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sameer hashmi is our reporter in mumbai. sameer, that's an awful lot of stores. welcome., and the reason for that is that xiaomi right now is number one player in the smartphone category in india. if you look at the indian smartphone market, it is the fastest growing market, it is the fastest growing market in the world. about 400 million smartphone users in the country right now but those numbers are expected to reach about 600 to 650 million in the next three years, thatis 650 million in the next three years, that is what xiaomi is looking to tap, that segment, because so far what you have seen is that the group has essentially come from the big cities in india. —— growth. another next wave of growth is expected to come from small towns and villages. there are about 700 million mobile phone users in india by now but less than half are actually using smart phones, and that is why the big push towards smart phones will come from these small towns and cities and thatis these small towns and cities and that is what xiaomi is looking out. the other thing is that so far xiaom

first sameer hashmi is in delhi...t is happening, we are hearing about reports of pressure on the central bank, is it a fa ct pressure on the central bank, is it a fact there is pressure on them? well, that has been reports over the last few weeks that the government wa nts last few weeks that the government wants the bank to ease lending norms, officials from the government have come out and made their position clear, the bank has been resisting that move, the reason there are high levels of ad debt, they are asking banks to clean the books and for that they have tightened up the lending measures that are in place. yes, there is a public class, it is a fact and that is why the board meeting today is a significant. if you look at the 18 members who are on the board, five of them are from the rbi but there are government officials and government appointed officials who will try to put pressure on the rbi management to exceed to some of the demands and that is why did meeting taking place right now, it started earlier th

sameer hashmi is in mumbai.amount of time, how are they going to do it? well, thatis how are they going to do it? well, that is right, it is a massive expansion plan. there are two reasons why they are going so aggressive in such a short amount of time. if you look at the indian smartphone market, it is the fastest growing market in the world right now, around 350—a00,000,000 users and they have seen rapid growth in the last few years and xiaomi is the largest player, it has the largest market share when it comes to smartphones. the next wave of growth, the next boo—400,000,000 users, who will switch to smartphones from feature phones, are going to the people who reside in small villages and towns and that is what xiaomi is looking at capping. they think if they open brick and mortar stores in the next couple of yea rs, mortar stores in the next couple of years, they will be able to get these people who are switching from feature phones to smartphones, on the bandwagon and that will give them the edge compared t