the india story a real estate overview marco economic indian economy currently stands among world s fourth largest growing in terms of purchasing power parity and holds distinction being key contributor to asia balance payment surplus gdp is estimated be third by 2020 also considered second most attractive country for foreign direct investment fdi forex reserves excluding gold sdrs stood at us 157 25 billion end july 2006 now fifth stock emerging market economies sixth performance has been consistent steady over past three years with an average annual growth rate 8 trend led positive movements across sectors agriculture manufacturing services 1 7 5 3 0 100 200 300 400 500 600 2001 02 2002 03 2003 04 2004 05 2005 06 p e r c i ta g d u 2 4 6