Numbers of note

319 million: The number of Indians who live on less than a dollar a day, according to the World's Most Deprived report

$9 billion (Rs 36,000 crore): Amount raised by PetroChina in the world’s biggest IPO in 2007

60 per cent: Share of Google in all internet searches worldwide; Yahoo has a 14 per cent share and Microsoft is a distant third with 4 per cent

9.8 per cent: Rate of industrial growth in India in the first five months of 2007-08

39: India’s rank on a list of 150 countries based on its ability to efficiently transport goods and services to and from the country, according to a World Bank study. Singapore, The Netherlands and Germany occupy the top three slots

71: India’s rank in the 2007 AT Kearney Globalisation Index. The list ranks 72 countries. Singapore tops the list for the third straight year, followed by Hong Kong, The Netherlands, Switzerland and Ireland. India slipped 10 places from #61 in 2006.

0.6 per cent: Haryana’s fiscal deficit in 2006-07, making it the best performing state in terms of financial health. Haryana is followed by Delhi (0.7 per cent), Orissa (1 per cent), Gujarat (2.5 per cent) and Chhattisgarh (2.6 per cent).

42 million tonnes: Amount of solid wastes produced by urban India annually in 423 Class I cities

$32.4 billion: Approximate inflows into Indian equities through P-Notes so far this financial year

2.75 billion: The projected number of air passengers worldwide by 2011

$4,000 (Rs 1,60,000): Estimated per capita income in India in 2025, according to Finance Minister P. Chidambaram.

Rs 23,000 crore: The estimated cost of hosting the 2010 Commonwealth Games, up from the 2002 estimate of Rs 1,772 crore