INDIA KEY INFORMATION


  Population:
  1,129,866,154 (July 2007   est.)
  GDP (purchasing power   parity):
  $4.042 trillion (2006 est.)
  GDP (official exchange   rate):
  $796.1 billion
  GDP - real growth rate:
  8.5%
  GDP - per capita (PPP):
  $3,700
  Labor force:
  509.3 million
  Inflation rate (consumer   prices):
  5.3%
  Industrial production   growth rate:
  7.5%
  Exports:
  $112 billion f.o.b.

  Exports - commodities:
  textile goods, gems and   jewelry, engineering goods,   chemicals, leather   manufactures

  Imports:
  $187.9 billion f.o.b.

  Imports - commodities:
  crude oil, machinery, gems,   fertilizer, chemicals



   Imports - partners



India's total area is 3.29 million square kilometers. Size is slightly more than one-third the size of the US.  it is located in the Southern Asia, bordering the Arabian Sea and the Bay of Bengal, between Burma and Pakistan

Capital: New Delhi
Border countries:
Bangladesh 4,053 km, Bhutan 605 km, Burma 1,463 km, China 3,380 km, Nepal 1,690 km, Pakistan 2,912 km
Government:   Federal republic
Languages spoken: English is the preferred business language. Hindi is the national language and primary tongue of 30% of the people.


  GDP growth by sector (%)

GDP Agriculture Manufacturing Services Construction
2002 3.8 -7.5 6.8 7.4 7.7
2003 8.5 10.0 7.1 8.5 10.9
2004 7.5 0.0 8.2 9.6 12.2
2005 9.0 6.0 9.1 9.8 14.2
2006 9.2 2.7 11.3 11.2 9.4
  Sources:Central Statistical Organization
  Export and import growth (%)
  Exports Imports
2002 20.3 14.5
2003 23.3 24.1
2004 28.5 48.6
2005 23.4 32.0
2006 20.0 26.2
2007 16.0 20.0
2008 15.0 19.2
  Sources: Reserve Bank of India
  Exports - partners
  GDP growth (%)






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