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Number
of high net worth individuals in India, with financial assets of
at least $1 million excluding real estate, in 2002: 50,000
Number of high net worth individuals in China, with financial
assets of at least $1 million excluding real estate, in 2002: 2,10,000
Estimated wealth of 20 million people of Indian origin spread
world wide in billion dollars: 300
Chances
that beggars in India are literate or politically conscious: 6
in 100
Proportion of beggars in Kolkata who maintain proper bank accounts
with more than Rs 25,000 in savings, in per cent: 25
Proportion of beggars in Kolkata who have bought lands in the
countryside, in per cent: 14
Proportion
of rural Muslim household in India who cultivate little or no
land, in per cent: 51
Proportion of rural Hindu household in India who cultivate little
or no land, in per cent: 40
Number
out of every 100 students in the age-group 18 to 22 who say given
choice, they would like to spend a day chatting with friends or
listening to music: 26 & 15
Number out of every 100 students in the age-group 18 to 22 who say
given choice, they would like to spend a day pursuing a hobby or
reading books: 9
Number out of every 100 students in the age-group 18 to 22 who say
given choice, they would like to spend a day studying, travelling
or surfing the Net: 1
Percentage
of women in India who seek an abortion citing failure of the
contraceptive device: 66
Percentage of women in India who seek an abortion saying
“pregnancy may cause grave injury to mental/physical health of
the mother”: 30
Percentage of abortions conducted on women within the first 12
weeks of their pregnancies: 94
Period by which it is possible to determine the sex of the foetus,
in weeks: 10-11
Rank
of China and Indian world wide in terms of consumption of water: 1
& 2
Proportion of world’s total supply of water consumed by Indians,
in per cent: 20
Per capita water consumption of India against world average of
287.3 cubic meters: 297.7
Number
of people world wide who lack safe drinking water, in billion: 1.1
Rank
of continuing conflict in Congo worldwide in terms of claiming the
most human lives since World War II: 1
Estimated human death toll in continuing conflict in Congo so far,
in million: 2-4.7
Money
charged by California-based TransOrbital for delivering business
cards to the moon, in US dollars: 2,500
Money charged by California-based TransOrbital for delivering one
gramme of loved one’s ashes to the moon, in US dollars: 2,500
Percentage
of global economic activity accounted for by the world’s 200
largest corporations: 27.5
Percentage of world’s population that these corporations employ:
0.8
Chances
that Americans agree that “America is reaping the thorns planted
by its rulers in the world”, a quote by Saddam Hussein: 30 in
100
Chances that French and South Koreans agree that “America is
reaping the thorns planted by its rulers in the world”, a quote
by Saddam Hussein: 56 and 48 in 100
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