Five Facts on Friday — 1 #FFF
1 min readJun 18, 2022
Theme: India Economy
#1: Proportion of Tax payers to Voters
- India has only 7 taxpayers for every 100 voters ranking us 13th amongst 18 of our democratic G-20 peers.
#2: Bio-Economy
- India’s economy surged to $80 bn from $10 bn in last 8 years: PM Modi at Biotech Startup Expo
#3: Digital Payments
According NPCI, in May 2022, UPI processed approximately
- 6 billion payments in Volume and
- Rs. 10 trillion in Value.
#4: In terms of FDI-
- India gets the highest annual FDI inflow of USD 83.57 billion in FY21–22.
- Singapore is the top investor country in terms of FDI equity inflow, with 27%, followed by the US (18%) and Mauritius (16%) for FY 2021–22.
#5: Infrastructure — Roadways
- The total road network in India is 6.2 mn km comprising all categories of roads — national & state highways and urban & rural roads.
- National Highways (NH) account for 2% of the total road network and carry over 40% of total traffic.