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Fortune India 500

Imagine you and your friends have a club where you all collect stickers. Your club has a list of the top 500 people who have the most stickers in the world. Now imagine that instead of stickers, these people have a lot of money because they own big companies.

That is what the Fortune India 500 is! It is a list of the top 500 companies in India based on how much money they make. It tells us who the biggest and most successful companies are, kind of like how the sticker club tells you who the best collectors are.

It is important because it can show us which companies are doing well and can give us an idea of how successful the Indian economy is. It also helps investors make decisions on where to put their money and can influence other companies to try to do better and make the list next year.