India's economic confidence dropped due to a number of corruption allegations against the Union government ministers.
India concluded weapons agreements worth $5.4 billion in 2005.
Remittances are estimated to exceed $600 billion in 2015.
At the Paris climate change summit, there is talk of restricting temperature rise to 1.5?C instead of 2?C, which has been negotiated so far. This would give India less space to grow by limiting carbon emissions further, reports Darryl D'Monte, reporting exclusively for Rediff.com from the French capital.