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National name: Bharat
President: A.P.J. Abdul Kalam (2002)
Prime Minister: Manmohan Singh (2004)
Current government officials
| Pres. |
Abdul KALAM |
| Vice Pres. |
Bhairon Singh SHEKHAWAT |
| Prime Min. |
Manmohan SINGH |
| Principal Sec. to the Prime Min.'s Office |
T. K. A. NAIR |
| National Security Adviser |
M. K. NARAYANAN |
| Dep. Chmn., Planning Commission |
Montek Singh AHLUWALIA |
| Min. of Agriculture |
Sharad PAWAR |
| Min. of Agro & Rural Industries |
Mahavir PRASAD |
| Min. of Chemicals & Fertilizers |
Ram Vilas PASWAN |
| Min. of Coal |
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| Min. of Commerce & Industry |
Kamal NATH |
| Min. of Communications & Information Technology |
Dayanidhi MARAN |
| Min. of Company Affairs |
Prem Chand GUPTA |
| Min. of Consumer Affairs, Food, & Public Admin. |
Sharad PAWAR |
| Min. of Culture |
Jaipal REDDY |
| Min. of Defense |
A. K. ANTONY |
| Min. of Development of Northeastern Region |
Paty Ripple KYNDIAH |
| Min. of Earth Sciences |
Kapil SIBAL |
| Min. of Environment & Forests |
A. RAJA |
| Min. of External Affairs |
Pranab MUKHERJEE |
| Min. of Finance |
Palaniappan CHIDAMBARAM |
| Min. of Health & Family Welfare |
Anbumani RAMADOSS |
| Min. of Home Affairs |
Shivraj PATIL |
| Min. of Human Resource Development |
Arjun SINGH |
| Min. of Information & Broadcasting |
Priyaranjan DASMUNSI |
| Min. of Law & Justice |
Hans Raj BHARDWAJ |
| Min. of Local Govt. |
Mani Shankar AIYAR |
| Min. of Mines |
Sis Ram OLA |
| Min. of Minority Affairs |
A. R. ANTULAY |
| Min. of Overseas Indian Affairs |
Vayalar RAVI |
| Min. of Panchayati Raj |
Mani Shankar AIYAR |
| Min. of Parliamentary Affairs |
Priyaranjan DASMUNSI |
| Min. of Petroleum & Natural Gas |
Murli DEORA |
| Min. of Power |
Sushil Kumar SHINDE |
| Min. of Railways |
Laloo Prasad YADAV |
| Min. of Rural Development |
Raghuvansh Prasad SINGH |
| Min. of Science & Technology |
Kapil SIBAL |
| Min. of Shipping, Road Transport, & Highways |
T. R. BAALU |
| Min. of Small-Scale Industries |
Mahavir PRASAD |
| Min. of Social Justice & Empowerment |
Meira KUMAR |
| Min. of Steel |
Ram Vilas PASWAN |
| Min. of Textiles |
Shankersinh VAGHELA |
| Min. of Tourism & Culture |
Ambika SONI |
| Min. of Tribal Affairs |
Paty Ripple KYNDIAH |
| Min. of Urban Development |
Jaipal REDDY |
| Min. of Water Resources |
Saif-u-Din SOZ |
| Min. of Youth Affairs & Sports |
Mani Shankar AIYAR |
| Min. of State (Independent Charge) for Civil Aviation |
Praful PATEL |
| Min. of State (Independent Charge) for Food Processing Industries |
Subodh Kant SAHAY |
| Min. of State (Independent Charge) for Heavy Industries & Public Enterprises |
Santosh Mohan DEV |
| Min. of State (Independent Charge) for Labor & Employment |
Oscar FERNANDES |
| Min. of State (Independent Charge) for Nonconventional Energy Sources |
Vilas MUTTEMWAR |
| Min. of State (Independent Charge) for Statistics & Program Implementation |
G. K. VASAN |
| Min. of State (Independent Charge) for Urban Employment & Poverty Alleviation |
Mumari SELJA |
| Min. of State (Independent Charge) for Women & Child Development |
Renuka CHOWDHURY |
| Governor, Reserve Bank of India |
Y. Venugopal REDDY |
| Ambassador to the US |
Ranendra SEN |
| Permanent Representative to the UN, New York |
Nirupam SEN |
Land area: 1,147,949 sq mi (2,973,190 sq km); total area: 1,269,346 sq mi (3,287,590 sq km)
Population (2006 est.): 1,095,351,995 (growth rate: 1.4%); birth rate: 22.0/1000; infant mortality rate: 54.6/1000; life expectancy: 64.7; density per sq mi: 954
Capital (2003 est.): New Delhi, 15,334,000 (metro. area), 9,817,439 (city proper)
Largest cities: Bombay (Mumbai), 18,336,000 (metro. area), 11,914,398 (city proper); Calcutta (Kolkata), 14,299,000 (metro. area), 4,760,800 (city proper); Bangalore, 4,461,100; Madras (Chennai), 4,382,100; Ahmedabad, 3,653,700; Hyderabad, 3,585,600; Kanpur, 2,631,800
Monetary unit: Rupee
Principal languages: Hindi 30%, English, Bengali, Gujarati, Kashmiri, Malayalam, Marathi, Oriya, Punjabi, Tamil, Telugu, Urdu, Kannada, Assamese, Sanskrit, Sindhi (all official); Hindi/Urdu; 1,600+ dialects
Ethnicity/race: Indo-Aryan 72%, Dravidian 25%, Mongoloid and other 3% (2000)
Religions: Hindu 81%, Islam 13%, Christian 2%, Sikh 2% (2001)
Literacy rate: 60% (2003 est.)
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