Major Asian nations' GDP growth projections for 2024 by the IMF (%):🌏

🇮🇳 India: 6.8%
🇲🇳 Mongolia: 6.5%
🇵🇭 Philippines: 6.2%
🇻🇳 Vietnam: 5.8%
🇧🇩 Bangladesh: 5.7%
🇮🇩 Indonesia: 5.0%
🇨🇳 China: 4.6%
🇲🇾 Malaysia: 4.4%
🇹🇼 Taiwan: 3.1%
🇰🇷 South Korea: 2.3%

Lok Sabha polls:

PHASE 1: Highest Voting %
1.Lakshadweep (Lakshadweep): 84.16%
2.Jalpaiguri (WB): 83.66%
3.Arunachal East (Arunachal Pradesh):83.31%
4.Cooch Behar (WB): 82.16%
5.Tripura West (Tripura):81.48%

Lowest Voting %
1.Nawada (Bihar): 43.17%
2.Almora(Uttarakhand):48.74%…

People living in urban areas 2022 (%):

🇮🇳India: 36%
🇦🇷Argentina: 92%
🇯🇵 Japan: 92%
🇦🇺Australia: 86%
🇸🇦Saudi Arabia: 85%
🇬🇧U.K.: 84%
🇺🇸U.S: 83%
🇨🇦Canada: 82%
🇷🇺Russia: 75%
🇨🇳China: 64%
🇧🇩Bangladesh: 40%
🇵🇰Pakistan: 38%

(UNPD)

Pace of National Highways (NH) construction (In km/ day):🛣️🇮🇳

2023-24: 21.5*
2022-23: 28.3
2021-22: 28.6
2020-21: 36.5
2019-20: 28.1
2018-19: 29.7
2017-18: 26.9
2016-17: 22.6
2015-16: 16.6
2014-15: 12.1

*Till November
(MoRTH; TII)

2024 Civil Services Toppers and their Alma Mater:🥇

1. Aditya Srivastav - IIT Kanpur
2. Animesh Pradhan - NIT Rourkela
3. Ananya Reddy - Miranda House, Delhi University
4. Siddharth Ramkumar - B.Arch from College of Architecture, Trivandrum
5. Rouhani - St. Stephen’s, Delhi…

The world is our classroom! 🌍📚
Where Indian students went to study in 2022 (Nos.):
🇮🇳🧑‍🎓

US🇺🇸: 1,90,512
Canada🇨🇦: 1,85,955
UK🇬🇧: 1,32,709
Australia🇦🇺: 59,044
Germany🇩🇪: 20,684
Russia🇷🇺: 19,784
Singapore🇸🇬:17,085
B'desh🇧🇩: 17,006
Kyrgyzstan🇰🇬: 14,728
Philippines🇵🇭: 11,261

(BoI)

Net Non-Performing Assets (NPAs) of Indian banks (%): 🏦🇮🇳

2023: 1.0%
2018: 6.1%
2014: 2.2%
2010: 1.1%
2006: 1.3%
2002: 5.8%

(RBI Financial Stability Report, June 2023)

Top Ten economies in 2050 (GDP at PPPs):

1. China🇨🇳
2.India🇮🇳
3.U.S🇺🇸
4.Indonesia🇮🇩
5.Brazil🇧🇷
6.Russia🇷🇺
7.Mexico🇲🇽
8.Japan🇯🇵
9.Germany🇩🇪
10. U.K🇬🇧

(PwC)

Rise in forest cover from 2019 to 2021 (%): 🌳🌲

Telangana: 3.07%
Andhra: 2.22%
Odisha: 1.04%
Bihar: 1.03%
Kerala: 0.52%
J'khand: 0.47%
Guj: 0.46%
Kar: 0.40%
Goa: 0.31%
TN: 0.21%
CG: 0.19%
Raj: 0.15%
UP: 0.08%
Har: 0.06%
HP: 0.06%
Maha: 0.04%
MP: 0.01%
Ukd: 0.01%

(ISFR; TES)

These 6 states produce over 90% of wheat in India (% to all India production): 🌱🇮🇳

Uttar Pradesh: 30.96%
Madhya Pradesh: 21.28%
Punjab: 14.61%
Haryana: 9.87%
Rajasthan: 9.09%
Bihar: 5.64%

(DA&FW)

Share of CNG cars in total car sales by FY:🚘

2023: 16.08%
2022: 12.09%
2021: 7.79%

(PPAC)

India's Services Exports (2022-23):

👉 IT Services: 72% 💻
👉 Transport: 11% 🚚
👉 Travel: 8% ✈️
👉 Financial, Insurance, Pension Services: 3% 💰
👉 Construction: 1% 🏗️
👉 Others: 5% 🌐

(DBIE, RBI)

Karnataka’s top districts in (Rank):🇮🇳

Agriculture🧑‍🌾
1. Kodagu
2. Davanagere
3. Chitradurga
4. Yadagiri
5. Koppal

Industry🏭
1. Dakshina Kannada
2. Ramanagara
3. Ballari
4. Tumakuru
5. Chikkamagaluru

Services🧑‍💻
1. Bangalore Urban
2. Dharwad
3. Mysuru
4. Bidar
5. Gadag…

Top Countries Contributing to India's High Trade Deficit, 2023-2024(Apr-Jan) (in USD billion):🇮🇳

1. 🇨🇳 China: -$72.43 billion
2. 🇷🇺 Russia: -$47.67 billion
3. 🇮🇶 Iraq: -$21.47 billion
4. 🇸🇦 Saudi Arabia: -$16.43 billion
5. 🇮🇩 Indonesia: -$14.26 billion
6. 🇰🇷 South Korea: -$12.34…

Total number of factories added between FY2005 and FY2020: 🏭🇮🇳

India: 110151
Tamil Nadu: 17784
Gujarat: 14876
Haryana: 6913
Maharashtra: 6698
Karnataka: 6573
Uttar Pradesh: 6602
Punjab: 5517
Rajasthan: 3954
Assam: 3486
West Bengal: 3545
Chhattisgarh: 2549
Kerala: 2303
Himachal…

With Mission Divyastra, India has joined the elite club of countries possessing Multiple Independently-targetable Reentry Vehicle (MIRV) technology. 🚀

🇮🇳 India
🇺🇸 United States
🇨🇳 China
🇷🇺 Russia
🇬🇧 United Kingdom
🇫🇷 France

(CAFCNP)

The Indian spirits (whiskey) market is experiencing unprecedented growth (Sales figures):🥃

FY11: 228 million cases
FY18: 330 million cases
FY21: 311 million cases (pandemic low)
FY24: 412 million cases

(ET citing latest excise department data)

Share of e-commerce retail in the total retail market in India:📲🛍️🇮🇳

2028: 14%*

2023: 8%

2018: 4%

*Estimated
(Reports)

Percentage change in per capita income for the decade ending FY2022:🇮🇳

Mizoram: +245.10%
Madhya Pradesh: +215.85%
Telangana: +197.23%
Karnataka: +194.28%
Sikkim: +192.13%
Tripura: +191.53%
Arunachal Pradesh: +179.64%
Andhra Pradesh: +179.11%
Gujarat: +176.55%
Odisha: +164.91%…

Top banana-producing countries and their respective share in global production:

🇮🇳 India: 26.45%
🇨🇳 China: 9.38%
🇮🇩 Indonesia: 6.99%
🇧🇷 Brazil: 5.45%
🇪🇨 Ecuador: 5.35%
🇵🇭 Philippines: 4.75%
🇦🇴 Angola: 3.48%
🇬🇹 Guatemala: 3.42%
🇹🇿 Tanzania: 2.87%
🇨🇷 Costa Rica: 2.05%

(FAO)