$39.3 mn is the price paid for the rare Princie diamond (originated from India's Golconda mines) at an auction held by British auction house Christie's
65% is the penetration of television sets in Indian households, significantly lower than the 90%-plus penetration in most other countries.
1/3rd of the world's poor, people living on less than $1.25 (around Rs 65) per day, are Indians, according to a World Bank report on poverty
21% is the jump in foreign exchange earned through tourism in March 2013 from a year ago. In value terms, the earning was Rs 9,491 crore.
