The Indian e-commerce market is expected to grow from $2 billion in 2013 to $8.5 billion by 2016. Most of this growth will come from clothes, shoes and accessories - showing that tech-savvy Indian consumers have grown to trust online shopping. But what's driving this shift?

In India, everyone delivers. From sweets to stationery to ice cream to medicine, there isn’t a market that's not ripe for home delivery. But in a country that's long been a fan of direct-to-your-door, online shopping is only one part of the story.

Mobile banking is expanding throughout the developing world. But in India, legal restrictions have slowed down the adoption of electronic payments. The Reserve Bank of India wants to change this by turning phone vendors, fuel stations and corner stores into miniature bank branches.

India's array of indigenous exotic fruits may be the stuff Western smoothie drinkers' dreams are made of, but Indians are choosing packaged fruit drinks over fresh fruit juice as branded juice takes off, despite being more expensive.