While foreign companies face a lot of obstacles in setting up a business in India, the protest against the entry of retail giants is a recent example, Indians are not only buying companies overseas, but are also becoming major players around the world.
For instance, Tata UK is now Britain's biggest manufacturer, with almost 40,000 workers - just ahead of British Aerospace.
Add in Tata's service industries, such as consultancy, and the payroll reaches 45,000.
So, let's take a look at some major global acquisitions by Indian companies in recent years.
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Aditya Birla Group
Acquisition: Columbian Chemicals Company
Industry: Chemicals
Country: United States
Worth: $875 million
Year: 2011
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GMR Energy
Acquisition: PT Golden Energy Mines
Industry: Metals
Country: Indonesia
Worth: $550 million
Year: 2011
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Essar Steel
Acquisition: Zisco
Industry: Metals
Country: Zimbabwe
Worth: $750 million
Year: 2011
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Mahindra and Mahindra
Acquisition: SsangYong Motor Company
Industry: Automobile
Country: South Korea
Worth: $463 million
Year: 2011
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Adani Group
Acquisition: Abbot Point Port
Industry: Shipping
Country: Australia
Worth: $2 billion
Year: 2011
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Essar Energy
Acquisition: Stanlow refinery
Industry: Oil and gas
Country: United Kingdom
Worth: $350 million
Year: 2011
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Lanco Infratech
Acquisition: Griffin Coal
Industry: Energy
Country: Australia
Worth: $750 million
Year: 2011
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GVK
Acquisition: Hancock's coal and infra assets
Industry: Energy
Country: Australia
Worth: $1.2 billion
Year: 2011
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Adani Group
Acquisition: Galilee coal project
Industry: Energy
Country: Australia
Worth: $2.7 billion
Year: 2010
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Bharti Airtel
Acquisition: Zain
Industry: Telecom
Country: Kuwait
Worth: $10.7 billion
Year: 2010
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Tata Motors
Acquisition: Jaguar Land Rover
Industry: Automobile
Country: British
Worth: $2.3 billion
Year: 2008
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Tata Steel
Acquisition: Corus
Industry: Metals
Country: Anglo/Dutch
Worth: $12 billion
Year: 2007
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Hindalco Industries
Acquisition: Novelis
Industry: Metals
Country: Canada
Worth: $6 billion
Year: 2007
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Essar Group
Acquisition: Algoma Steel
Industry: Metals
Country: Canada
Worth: $1.8 billion
Year: 2007
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United Spirits
Acquisition: Whyte and Mackay
Industry: Spirits
Country: United Kingdom
Worth: $1 billion
Year: 2007
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