Over 300 million Indians are expected to have a

household income of over US$ 6,000 by 2015.

 India is among the world's youngest nations
with a median age of 25 years
 India has the second largest area of arable land
in the world, making it one of the world's largest
food producers - over 200 million tonnes of
foodgrains are produced annually.
 With the largest number of listed companies -
10,000 across 23 stock exchanges,

India's healthy banking system with a

network of 70,000 branches is among the
largest in the world
 According to a study by the McKinsey
Global Institute (MGI), India's consumer
market will be the world's fifth largest
(from twelfth) in the world by 2025
 India's middle class will swell by over ten
times from its current size of 50 million to
583 million people by 2025
 The number of companies incorporated
has increased at an annual average of
55,000 companies in the last two years

Industry

 India is the world’s second largest

producer of cement after China
with industry capacity of over 200
million tonnes (MT)
 Total installed capacity was
204.29 MT as on August 31, 2008
 Total despatches has been 100.17
MT during April–October 2008–09
100.96 MT during April–October
 2008–09.

India’s cement consumption

grew 9.6% yoy.
 South market witnessed
strong demand supporting
firm pricing (up 4.7% yoy)
in the region.
 The key concern dip in
construction and
infrastructure activities in
the country.

Rebound in consumption growth;

Central and South region
outperform.
India 9.6
South16.3
West 9.8
Central 14.3
North3.7
East 2.1
Contradictory pricing trend
emerge; realizations remained
robust in South
 Capacity utilization improves MoM
but remains lower yoy
 Key performers were players who
have recently added capacities
 Coal prices cool from peak; freight
index fell to the lowest levels since
2002.

Consumption Growth &

Capacity Addition
 Consumption in Million Tonnes and
Capacity addition in Million Tonnes p a
Region Consumption Capacity
Sep 08 Sep 07 Aug 08
Addition
South 4.43 3.8 4.49 27.6
North 2.85 2.75 2.41 15.0
West 2.4 2.35 2.4 11.3
East 1.91 1.74 1.86 7.5