New India
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This section looks at different opinions on New India’s economic success, varying experiences of globalisation and the extent to which this affects confidence levels.
Key questions:
- What is the view of India from India?
- How is globalisation shaping India’s worldview and sense of place in the world?
Key concepts:
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Cultural understanding and diversity
Human processes
There are different opinions on New India’s economic success within the country itself. Much of these different views is owing to the varying experiences of globalisation. Some people feel extremely confident that New India is the way forward, the others either feel excluded from it.
- Annual gross income in India has risen from US million $422,455.12 in 2003 to US million $580,914.50 in 2007.
- Annual disposable income in India has risen from US million $403,114.93 in 2003 to US million $589,081.53 in 2007.
- GDP measured at purchasing power parity (million international $) has risen from 3,003,617 in 2003 to 4,555,318 in 2007.
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Further indictors of India's growing wealth including new car purchases, consumerable electronics market and growth in cosmetics, soft drinks and tourism markets
http://www.euromonitor.com/factfile.aspx?country=IN