• This sector includes power, bridges, dams, roads and urban infrastructure development.

•India's infrastructure and transport sector contributes about 5% of its GDP.

•Indian agriculture is labor intensive, mostly subsistence farming, nearly 60% of its population is dependent on farming and most farms are rain fed.

•India accounts for 16% of GDP and 10% of export earnings. India's arable land area of 159.7 million hectares is the second largest in the world.

•India is ranked within the world's five largest producers of over 80% of agricultural produce items, including many cash crops such as coffee and cotton.

•India's agricultural economy is undergoing structural changes. Between 1970 and 2011, the GDP share of agriculture has fallen from 43 to 16% .

•Today, India ranks second worldwide in farm output. Agriculture and allied sectors like forestry and fisheries accounted for 13.7% of the GDP , about 50% of the workforce.

•In addition to growth in total output, agriculture in India has shown an increase in average agricultural output per hectare in last 60 years.

•Adoption of modern agricultural practices and use of technology is inadequate in the case of small land holdings.

•Agriculture and agriculture-related industries contributed $789 billion to the U.S. gross domestic product (GDP) in 2013, a 4.7-percent share and arable land being the largest.

•USA is ranked as leading producer of Corn and also largest exporter of wheat.

•USA plans to develop more accurate risk management practices and also increase the antioxidant levels to enhance the importance of fruits in the industry in the near future.
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Comparison of Indian Healthcare sector with that of US's:
In India the total expenditure as percentage of GDP is as low as 4-5 %,whereas in US it is well beyond world standards, as high as 16.2 % of GDP.India spends about $68 per person annually on health care; the United States spends $8,500. One of the biggest differences between the United States and India is in the public health arena. There’s not enough spent on safe water,sanitation, and nutrition in India. Only 25% of the population has access to sanitation. In the US doctors spend more time on each patient and it is said that diagnostic testing is the norm. 
Indian Doctors devote far little “examination time” on each patient, seeing some 60 patients in three hours. Sometimes drugs are prescribed without physical examination. The use of diagnostic testing in India is almost unheard of. The Indian Healthcare system can be considered as a Mixed Healthcare System where there is a government health infrastructure which provides healthcare at primary, secondary and tertiary levels. In addition to this there is a strong presence of private healthcare infrastructure which is growing stronger by the day with decline of trust of people in public hospitals. While in US the system is majorly privately funded where the employers are supposed to fund for the employees working with them.There is public funding is available only for unemployed people who cannot afford to purchase health insurance. Out of the pocket payments account for 70% of healthcare costs in India which warrants a work up on strengthening of financing mechanisms like insurance. On the other hand in US the out of pocket expenditure stands at around 10-12%.India has a universal, decentralized health care system managed by both the Central and state government. The central Government oversees medical education and collects statistics on infectious diseases. The US does not have a universal health care system yet though efforts are on.

 

According to an analysis done by Mckinsey Global Institute, the United States ranks first consistently during this period in the list of 15 top manufacturers by share of global nominal manufacturing. While India stood at the fifteenth rank in 1980,it has risen to rank 10 in 2010 while remaining on the fourteenth rank in 1990 and 2000.

 

In 2010, the United States stood as the world's second largest manufacturer, with an industrial output of approximately $1,696.7 billion. On the Indian context, in the year 2010 the manufacturing industry provided employment to more than 62 million individuals in the country including highly educated professionals as well as the lesser educated individuals.

•  The figure compares the purchasing power of the world’s five largest economies. Both the United States and India are projected to increase their purchasing power by 2020. Furthermore, India is shown to experience a relatively significant increase in purchasing power compared to the other countries

•  An assessment of the banking sector performance shows that banks in India have experienced strong balance sheet growth in the post-reform period in an environment of operational flexibility. Improvement in the financial health of banks, reflected in significant improvement in capital adequacy and improved asset quality, is distinctly visible. 

•  The financial inclusion model followed in India is aimed at providing access to formal banking to a large section of socially and economically excluded segment of population and improving its social/economic status. 

•    The Indian banking system is multilayered, comprising  82 scheduled commercial banks (SCBs), 92 regional rural banks (RRBs), 4 local area banks (LABs), 1,813 urban co-operative banks (UCBs) and 107,497 rural co-operative credit institutions. 

                                  
                                                      For the first time, the Government of India is embarking on a time-bound grassroots consultative process, which will enable the Ministry of HRD to reach out to individuals across the country through over 2.75 lakh direct consultations while also taking input from citizens online.

Some Stats: 
1. In India 48% Girls and 70% Boys are literate.

2. In U.S. 99% Girls and 99% Boys are literate.
3. Leading destination for abroad students. 
U.S. – 36,210 
India – 4,377