The french are the most laid back wrt schengen visa processing in India. The germans have way too many rules (including a personal appearance at the consulate if you haven't been to germany at least once in the last two years .. after which they'd likely give you a single entry visa if that's the case, no matter that you got a ton of multiple entry visas before).

The last time I got a german schengen they claimed I'd not submitted a letter from m my employer (original so had to be couriered over from HK at that time) and rejected it. I called the german consulate and told them I'd actually submitted it. They were like "oh sorry, but we already rejected, you got to resubmit". Then I resubmitted - with a fresh letter fedexed over - and what do you know, the visa fee had gone up by 15 euro the very next day after they rejected my application, and moreover they gave me just a 15 day single entry visa when my last french schengen was a 1 year multiple entry that'd just expired 3 months back.

***censored*** .. surprised that they'd go to such an extent for a mere 15 euro more in visa fees.