2. General Background
2.1 The Country
2.2 The Economy, 2007
2.2.1 Economic Performance
2.2.2 Consumer Classes
2.2.3 Expenditure on Education
2.2.4 VAT
2.3 Language, Literacy and the Media
2.4 The Book Market
2.4.1 UK and US Book Exports
2.4.2 Market Size
2.4.3 The English-language Book Market
2.4.4 The Indian-language Book Market
2.4.5 Printing and Pre-press Out-sourcing, including EPZ
2.4.6 Rights Protection
2.4.7 Publishing Output
2.4.8 Book Fairs, Prizes and Literary Festivals
2.4.9 Professional Associations
2.4.10 Conversion Rates for Imports
2.4.11 National Book Trust (NBT) and Sahitya Akademi
2.4.12 Trade Mission 2008
2.5 Foreign Investment in India
2.5.1 Acquisition
2.6 Business Process Outsourcing (BPO) and Use of the Internet
2.7 General Information and Exchange Rates
2.7.1 Exchange Rates
2.7.2 Indian Counting System
2.7.3 Place-Names