Interesting Numbers {Nov 2007}

Some interesting numbers

• India added 8.03 million mobile customers in july 2007.
• Foreign exchange reserves touched $229 billion.
• India employed 5,62,000 people in IT services, 5,45,000 in ITES, and 1,44,000 in engineering services in 2006.
• Indian life expectancy has increased from 31 years in 1947 to 64 years in 2005, thanks to inexpensive antibiotics.
• In India,there are 20 annual air travels per 1000 people,while USA has 2,300 & Sri Lanka has 30.
• Average pay in the government and private sectors in India is at Rs 2,45,745 and Rs 5,65,214 respectively.
• 2 million of the 40 million people working in managerial jobs left USA due to a supposed 'hidden' bias in dealing with foreigners.
• Hon Hoi precision Industry that manufactures laptops,mobiles and MP3 devices (including iMac,iPhone,iPod) employs 4,50,000 people! across the world.