India Finance Brief

India offers a compelling target for investment. The world's largest democracy, the country ranked eleventh in terms of GDP in 2010, and its economy is forecast to grow strongly in the coming decade. This expansion will propel the nation into fifth place globally in 2020 GDP behind, in descending order, the USA, China, Japan and Germany. In the process, India's economy will nearly quadruple. This growth is driven by demographics and rising income levels, infrastructure development and a business friendly government, but there are also business, operational and cultural challenges companies need to plan for in order to participate in the Indian opportunity. This report describes the growth drivers and challenges and illustrates the opportunity through reviews of five high growth sectors: Automotive, Banking, Communications, Education, and Infrastructure.