India Scenario: General

• Population: 1,180 Million
• Population Growth: 1.6%
• Births per ‘000 population: 23.5 (2006)
• Death per ‘000 population: 7.5 (2006)
• Live births: 25,740,700 (2006)
• Infant mortality/ ‘000 live births: 57 (2006)
• Life expectancy at birth, Male: 65.8 (2006)
• Life expectancy at birth, Female: 68.1 (2006) 

• Income statistics (Source: TIG, ADB 2010)
• Rich (> INR 10,354 per person per month): 1 million
• Upper middle class ( INR 5,177 – 10,354): 5 million
• Middle Class (INR 2,070 – 5,177): 45 million
• Lower middle class (INR 1,035 – 2,070): 224 million
• Poor (< INR 1,035 per person per month): 825 million
• Income statistics 2009-10 (by households – Source: NCEAR)
• Total Indian Households/families: 228.4 million (2009-10)
• High income households (Earning per annum: > INR 1.80 lakhs per annum, at 2001-02 prices): 46.7 million (20.4%)
• Middle Income households (Earnings per annum: INR 45,000 to 1.80 Lakhs, at 2001-02 prices): 140.7 million (61.6%)
• Low income households (Earning per annum: < INR 40,000 per annum, at 2001-02 prices): 41 million (18%) 

• GDP: US$ 1.235 trillion (Nominal, 2009)
• GDP growth: 8.8% (2010)
• GDP per capita, 2009: US$ 962
• India spends 4.6% of its GDP on healthcare i.e. US$ 23 per capita (INR 1,021), 2010 (world average is 10% and per capita world average is US$ 964)