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Table of contents
1.Country profile of India
a.Geography and location
b.Government
c. Socio- economic and demographics

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Country Profile: INDIA

The world's largest democracy and second most populous country
emerged as a major power in the 1990s. It is militarily strong, has major
cultural influence and a fast-growing and powerful economy.
One-third the area of the United States, the Republic of India occupies
most of the subcontinent of India in southern Asia. It borders on in the
northeast. Other neighbors are Pakistan on the west, Nepal and Bhutan on the
north, and Burma and Bangladesh on the east. The country can be divided into
three distinct geographic regions: the Himalayan region in the north, which
contains some of the highest mountains in the world, the Gangetic Plain, and
the plateau region in the south and central part. Its three great river systems
the Ganges, the Indus, and the Brahmaputraare extensive deltas and all rise
in the Himalayas.

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Major Cities
City

Population
Bangalore

5,104,047

Delhi

10,927,986

Mumbai

12,691,836

Region : ASIA
Population :
Capital :

1,236,344,576
New Delhi

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Climate :

Languages :

Currency :

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Varies from
tropical
monsoon in
south to
temperate in
north.
English, Hindi,
Bengali, Telugu,
Marathi, Tamil,
Urdu, Gujarati,
Malayalam,
Kannada, Oriya,
Punjabi,
Assamese,
Kashmiri, Sindhi,
Sanskrit
1 Indian rupee
(Rs) = 100 paise

A nuclear-armed state, it carried out tests in the 1970s

and again in the 1990s in defiance of world opinion.
However, India is still tackling huge social, economic and
environmental problems.
The vast and diverse Indian sub-continent - from the
mountainous Afghan frontier to the jungles of Burma was under foreign rule from the early 1800s until the
demise of the British Raj in 1947.
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Population:
India's population, as on 1 March
2011 stood (623.7 million males and 586.4 million females).
Population Growth Rate: The average annual exponential
growth rate stands at 1.64 per cent during 2001-2011.
Birth Rate:
2009.
Death Rate:
2009.

The Crude Birth rate was 18.3 in

The Crude Death rate was 7.3 in

Life Expectancy Rate:

65.8 years (Males); 68.1 years
(Females) in the period 2006-2011.
Sex Ratio:
according to 2011 census
Nationality:

940 females per 1000 males

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Ethnic Groups:
All the five major racial
types - Australoid, Mongoloid, Europoid, Caucasian, and
Negroid find representation among the people of India.
Religions:
According to the 2001 census, out
of the total population of 1,028 million in the Country, Hindus
constituted the majority with 80.5%, Muslims came second at
13.4%, followed by Christians, Sikhs, Buddhists, Jains, and
others.
Languages:
There are 22 different
languages that have been recognized by the Constitution of
India, of which Hindi is an Official Language. Article 343(3)
empowered Parliament to provide by law for continued use of
English for official purposes.

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Literacy:
According to the
provisional results of the 2011 census, the literacy rate in the
Country stands at 74.04 per cent, 82.14% for males and
65.46% for females.

GOVERNMENT

Country Name

Republic of India; Bharat Ganrajya

Government Type

Sovereign Socialist Secular Democratic Republic with a

Parliamentary system of Government.

Capital

New Delhi

Administrative
Divisions

29 States and 7 Union Territories.

Independence

15th August 1947 (From the British Colonial Rule)

Constitution

The Constitution of India came into force on

26th January 1950.

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Legal System

The Constitution of India is the fountain source of the

legal system in the Country.

Executive Branch

The President of India is the Head of the State, while

the Prime Minister is the Head of the Government, and
runs office with the support of the Council of
Ministers who form the Cabinet Ministry.

The Indian Legislature comprises of the Lok

Sabha (House of the People) and theRajya
Legislative Branch
Sabha (Council of States) forming both the Houses of
the Parliament.

Judicial Branch

The Supreme Court of India is the apex body of the

Indian legal system, followed by other High Courts and
subordinate Courts.

Flag Description

The National Flag is a horizontal tricolour of deep

saffron (kesaria) at the top, white in the middle, and
dark green at the bottom in equal proportion. At the
centre of the white band is a navy blue wheel, which is
a representation of the Ashoka Chakra at Sarnath.

National Days

26th January (Republic Day)

15th August (Independence Day)
2nd October (Gandhi Jayanti; Mahatma Gandhi's
Birthday)

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Communal strife
With its many languages, cultures and religions, India is highly
diverse. This is also reflected in its federal political system,
whereby power is shared between the central government and 28
states.
However, communal, caste and regional tensions continue to
haunt Indian politics, sometimes threatening its long-standing
democratic and secular culture.
In 1984 Prime Minister Indira Gandhi was gunned down by her
Sikh bodyguards after ordering troops to flush out Sikh militants
from the Golden Temple in Amritsar.
And in 1992, widespread Hindu-Muslim violence erupted after
Hindu extremists demolished the Babri mosque at Ayodhya.

Economic progress
Independent India's first prime minister, Jawaharlal Nehru,
dreamed of a socialist society and created a vast public
infrastructure, much of which became a burden on the state.
From the late 1980s India began to open up to the outside world,
encouraging economic reform and foreign investment. It is now

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courted by the world's leading economic and political powers,

including its one-time foe China.
The country has a burgeoning urban middle class and has made
great strides in fields such as information technology. Its large,
skilled workforce makes it a popular choice for international
companies seeking to outsource work.
But economic progress is hampered by corruption, widely
regarded as endemic and engulfing every level of politics and
society.
The vast mass of the rural population remains impoverished.
Their lives continue to be influenced by the ancient Hindu caste
system, which assigns each person a place in the social hierarchy.
Discrimination on the basis of caste is now illegal and various
measures have been introduced to empower disadvantaged
groups and give them easier access to opportunities - such as
education and work.
Nuclear tests carried out by India in May 1998 and similar tests by
Pakistan just weeks later provoked international condemnation
and concern over the stability of the region.
The US quickly imposed sanctions on India, but more recently the
two countries have improved their ties, and even agreed to share
nuclear technology.
India launches its own satellites and in 2008 sent its first
spacecraft to the moon. It also boasts a massive cinema industry,
the products of which are among the most widely-watched films in
the world.