More than one – fifth of the world’s population lives in the south Asian subcontinent. India is the world’s largest democracy.
Key Statistics
Official Name – Republic of India
Capital – New Delhi
Independence – 1947
Population – 1,220,200,000
Total Area – 3,287,263 km
Language Spoken – Hindi, English, Bengali, Marathi, Telugu, Tamil, Punjabi, Gujarati, Bhojpuri, Urdu, etc.
Climate –
Summer (Mar/Apr/May) 30 – 45
Monsoon (Jun/Jul/Aug/Sep) 25 – 35
Post Monsoon (Oct/Nov) 15 – 25
Winter (Dec/Jan/Feb) 4 – 15
Economic Indicators
Currency – Indian Rupee (INR)
Central Bank – Reserve Bank of India
GDP – 4457784 Billion US$
Inflation – 8.2%
Unemployment Rate – 6.6%
GDP Composition by Sector –
Industry: 26.3%
Services: 55.6% (2011 estimate)
- Car Manufacture
- Chemicals
- Electronics
- Engineering
- Finance
- Food Processing
- Iron & Steel
- Textiles
Biggest Companies in India are as following –
- Reliance Industries (Oil & Gas Operations)
- State Bank of India Group (Regional Banks)
- Oil & Natural Gas (Oil & Gas Operations)
- Indian Oil (Oil & Gas Operations)
- ICICI Bank (Regional Banks)
- NTPC (Electric Utilities)
- Coal India (Diversified Metals & Mining)
- Bharti Airtel (Telecommunications services)
- Larsen & Toubro (Construction Services)
- Petroleum products
The Major Export Items & Its classifications are as follow –
- Textile goods
- Gems and jewelry
- Engineering goods
- Chemicals
- Leather manufactures
GDP Composition by Sector
https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/
Inflation
http://www.imf.org/external/pubs/ft/weo/2012/01/index.htm
Unemployment Rate
http://www.imf.org/external/pubs/ft/weo/2012/01/index.htm
Biggest Companies
The Major Export Items & Its Classification
https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/
