Location
India is located in the Northern Hemisphere and the mainland extends
between latitudes 8 deg. 4' and 37 deg. 6' north, longitudes 68 deg. 7'
and 97 deg. 25' east and measures about 3214 kms from north to south
between the extreme latitudes and about 22,993 km from east to west
between the extreme longitudes.
Physical Background
The Republic of India forms a natural subcontinent with the Himalayan
mountain range lying to the North. Two sections of the Indian Ocean -
the Arabian Sea and the Bay of Bengal, lie to West and the East of the
Indian peninsula. Pakistan lies in the northwest whereas China, Bhutan
and the Nepal are located to the northeast and Bangladesh and Myanmar to
the east. Sri Lanka lies to the south of India across the Palk Strait.
India occupies the largest part of the sub continent of Southern Asia.
India: Investment Policies
India's economic policies are conducive to the growth of investments in
India and attract significant capital inflows into India on a sustained
basis. The economic policies also encourage technology calibration
agreements between Indian and foreign firms. Policy initiatives taken
over the last few years have resulted in significant inflows of foreign
investment in all areas of Indian economy.
Today, India is one of the fastest growing emerging markets in the
world and all eyes are now focused on India. Skilled managerial and
technical manpower that match the best available in the world coupled
with English educated middle class whose size exceeds the population of
the USA or the European Union, provide India with a cutting edge in
today's world of globalization.
