Of India's contrasts

Was going through this article in TOI and noticed some facts and figures. Here go the excerpts. Original article can be found in the Title link.

AT Kearney has ranked India at the 71st position in its annual ranking of the world's most globalised nations, AT Kearney and Foreign Policy Globalisation Index 2007.

The list of 72 countries is topped by Singapore for the third consecutive year, followed by Hong Kong, the Netherlands, Switzerland and Ireland in the top five. India fell 10 places from its 61st position in 2006.

"India's standing as a premier offshoring destination with a booming economy often masks the fact that 70% of its population lives in rural areas," the report said.

Despite a doubling of Internet users in 2005, only 5% of India's population had access to the Internet and less than half of its population was attached to the power grid, it said.