Numbers of note

200,000: The annual incremental requirement of manpower in the Indian hospitality industry. Of this, 69,000 people are required at the managerial level, according to a Planning Commission report

Rs 35,000: The amount Kochi airport charges as ground handling fee for every single flight, compared to Rs 18,000 and Rs 25,000, respectively, by the international airports at Bangalore and Mumbai

11,806: The number of people who have applied for three posts of peon in the Haryana Electricity Regulatory Commission

Rs 28,000 crore: The amount India-focussed private equity and venture capital funds raised in 2007. The figure does not include real estate funds, according to Venture Intelligence data

Rs 40,000 crore: The estimated sum that will be invested in building and upgrading the country’s airport infrastructure over the next five years

1.6 million tonne: The amount of stainless steel India produces; it is 2.6 per cent of the total steel production of 60 million tonne

$20.5 billion (Rs 82,000 crore): India’s textile exports in 2007-08, a growth of 10 per cent over the figure for 2006-07

25 billion: The number of SMSes sent by Indians in 2007

200: The number of cinemas Reliance Entertainment, part of the Reliance ADA Group controlled by Anil Ambani, has acquired in 28 US cities, including San Jose, Chicago and Washington

$1.1 billion (Rs 4,400 crore): The amount Germany’s Daimler AG and India’s Hero Group will invest in a commercial vehicle joint venture in India that is expected to begin production in 2010

$2.14 billion (Rs 8,560 crore): Net loss incurred by Merrill Lynch in the first quarter of 2008

25 per cent: The growth in India’s outbound tourism per annum