India Companies in The Global 2000
Submitted by TheIndiaStreet on April 3, 2008 - 11:32am.
Forbes released its annual list of the Global 2000 this week with a number of Indian companies on the list. The largest Indian company (Reliance Industries) checks in at #193. What's interesting is the top 8 out of 10 Indian companies are all "old industry" (steel, utilities, oil and gas), with only two communication comapnies representing New India. I suspect this will change in 5 years, but for now the old industries still rule.
Global 2000 table (Top Indian companies shown)
| Rank | Company | Country | Industry | Sales ($bil) | Profits ($bil) | Assets ($bil) | Market Value ($bil) |
| 193 | Reliance Industries | India | Oil & Gas Operations | 26.07 | 2.79 | 30.67 | 89.29 |
| 198 | Oil & Natural Gas | India | Oil & Gas Operations | 18.90 | 4.11 | 33.79 | 54.11 |
| 219 | State Bank of India Group | India | Banking | 15.77 | 1.47 | 188.56 | 33.29 |
| 303 | Indian Oil | India | Oil & Gas Operations | 42.68 | 1.82 | 25.39 | 16.36 |
| 374 | Icici Bank | India | Banking | 9.84 | 0.64 | 91.07 | 29.85 |
| 411 | NTPC | India | Utilities | 7.84 | 1.60 | 20.34 | 41.57 |
| 647 | Steel Authority of India | India | Materials | 7.88 | 1.45 | 8.05 | 26.37 |
| 738 | Tata Steel | India | Materials | 5.83 | 0.97 | 11.48 | 14.63 |
| 826 | Bharti Airtel | India | Telecommunications Services | 4.26 | 0.94 | 6.61 | 39.16 |
| 846 | Reliance Communications | India | Telecommunications Services | 3.13 | 0.65 | 13.08 | 29.63 |
| 927 | Tata Consultancy Svcs | India | Software & Services | 4.32 | 0.97 | 3.03 | 21.38 |
| 949 | HDFC-Housing Devel | India | Banking | 1.49 | 0.40 | 16.97 | 19.07 |
| 961 | Larsen & Toubro | India | Capital Goods | 4.68 | 0.52 | 5.72 | 24.94 |
| 967 | Bharat Petroleum | India | Oil & Gas Operations | 22.77 | 0.50 | 8.67 | 4.16 |
| 1012 | Bharat Heavy Electricals | India | Capital Goods | 3.99 | 0.56 | 5.17 | 27.92 |
| 1040 | Infosys Technologies | India | Software & Services | 3.21 | 0.89 | 3.08 | 22.09 |
| 1093 | HDFC Bank | India | Banking | 1.96 | 0.27 | 21.09 | 12.87 |
| 1102 | Wipro | India | Software & Services | 3.47 | 0.68 | 3.26 | 15.87 |
| 1111 | Tata Motors | India | Capital Goods | 7.27 | 0.50 | 5.77 | 6.75 |
To see the entire India Forbes list click here
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Good Stuff!Hope Indian
Hope Indian companies would shine further!
Thanks,
Neelakantha
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