bn.