RatanTata-mukesh-AmbaniIndia houses the 56 companies out of the World’s 2000 Most Powerful companies according to the Forbes’ magazine’s annual list. The United States topped the list housing 579 companies of the list. Mukesh Ambani’s Reliance Industries tops the Indian companies sitting at 142nd position. Reliance is followed by State Bank of Indi which is at Rank 152.

The other Indian companies on the list are Oil and Natural Gas ranked 183, Tata Motors (263), ICICI Bank (283), Indian Oil (349), HDFC Bank (376), NTPC (431), Tata Consultancy Services (485), Bharti Airtel (506), Axis Bank (558), Infosys (672), Bharat Petroleum (757), Wipro (811), Tata Steel (903) and Adani Enterprises (944).

Following US, China is the second position housing 232 of World’s largest companies. Japan came third with 218 companies. The United Kingdom kept its fourth place with 95 companies. South Koream came fifth.