India's merger and acquisition scorecard (the video is loading, may take long. Please bear with us...)

Merger and acquisitions are set to become one of the most important trends of 2007 for India Inc., with the total deal value crossing the $50 billion mark. Grant Thornton, a global consulting firm, in its annual publication of corporate deals, has reported a 46 per cent rise for Indian entities in the merger and acquisition deal values for 2005 over the previous year. The trend has only accelerated in the first quarter of 2006.