56 Indian firms in Forbes's “world's 2,000 list”
Mukesh Ambani-led Reliance Industries leads the pack of 56 Indian firms in Forbes's annual list of the world's 2,000 largest and most powerful public companies,
• US is leading the list with 586 companies.
• The 2016 Forbes 'Global 2000', a snapshot of the world's largest companies, shows the dominance of US and China in the current global business landscape.
• Reliance improved its ranking this year to 121 from 142 last year, with a market value of USD 50.6 billion and assets worth USD 91.5 billion.
• Reliance is followed by State Bank of India which is ranked 149 and has a 23.3 billion dollar market value.
• The other Indian companies on the list are Oil and Natural Gas ranked (220),
• ICICI Bank (266),
• HDFC Bank (275),
• Indian Oil (371),
• Tata Consultancy Services (385),
• NTPC (400),
• Bharti Airtel (453),
• Axis Bank (484),
• Infosys (590),
• Bharat Petroleum (650),
• Wipro (755,
• Tata Steel (1178)
• Adani Enterprises (1993)
• Coal India (465),
• Larsen and Toubro (505),
• ITC (781),
• Kotak Mahindra Bank (899),
• Mahindra and Mahindra (901) and
• HCL Technologies (943).