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A vast geography endowed with diverse topography has made India the repository of abundant resources which provides a base for world scale manufacturing investment.

With an area of 3.3 million square kilometres, India is the seventh largest country in the world, and the second largest in Asia.

India’s reserves of coal, iron ore, manganese, bauxite and chromium are among the largest in the world. Large quantities of mica, titanium ore, chromite, natural gas and limestone are also to be found in India.

India has the second largest area of arable land in the world, making it one of the world’s largest food producers - over 200 million tonnes of foodgrains are produced annually. India is the world’s largest producer of milk, sugarcane and tea and the second largest producer of rice, fruit and vegetables.

Though an importer of petroleum and natural gas, India has abundant coal reserves and a large untapped hydroelectric power potential estimated at 150,000 MW.

Manganese	2nd largest reserves ((240 Mn T)
Chromium	3rd largest reserves (57 Mn T)
Coal	4th largest reserves (253 Bn T)
Bauxite	4th largest reserves (2.4 Bn T)
Iron Ore	5th largest reserves (24 Bn T)

Source: US Geological Survey, Department of Mines, Ministry of Coal, World Fact Book

Milk	Largest producer (100 Mn T p.a.)
Sugarcane	Largest producer (315 Mn T p.a.)
Tea	Largest producer (930 Mn Kgs. p.a.)
Fruit	Second largest producer (54.4 Mn T p.a.)
Vegetables	Second largest producer (113 Mn T p.a.)
Wheat	Second largest producer (72 Mn T p.a.)
Rice	Second largest producer (91 Mn T p.a.)

Source: Economic Survey, Ministry of Agriculture, Government of India

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