The average Indian is taller than his/her parents. Between 1914 and 2014, the average height of Indian men increased by around 3 cm to reach 165 cm (5’5’’) while women grew by 5 cm to become 153 cm (5’1’’) tall. This still leaves our men 17.5 cm shorter than the world’s tallest males in Netherlands, while Latvian females, the tallest in the world, tower over our women by 17 cm.

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Nearly 90% of Indians don’t own a vehicle. There are 18.64 crore vehicles in the country, including two wheelers. Of these, 18 lakhs are buses, which include a large number of mini buses and those owned by educational institutions. Worryingly, only around 1.6 lakh buses are owned by state road transport undertakings.

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At present, India is home to five mega cities with over 10 million population—Delhi, Mumbai, Kolkata, Bengaluru and Chennai. But by 2030, Hyderabad and Ahmedabad will also become mega....