"India is the largest democracy in the world, the seventh-largest country by area and the second most populous country with a population of 1.29 billion. It has been a favourite destination  for investment by multinational companies due to its large domestic consumption-based economy, favourable demographics, skilled workforce and the continuing focus on emerging markets. India's GDP grew at around 7.9% between 2003 and 2012, and is expected to grow at 7.4% in 2014-2015, compared to 6.9% in 2013-14. India ranked amongst the top-10 investment destinations since 2007-08, attracting US$ 95 billion in foreign direct investment and US$97 billion in foreign portfolio investment over the past five years. The service sector attracts the highest amount of foreign capital into India."

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Credits: Akram Khan & Abhijit Kulkarni for The Bulletin (HKGCC), June 2015 issue