GDP   
Purchasing power parity $3.022 trillion (2003 est.) 
Real growth rate 7.6% (2003 est.) 
Per capita (Purchasing power parity) $2,900 (2003 est.) 
 
GDP (Composition by sector) 
Agriculture 23.6%
Industry  28.4%
Services  48% (2002 est.) 
 
Population below poverty line 25% (2002 est.) 
 
Household income or consumption - By Share
Lowest  10% : 3.5%
Highest  10%: 33.5% (1997)
 
Distribution of family income (Gini index) 37.8 (1997) 
 
Inflation rate (consumer prices) 4.6% (2003 est.)
 
Labor force 406 million (1999) 
 
Labor force - By Occupation 
Agriculture  60%
Services  23%
Industry  17% (1999)
 
Unemployment rate 9.1% (2003) 
 
Budget 
Revenues $48.3 billion
Expenditures  $78.2 billion, including capital expenditures
 
Industries Textiles, Chemicals, Food Processing, Steel, Transportation Equipment, Cement, Mining, Petroleum, Machinery, Software 
 
Industrial production growth rate 6% (2003 est.) 
 
Electricity 
Production 533.3 billion kWh (2001)
 
Electricity - Production by source 
Fossil Fuel  81.7%
Hydro  14.5%
Nuclear  3.4%
Other Sources 0.3% (2001)
 
Electricity Usage Distribution 
Consumption 497.2 billion kWh (2001)
Exports  321 million kWh (2001) 
Imports  1.54 billion kWh (2001)
 
Oil 
Production  732,400 bbl/day (2001 est.) 
Consumption  2.13 million bbl/day (2001 est.)
Proved reserves  4.33 billion bbl (1 January 2002)
 
Natural gas 
Production 22.75 billion cu m (2001 est.)
Consumption  22.75 billion cu m (2001 est.)
Exports  0 cu m (2001 est.)
Imports 0 cu m (2001 est.)
Proved reserves  542.4 billion cu m (1 January 2002)
 
Agriculture 
Products  Rice, Wheat, Oilseed, Cotton, Jute, Tea, Sugarcane, Potatoes, Cattle, Water Buffalo, Sheep, Goats, Poultry, Fish
 
Exports 
Total exports $57.24 billion f.o.b. (2003 est.)
Commodities  Textile Goods, Gems and Jewelry, Engineering Goods, Chemicals, Leather Manufactures
Partners  US 22.4%, UK 5.1%, Hong Kong 4.5%, Germany 4.3%, China 4.1% (2002)
 
Imports 
Total imports $74.15 billion f.o.b. (2003 est.)
Commodities  Crude Oil, Machinery, Gems, Fertilizer, Chemicals 
Partners US 6.9%, Belgium 6.4%, China 4.5%, Singapore 4.4%, UK 4.4% (2002)
 
Debt (External) $95.3 billion (2003 est.)
 
Economic aid (recipient) $2.9 billion (FY98/99) 
 
Currency Indian rupee (INR)
 
Currency code INR
 
Exchange rates
(Indian rupees per US dollar)  46.58 (2003), 48.61 (2002), 47.19 (2001), 44.94 (2000), 43.06 (1999)