India is a young nation with nearly 60% of its population below the age of 25 years.

Indian economy is moving on a fast track at over 8% and studies have indicated that it will continue to grow at the rate of at least 5% per annum till 2050.

Accordingly, demand for goods and services is expected to increase further. Obviously, India requires huge investment to sustain the economic growth. The requirement is particularly large and immediate in infrastructure sectors.
Investment opportunities in some of the major sectors along with Government policy and incentives available are outlined here :

Source and next pages :
http://siadipp.nic.in/publicat/Investment_opportunities_in_India.pdf

And other publications
http://siadipp.nic.in/publicat/pub_mn.htm
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BACKGROUND NOTE ON SPECIAL ECONOMIC ZONES IN INDIA

Introduction
India was one of the first in Asia to recognize the effectiveness of the Export Processing Zone (EPZ) model in promoting exports, with Asia's first EPZ set up in Kandla in 1965. With a view to overcome the shortcomings experienced on account of the multiplicity of controls and clearances; absence of world-class infrastructure, and an unstable fiscal regime and with a view to attract larger foreign investments in India, the Special Economic Zones (SEZs) Policy was announced in April 2000....

Incentives and facilities offered to the SEZs
Source and next page: http://sezindia.nic.in

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The Chennai SEZ
http://www.mepz.gov.in/location.asp

The Mumbai SEZ
http://www.navimumbaisez.com/

The Noida SEZ
http://www.nsez.gov.in/

The Andhra Pradesh SEZ
http://www.apsez.com/

The Gujarat SEZ
http://www.kasez.com/index.asp

The Cochin SEZ
http://www.csez.com

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Information on the investments of the French companies in India.
http://www.ifcci.org.in/News.bytes/newsbytes.html

At 73 years, Pratibha Devisingh Patil became, Saturday July 21, 2007, the first woman president of India, according to results communicated by the Indian electoral commission.

THERE ARE SEVERAL GOOD REASONS FOR INVESTING IN INDIA.
http://business.indiaserver.com/dbi/dbi.html

1] One of the largest economies in the world.
2] Strategic location - access to the vast domestic and South Asian market.
3] A large and rapidly growing consumer market up to 300 million people, constitute the market for branded consumer goods - estimated to be growing at 8% per annum. Demand for several consumer products is growing at over 12% per annum.
4] Foreign investment is welcome, approval is required but is automatic in sixty categories of Industries.
5] Skilled man-power and professional managers are available at competitive cost.
6] One of the largest manufacturing sectors in the world, spanning almost all areas of manufacturing activities.
7] One of the largest pools of scientists, engineers, technicians and managers in the world.
8] Rich base of mineral and agricultural resources.
9] Long history of market economy infrastructure
10] Sophisticated financial sector.
11] Vibrant ...