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NEW DELHI, India, December 6, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- India has a population of 1.1 billion people, with 40% living in urbanised areas of major cities. 30% of this urban population is working and 65% have access to an average 11-12 million sq ft of public spaces where, at any given time, a quarter of a million or more people are present. The same statistical scenario holds true for transport terminals like bus, train & air. With a staggering overall 15-20 million sq...

Researched by Industrial Info Resources (Sugar Land, Texas) -- A recent study by the Associated Chambers of Commerce and Industry of India (Assocham) has revealed that the country's power sector attracted $48.75 billion in investments from January to June 2008, accounting for 19.9% of the total investments of $244 billion in the country during the period. India's ambitious plan to add more than 78,577 megawatts (MW) of power generation during the Eleventh Five-Year Plan period (2007-12) has...