Five hundred and forty-five million mobile phones. 665 million people defecating in the open (the Chinese figure is 37 million). Courtesy, United Nations University, these numbers have grabbed headlines.
Links:
[1] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/news/health-wealth-and-wisdom
[2] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/newspaper/indian-express-new-delhi
[3] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/food-crops
[4] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/health-effects
[5] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/toilets
[6] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/health
[7] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/sanitation
[8] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/total-sanitation-campaign
[9] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/people
[10] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/ministry-health-and-family-welfare
[11] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/panchayats
[12] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/rural-poverty