India is the second largest country in Asia with a population of over 1.2 billion people. It has a long and diverse history with many ancient civilizations and was ruled by the British for several centuries before gaining independence in 1947. The country has over 16 official languages and is majority Hindu but also has large Muslim, Christian, Sikh, Buddhist and Jain populations. India has a diverse landscape ranging from the Himalayan mountains to the Thar Desert and three major river systems. The economy has grown significantly in recent decades but still faces challenges of poverty, healthcare access, and illiteracy.

1. INDIA COUNTRY ANALYSIS

2. INDIA
• Full name: Republic of India
• Population: 1.2 billion (UN, 2010)
• Capital: New Delhi
• Most-populated city: Mumbai (Bombay)
• Area: 3.1 million sq km (1.2 million sq miles), excluding
Indian-administered Kashmir (100,569 sq km/38,830 sq
miles)
• Major languages: Hindi, English and at least 16 other
official languages
• Major religions:
Hinduism, Islam, Christianity, Sikhism, Buddhism, Jainis
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3. HISTORY
• Indus valley civilization, which flourished between 2800 BC and
1800 BC, The Indus valley people practiced
agriculture, domesticated animals, made tools and weapons from
copper, bronze and tin and even traded with some Middle East
countries.
• Agriculture was the main economic activity of the people in the
Vedic age but with the second urbanization a number of urban
centres grew in North India. This gave a major fillip to trade and
commerce.
• Most of the Indian population resided in villages and the economy
of the villages was self-sustaining. Agriculture was the
predominant occupation of the populace and satisfied a village's
food necessities. It also provided raw materials for industries like
textile, food processing and crafts.
• The system of castes and sub-castes ensured division of labor and
functioned much like guilds, providing training to apprentices.

4. COUNTRY SIZE RELATED TO THE
WORLD REGION
• The Republic of
India, Asia's second-
largest country.
• The total area is
3,287,590 sq km
(1,269,345 sq
mi), including 222,236 sq
km (85,806 sq mi)
belonging to Jammu and
Kashmir.
• The area occupied by
India is slightly more than
one-third the size of the
United States.

5. GEOGRAPHY
• 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
Brahmaputra—have extensive
deltas and all rise in the Himalayas.

6. CLIMATE
• The weather is mainly hot most of the year
with significant variations from region to
region.
• The coolest weather lasts from around the
end of November to the beginning of March,
with fresh mornings and evenings, and mostly
sunny days.
• The really hot weather, when it is dry, dusty
and unpleasant, is between March and June.
• Monsoon rains occur in most regions in
summer anywhere between June and early
October.

7. ETHNIC GROUPS
• The first three are represented mainly by tribal peoples
in the southern hills, the plateau, Assam, the
Himalayas, and the Andaman Islands.
• The main Caucasoid elements are the
Mediterranean, including groups dominant in much of
the north, and the Nordic or Indo-Aryan, a taller, fairer-
skinned strain dominant in the northwest.
• The dark-complexioned Dravidians of the south have a
mixture of Mediterranean and Australoid features.

8. LANGUAGES
Hindi Bengali Telugu Marathi
Tamil Urdu Gujarati Kannada
Malayalam Oriya Punjabi Assamese
1%
1%
6%
3%
3%
3%
4%
41%
6%
5%
6%
7%
8%
7%

9. RELIGION
Hindu Muslim Christian
Sikh other
2%
2% 3%
12%
81%

10. INDIA POPULATION
1250000
1200000
1150000
1100000
India
1050000
1000000
950000
2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010

11. UNEMPLOYMENT RATE

12. LABOUR FORCE
500000
480000
460000
440000
India
420000
400000
380000
360000
2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012

13. EXCHANGE RATE
0.025
0.024
0.023
0.022
India
0.021
0.02
0.019
0.018
2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010

14. BALANCE OF PAYMENT
20000
10000
0
-10000
-20000 India
-30000
-40000
-50000
-60000

15. REAL GDP
Real GDP
1400000
1200000
1000000
800000
India
600000
400000
200000
0
2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010

16. NOMINAL GDP
2000000
1800000
1600000
1400000
1200000
1000000
India
800000
600000
400000
200000
0
2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010

17. WHAT IS OUR FUTURE ?
• Consumer spending on health care is likely to rise by more than 8
per cent annually until 2025—particularly on medical
services, equipment, and pharmaceuticals. Initiatives such as
education campaigns, which can shift spending to preventive
measures, are vital, since a majority of India’s population is illiterate
• The population of India attains 1,100 million in 2004. It would grow
to1,450 million in 2030.
• India has clearly benefited from closer integration into the global
economy in industries such as automotive, business-process
outsourcing, and IT.
• Wholesale banking in India is set for a period of sharp growth.
Revenues from wholesale banking activities are likely to more than
double over the next five years as infrastructure
investment, expansion by Indian companies overseas, and further
“Indianization” of multinational businesses, among other
trends, drive new business.