Indian 47 companies in Forbes Global 2000 List

The latest Global 2000 list compiled by Forbes includes 62 countries this year with the most entries from US, followed by 100 firms from Japan, 94 entries from United Kingdom and as many as 94 from China, according to media reports.

India, the second fastest growing economy in the world, is represented by 47 companies in the list this year, while it had 48 firms entries last year.

Indian companies are led by Mukesh Ambani-promoted RIL, State Bank of India, and Oil and Natural Gas Corporation which are among the top 200 companies ranked 121st, 150th and 152nd, respectively, on the list.Other Indian companies on the list include SAIL (582), Reliance Communication (689), Larsen & Toubro (773), BPCL(795), BHEL(796), HDFC (808), TCS(834), Hindalco Industries (848), HDFC Bank (864), DLF (883), Infosys( 891), Punjab National bank (946), ITC (987), Wipro (989), Bank of India (997), HPCL (1,002), GAIL (1,037) and NMDC (1,057).

The list also has Canara Bank (1,059), PGCIL(1,085), Tata Motors (1,157), Bank of Baroda (1,184), Power Finance (1,324), Axis Bank (1,332), Union Bank of India (1,350), Grasim Industries (1,380), Indian Overseas Bank (1,462), Sun Pharma (1,522), M&M (1,529), Allahabad Bank (1,629), Indian Bank (1,659), Syndicate Bank (1,663), I,DBI Bank (1698), Central Bank of India (1,724), JSPL (1,793), NALCO (1,794), OBC (1,869), UCO Bank (1,872) and Hero Honda (1,939).