COUNTRY REPORT India
India is among the world’s fastest growing economies
Diverse culture helps Indian tourism thrive and supports its burgeoning population of 1.22 billion
seventh-largest country in the world by area at 3,287,263 km2 and the second-largest by population at 1,220,800,359. It is bounded by the Indian Ocean to the south (where it is in the vicinity of Sri Lanka and the Maldives), the Arabian Sea to the south-west and the Bay of Bengal on the south- east. It also shares land borders with Pakistan, China, Nepal, Bhutan, Burma and Bangladesh. Its largest city is Mumbai, and its Capital is New Delhi.
I The country’s climate is largely
influenced by the Himalayas, which prevents cold Central Asian katabatic winds from blowing in, and the Thar Desert, which attracts the summer monsoon winds that,
SIZE Country India USA France UK India China 28 Size (km²) 3,287,263 9,826,675 643,801 243,610 3,287,263 9,596,961 India 3,287,263 km²
ndia, officially named the Republic of India, is a country in South-East Asia. It is the
between June and October, provide the majority of rainfall. Four major climatic groupings predominate in India: tropical wet, tropical dry, subtropical humid, and montane. India’s economy is the world’s
India has the 10th largest global GDP
tenth-largest by nominal GDP at $1.947 trillion, and the third-largest by purchasing power parity (PPP) at $4.711 trillion. It has the second- largest labor force, made up largely of service sector workers, with the industrial and agricultural sectors
following. It is the world’s tenth- largest importer and nineteenth- largest exporter, and its currency is the Indian Rupee. It is considered newly industrialised, and has become one of the fastest-growing economies in the last 20 years. However, the country still faces a number of issues, including poverty, corruption, malnutrition and inadequate public healthcare. India has one of the most diverse
cultures in the world and it is home to several major religions, including Hinduism, Buddhism, Sikhism and Islam. The Indian government is a federal parliamentary constitutional republic, led by President Pranab Mukherjee. Although India has no official
language, Hindi, with the largest number of speakers, is the official language of the government.
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