India in 30 Minutes
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- Slide 3: Political Structure • 28 States, 7 Union Territories: Federal Republic • Capital: New Delhi • Andaman and Nicobar Islands • Political Structure – Executive – The President Shrimati. Pratibha Patil (elected in 2007), Prime Minister Dr. Manmohan Singh (elected in 2004) – Legislature – Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha – Judiciary – Supreme, High and District
- Slide 5: Demographics • Second-most populous country in the world: 1.12 billion people • Young population, growth rate • Origin of four major world religions – Hinduism, Buddhism, Sikhism and Jainism. Also encompasses confessors of Christianity, Islam, Judaism and Zorastrianism • Indo-Aryan and Dravidian Languages – 21 languages, 1,652 dialects
- Slide 7: Geography • Northern hemisphere • 3,214 km from North to South and 2,933 km from East to West between the extreme longitudes. • Coastline: 7,516.6 km • Climate varies from tropical monsoon in south to temperate in north
- Slide 9: Historical Overview • Indus Valley Civilisation 3300 BCE – birth of Hinduism and the Bronze/Iron Age - Vedic Period • Mahajanapadas – 6th Century BCE • Persion and Greek Invasion: Alexander the Great • Maurya, Gupta, Chalukya, Chola, Pallava, Pandya • 8th- 11th Century AD – Spread of Islam • Delhi Sultanate: Lodhi and Tughlaq • Mughal Empire • European entry into India • British Rule: East India Company and onwards • Partition and Indian Independence – 15th August, 1947 : Mahatma Gandhi, Jawaharlal Nehru
- Slide 11: Economy • Currency: Indian Rupee, presently 39.26 INR to 1 USD • GDP (purchasing power parity): $4.164 trillion • GDP (official exchange rate): $805.5 billion • GDP - real growth rate: 9.4% • GDP - per capita: 720 USD • Unemployment rate: 7.8% • Population below poverty line: 25% • Gini index: 32.5 • Inflation rate (consumer prices): 6.2% • Informal Economy: estimated at 65% of GDP
- Slide 13: Human Development • Literacy – Total population: 61% – Male: 73.4% – Female: 47.8% • Life expectancy: 68.59 years • HDI Index: 0.611 • Gender Inequality; Caste inequality • Communal Tensions
- Slide 15: The Caste System • 3000 years old • Origins widely debated: Hindu Mythology, Aryan Invasion, Economic, Vedic • Social construct; occupational division of people into four “castes” or varnas • Dalits – the ex-untouchables; outside the caste system • Plagues much of rural and urban India
- Slide 17: Questions?
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