PM, Tata, Ambanis among the powerfuls

Prime Minister, Manmohan Singh, Opposition Leader, L K Advani, Mukesh Ambani, Anil Ambani, the Corporate CZAR of the Country, Ratan Tata including the Batting Maestro, Sachin Tendulkar have been added in the Country's 50 most Powerful people by American Magazine, TheBusinessWeek.

Others in the list include: (Happy Go Clicking)
Congress President Sonia Gandhi, Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi, Congress leader Pranab Mukherjee, music maestro A R Rahman, BSP chief Mayawati, Olympics gold medallist Abhinav Bindra, Security and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) Chairman C B Bhave, Communist Party of India (Marxist) General Secretary Prakash Karat, Mahindra and Mahindra's Managing Director Anand Mahindra, steel czar Lakshmi Mittal, telecom tycoon Sunil Mittal, Indian Premier League Chairman Lalit Modi and Indian Space Research Organisation's Chairman G Madhavan Nair and bankers -- K V Kamath and Deepak Parekh also feature in the list. also feature in the league of 50.

As being viewed, Satyam Scandal has influenced the Rankings very strongly.

The years rankings have been highly volatile with short-term changes drastically changing the List in every form.

Also in the list are the eites like:

RBI chairman D. Subbarao, Rashtriya Janata Dal Party's Lalu Prasad Yadav, Infosys Chief Mentor Narayana Murthy, Wipro's Azim Premji, TCS Chief Subramanian Ramadorai and Google India's Managing Director Shailesh Rao.

The list has been drafted on the basis of success and popularity of the respective elites, and their advancements in the upcomming year.