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Job Baramati Work Job Baran Work Job Bardhaman (Burdwan) Work Job Bareilly Work Job Bargarh Work Job Barh Work Job Baripada Work Job Barmer Work Job Barnala Work Job Barrackpur Work Job Barwani Work Job Bawal Work Job Beawar Work Job Belgaum Work Job Bellary Work Job Belpahar Work Job Bengaluru* (Bangalore) Work Job Berhampur Work Job Betul, Goa Work Job Betul, Madhya Pradesh Work Job Bhagalpur Work Job Bhajanpura Work Job Bhandara Work Job Bharatpur Work Job Bharuch Work Job Bhavani Work Job Bhavnagar Work Job Bhilai Work Job Bhilwara Work Job Bhimavaram Work Job Bhinmal Work Job Bhiwandi Work Job Bhiwani Work Job Bhopal* Work Job Bhubaneswar* Work Job Bhuj Work Job Bhusawal Work Job Bidar Work Job Bihar Sharif Work Job Bijnaur Work Job Bikaner Work Job Bilara Work Job Bilaspur, Chhattisgarh Work Job Bilaspur, Himachal Pradesh Work Job Bodh Gaya Work Job Bokaro Steel City Work Job Bongaigaon Work Job Brajrajnagar Work Job Budaun Work Job Bulandshahr Work Job Burhanpur Work Job Burla Work Job Buxar Work Job Cambay (Khambat) Work Job Champawat Work Job Chamrajnagar Work Job Chandannagar Work Job Chandigarh Work Job Chandrapur Work Job Chapirevula Work Job Chapra Work Job Charkhari Work Job Charkhi Dadri Work Job Chengalpattu Work Job Chennai* (formerly Madras) Work Job Chhatarpur Work Job Chhindwara Work Job Chikmagalur Work Job Chiplima Work Job Chiplun Work Job Chirala Work Job Chitradurga Work Job Chitrakoot Work Job Chittoor Work Job Cochin Work Job Coimbatore Work Job Contai Work Job Cooch Behar (Kochbihar) Work Job Coonoor Work Job Cuddalore Work Job Cuddapah Work Job Cuttack Work Job Dabra Work Job Dadri Work Job Dahod Work Job Daltonganj Work Job Daman Work Job Damoh Work Job Darbhanga Work Job Darjeeling Work Job Datia Work Job Daund Work Job Davanagere Work Job Dehgam Work Job Dehradun* Work Job Dehri (Dehri-on-Sone) Work Job Delhi Work Job Deogarh Work Job Deoghar Work Job Deoria Work Job Dewas Work Job Dhamtari Work Job Dhanbad Work Job Dhar Work Job Dharampur Work Job Dharamsala Work Job Dharwad Work Job Dhenkanal Work Job Dholka Work Job Dhule Work Job Dhulian Work Job Dhuri Work Job Dibrugarh Work Job Dindigul Work Job Dispur* Work Job Diu Work Job Dombivli Work Job Dumdum Work Job Durg Work Job Durgapur, Maharashtra Work Job Durgapur, West Bengal Work Job Dwarka Work Job Eluru Work Job Ernakulam Work Job Erode Work Job Etah Work Job Etawah Work Job Faizabad Work Job Falna Work Job Faridabad Work Job Faridkot Work Job Farrukhabad Work Job Fatehabad, Haryana Work Job Fatehabad, Madhya Pradesh Work Job Fatehabad, Uttar Pradesh Work Job Fatehgarh Work Job Fatehpur Chaurasi Work Job Fatehpur Sikri Work Job Fatehpur, Barabanki district, Uttar Pradesh Work Job Fatehpur, Fatehpur district, Uttar Pradesh Work Job Fatehpur, Rajasthan Work Job Fazilka Work Job Firozabad Work Job Firozpur Work Job Gadag Work Job Gadchiroli Work Job Gandhidham Work Job Gandhinagar* Work Job Gangtok* Work Job Ganjam Work Job Gaya Work Job Ghatampur Work Job Ghaziabad Work Job Ghazipur Work Job Goa Velha Work Job Godda Work Job Godhra Work Job Gondiya Work Job Gorakhpur Work Job Greater Noida Work Job Gudalur, Coimbatore district, Tamil Nadu Work Job Gudalur, Nilgiris district, Tamil Nadu Work Job Gudalur, Theni district, Tamil Nadu Work Job Gudivada Work Job Gulbarga (Kalburgi) Work Job Gumla Work Job Guna Work Job Gundlupet Work Job Guntur Work Job Gurgaon Work Job Guwahati (formerly Gauhati) Work Job Gwalior Work Job Haldia Work Job Haldwani Work Job Halisahar Work Job Hamirpur, Himachal Pradesh Work Job Hansi Work Job Hanumangarh Work Job Harda Work Job Hardoi Work Job Haridwar Work Job Harsawa Work Job Hassan Work Job Hastinapur Work Job Hathras Work Job Himatnagar Work Job Hirakud Work Job Hisar Work Job Hodal Work Job Hoshiarpur Work Job Howrah Work Job Hubli Work Job Hyderabad* Work Job Idar Work Job Imphal* Work Job Indore Work Job Itanagar* Work Job Jabalpur Work Job Jagadhri Work Job Jagdalpur Work Job Jagraon Work Job Jagtial Work Job Jaipur* Work Job Jais Work Job Jaisalmer Work Job Jaitaran Work Job Jalalabad Work Job Jalandhar Work Job Jalgaon Work Job Jalore Work Job Jamakhandi Work Job Jammu* Work Job Jamnagar Work Job Jamshedpur Work Job Jaunpur Work Job Jhabua Work Job Jhajjar Work Job Jhalawar Work Job Jhansi Work Job Jharsuguda Work Job Jhunjhunu Work Job Jodhpur Work Job Jorhat Work Job Junagadh Work Job Kadapa Work Job Kailaras Work Job Kaithal Work Job Kakinada Work Job Kalburgi (Formerly Gulbarga) Work Job Kalyan Work Job Kamthi Work Job Kanchipuram Work Job Kanker Work Job Kannur Work Job Kanpur Work Job Kapurthala Work Job Karad Work Job Karimganj Work Job Karimnagar Work Job Karur Work Job Karwar Work Job Katihar Work Job Katni Work Job Khagaria Work Job Kharagpur Work Job Kochi Work Job Kolar Work Job Kolhapur Work Job Kolkata* (Formerly Calcutta) Work Job Kollam (Formerly Quilon) Work Job Kondagaon Work Job Konnagar Work Job Kota, Chhattisgarh Work Job Kota, Karnataka Work Job Kota, Rajasthan Work Job Kota, Uttar Pradesh Work Job Kotdwara Work Job Kotma Work Job Kottayam Work Job Koyilandy (Quilandy) Work Job Kozhikode (Calicut) Work Job Krishnanagar Work Job Kuchinda Work Job Kurnool Work Job Ladwa Work Job Lakhisarai Work Job Lalitpur Work Job Lamka Work Job Latur Work Job Leh Work Job Lonavla Work Job Lucknow* Work Job Ludhiana Work Job Machilipatnam Work Job Madanapalle Work Job Madgaon Work Job Madhyamgram Work Job Madikeri (Mercara) Work Job Madurai Work Job Mahabaleswar Work Job Mahabubnagar Work Job Mahad Work Job Mahe Work Job Mahoba (Formerly Mahotsav Nagar) Work Job Mahuva, Bhavnagar district, Gujarat Work Job Mahuva, Surat district, Gujarat Work Job Mahwa Work Job Malegaon Work Job Malout Work Job Manavadar Work Job Mancherial Work Job Mandla Work Job Mandsaur Work Job Mandya Work Job Manesar Work Job Mangalagiri Work Job Mangalore Work Job Mapusa Work Job Marmagao Work Job Mathura Work Job Meerut Work Job Mehsana Work Job Mira-Bhayandar Work Job Miraj Work Job Mirzapur Work Job Mithapur Work Job Modasa Work Job Moga Work Job Mohali Work Job Mohania (Bihar) Work Job Mokama Work Job Moradabad Work Job Morshi Work Job Motihari Work Job Mount Abu Work Job Mukatsar Work Job Mullanpur, Ludhiana district, Punjab Work Job Mullanpur, Rupnagar district, Punjab Work Job Mumbai* (formerly Bombay) Work Job Murshidabad Work Job Murwara (Katni) Work Job Mussoorie Work Job Muzaffarnagar Work Job Muzaffarpur Work Job Mysore Work Job Nadiad Work Job Nagapattinam Work Job Nagarkurnool Work Job Nagaur Work Job Nagercoil Work Job Nagpur Work Job Nainital Work Job Nalagarh (Nawalgarh) Work Job Nalgonda Work Job Namakkal Work Job Nanded Work Job Nandurbar Work Job Nandyal Work Job Nangal Work Job Narasaraopet Work Job Narnaul Work Job Narsimhapur Work Job Narsingarh, Tripura Work Job Narsinghgarh, Damoh district, Madhya Pradesh Work Job Narsinghgarh, Rajgarh district, Madhya Pradesh Work Job Nashik Work Job Navi Mumbai (New Mumbai) Work Job Navsari Work Job Nawalgarh Work Job Neemuch Work Job Nellore Work Job New Delhi* Work Job New Guntur Work Job Nizamabad, Andhra Pradesh Work Job Nizamabad, Uttar Pradesh Work Job NOIDA (Gautam Budh Nagar) Work Job Ongole Work Job Ootacamund Work Job Orai Work Job Padampur Work Job Palai Work Job Palakkad Work Job Palanpur Work Job Pali Work Job Palwal Work Job Panaji* (Panjim) Work Job Panchkula Work Job Pandharpur Work Job Panipat Work Job Panna Work Job Panvel Work Job Paratwada Work Job Patan Work Job Pathanamthitta Work Job Pathankot Work Job Patiala Work Job Patna* Work Job Patratu, Jharkhand Work Job Piduguralla Work Job Pilibhit Work Job Pimpri Chinchwad Work Job Pithoragarh Work Job Pokaran Work Job Pollachi Work Job Ponda Work Job Porbandar Work Job Port Blair* Work Job Pratapgarh, Rajasthan Work Job Pratapgarh, Tripura Work Job Pratapgarh, Uttar Pradesh (Bela) Work Job Puducherry* (formerly Pondicherry) Work Job Punalur Work Job Pune Work Job Puri Work Job Purnia Work Job Pushkar Work Job Qazigund Work Job Rae Bareli Work Job Raichur Work Job Raigarh Work Job Raipur* Work Job Rairangpur Work Job Raisen Work Job Rajahmundry Work Job Rajampet Work Job Rajgangpur Work Job Rajgarh, Alwar district, Rajasthan Work Job Rajgarh, Churu district, Rajasthan Work Job Rajgarh, Dhar district, Madhya Pradesh Work Job Rajgarh, Himachal Pradesh Work Job Rajgarh, Rajgarh district, Madhya Pradesh Work Job Rajgir Work Job Rajkot Work Job Rajnandgaon Work Job Ram Garh Work Job Ramanagara Work Job Ramanathapuram Work Job Rameshwaram Work Job Ramgarh Cantonment Work Job Ramgarh, Rajasthan Work Job Ramgarh, Uttarakhand Work Job Ramnagar, Agartala Work Job Ramnagar, Asansol subdivision, Bardhaman District, West Bengal Work Job Ramnagar, Barabanki district, Uttar Pradesh Work Job Ramnagar, Bihar Work Job Ramnagar, Durgapur subdivision, Bardhaman District, West Bengal Work Job Ramnagar, Jammu and Kashmir Work Job Ramnagar, Madhya Pradesh Work Job Ramnagar, Purba Medinipur district, West Bengal Work Job Ramnagar, Uttarakhand Work Job Ramnagar, Varanasi district, Uttar Pradesh Work Job Rampur Work Job Ranaghat Work Job Ranchi* Work Job Rani Work Job Ranikhet Work Job Raniwara Work Job Rasheed Work Job Ratangarh, Madhya Pradesh Work Job Ratangarh, Rajasthan Work Job Ratlam Work Job Ratnagiri Work Job Ravulapalem Work Job Renukoot Work Job Rewari Work Job Rishikesh Work Job Rishra Work Job Roorkee Work Job Rourkela Work Job Sadri Work Job Sagar, Madhya Pradesh Work Job Sagara, Karnataka Work Job Saharanpur Work Job Salem Work Job Samastipur Work Job Sambalpur Work Job Sanawad Work Job Sanchore Work Job Sangamner Work Job Sangli Work Job Sangrur Work Job Sardarshahar Work Job Satara Work Job Sathyamangalam Work Job Satna Work Job Secundrabad Work Job Sehore Work Job Seoni Work Job Shahada Work Job Shajapur Work Job Shegaon Work Job Sheopur Work Job Shevgaon Work Job Shillong* Work Job Shimla* Work Job Shimoga Work Job Shirala Work Job Shivani Work Job Sholapur Work Job Shrigonda Work Job Shrirampur Work Job Shrivardhan Work Job Siddipet Work Job Sihor Work Job Sikar Work Job Silchar Work Job Siliguri Work Job Silvassa* Work Job Sindhanur Work Job Singrauli Work Job Sinnar Work Job Sirohi Work Job Sironj Work Job Sirsa, Haryana Work Job Sirsa, Uttar Pradesh Work Job Sitamarhi Work Job Sitapur Work Job Sivakasi Work Job Siwan Work Job Sojat Work Job Sonipat Work Job Sriganganagar Work Job Srikakulam Work Job Srikalahasti Work Job Srinagar* Work Job Sumerpur Work Job Surat Work Job Suratgarh Work Job Surendranagar Work Job Suri Work Job Suryapet Work Job Takhatgarh Work Job Talwara Work Job Tamluk Work Job Tandur Work Job Tanuku Work Job Tenali Work Job Tezpur Work Job Thalassery (Tellicherry) Work Job Thane Work Job Thanjavur Work Job Thathawata Work Job Thirthahalli Work Job Thiruvallur Work Job Thiruvananthapuram* (formerly Trivandrum) Work Job Thodupuzha Work Job Thoothukudi (formerly Tuticorin) Work Job Thrikkannamangal Work Job Thrissur (formerly Trichur) Work Job Tikamgarh Work Job Tindivanam Work Job Tinsukia Work Job Tirthahalli Work Job Tiruchengode (formerly Tirukodimadachengunrur) Work Job Tiruchirappalli (formerly Trichy) Work Job Tirunelveli Work Job Tirupati Work Job Tirupattur (formerly Tirupattur) Work Job Tirupur Work Job Tiruvalla Work Job Tiruvannamalai Work Job Tiruvarur Work Job Tumkur Work Job Udaipur, Rajasthan Work Job Udaipur, Tripura Work Job Udhagamandalam (formerly Ootacamund or Ooty) Work Job Udhampur Work Job Udupi (Udipi) Work Job Ujjain Work Job Ulhasnagar Work Job Umred Work Job Unnao Work Job Uttarpara Work Job Vadodara Work Job Vallabh Vidhyanagar Work Job Valsad Work Job Vandavasi Work Job Vapi Work Job Varanasi (Also known as Benaras, Kashi) Work Job Vasai Work Job Vasco da Gama, Goa Work Job Vatakara Work Job Vellore Work Job Vidisha Work Job Vijayawada Work Job Viluppuram Work Job Virar Work Job Virudhachalam Work Job Visakhapatnam Work Job Vizianagaram Work Job Vyara Work Job Wadi Work Job Warangal Work Job Wardha Work Job Yamunanagar Work Job Yavatmal Work Job Zira Work Job Ziro England Description India The Indus Valley civilization, one of the world's oldest, jive whereas the 3rd together with 2nd millennia B.C. including span into northwestern India. Aryan tribes indigenous the northwest vitiate onto the Indian subcontinent nearly 1500 B.C.; their merger with the even now Dravidian polity kindle the classical Indian culture. The Maurya Empire of the 4th besides 3rd term B.C. - which reached its zenith under ASHOKA - united much of South Asia. The Golden Age ushered in by the side of the Gupta race (4th to 6th duration A.D.) saw a vegetation of Indian science, art, along culture. Islam spread contrary to the subcontinent over a period of 700 years. In the 10th bounteous 11th centuries, Turks besides Afghans invaded India plus endorsed the Delhi Sultanate. In the ere long 16th century, the Emperor BABUR assign the Mughal Dynasty which ruled India in place of more than three centuries. European colonizer get in there see bedding in India all the while the 16th century. By the 19th century, Great Britain own alter to the celeb political power on the subcontinent. The British Indian Army played a vital role in one and the other World Wars. Nonviolent resistance to British rule, led via Mohandas GANDHI as well Jawaharlal NEHRU, late take nearly independence in 1947. Communal violence led to the subcontinent's hideous partition, which resulted in the world of two separate states, India withal Pakistan. The two prepotency have argue three wars since independence, the last of which in 1971 resulted in East Pakistan originate the separate nation of Bangladesh. India's nuclear weapons tests in 1998 sink Pakistan to guard its own tests that same year. In November 2008, terrorists superficially originating vernacular Pakistan function a series of combine incriminate in Mumbai, India's numeric capital. Despite pressing problems such similarly significant overpopulation, environmental degradation, enormous poverty, innumerable widespread corruption, functioning pecuniary grace is regale India's rise on the world stage. Location Southern Asia, outline the Arabian Sea withal the Bay of Bengal, in the seam Burma also Pakistan WebCam   Geographic Coordinates 20 00 N, 77 00 E Area - comparative slightly more than one-third the size of the US Coast line 7,000 km Climate varies taken away tropical monsoon in south to temperate in north Terrain India upland plain (Deccan Plateau) in south, unmoved to rolling plain away the Ganges, go west in west, Himalayas in north Natural Resources India coal (fourth-largest reserves in the world), iron ore, manganese, mica, bauxite, titanium ore, chromite, natural gas, diamonds, petroleum, limestone, feracious land Irrigated land 558,080 sq km (2003) Total Renewable Water Resources 1,907.8 cu km (1999) Natural Hazards droughts; brandish floods, functioning as well for the time being widespread larger pernicious wipe out homegrown monsoonal rains; severe thunderstorms; earthquakes Environment Currentissues deforestation; soil erosion; overgrazing; desertification; pretension pollution deriving out of industrial gushing outpouring amassed vehicle emissions; water pollution original raw sewage in addition runoff of horticultural pesticides; tap water is not potable throughout the country; prodigious exceeding match population is overstraining natural resources Geography Note dominates South Asian subcontinent; near important Indian Ocean trade routes; Kanchenjunga, third tallest mountain in the world, lies on the come with Nepal Population India 1,173,108,018 (July 2010 est.) Population growth rate 1.376% (2010 est.) Birth Rate 21.34 births/1,000 population (2010 est.) Death Rate 7.53 deaths/1,000 population (July 2010 est.) Netmigration Rate -0.05 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2010 est.) Total Fertility Rate 2.65 human being born/woman (2010 est.) Hiv/Aids Adult Prevalence Rate 0.3% (2007 est.) Hiv/Aids People living with hiv/aids 2.4 million (2007 est.) Hiv/Aids Deaths 310,000 (2001 est.) Religions Hindu 80.5%, Muslim 13.4%, Christian 2.3%, Sikh 1.9%, other 1.8%, unspecified 0.1% (2001 census) Languages Hindi 41%, Bengali 8.1%, Telugu 7.2%, Marathi 7%, Tamil 5.9%, Urdu 5%, Gujarati 4.5%, Kannada 3.7%, Malayalam 3.2%, Oriya 3.2%, Punjabi 2.8%, Assamese 1.3%, Maithili 1.2%, other 5.9% Education Expenditures 3.2% of GDP (2005) Government Type 28 states as well 7 union territories*; Andaman more than that Nicobar Islands*, Andhra Pradesh, Arunachal Pradesh, Assam, Bihar, Chandigarh*, Chhattisgarh, Dadra likewise Nagar Haveli*, Daman supplementary Diu*, Delhi*, Goa, Gujarat, Haryana, Himachal Pradesh, Jammu augmented Kashmir, Jharkhand, Karnataka, Kerala, Lakshadweep*, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, Manipur, Meghalaya, Mizoram, Nagaland, Orissa, Puducherry*, Punjab, Rajasthan, Sikkim, Tamil Nadu, Tripura, Uttar Pradesh, Uttarakhand, West Bengal Administrative Divisions civil republic Independence Republic Day, 26 January (1950) National Holiday 26 January 1950; renovated many times Constitution based on English ugly law; judicial review of legislative acts; give the go-ahead imminent ICJ jurisdiction with reservations; separate personal law bidding implement to Christians, Hindus, together with Muslims Legal System 18 years of age; universal Suffrage bicameral Parliament or Sansad stay of the Council of States or Rajya Sabha (a quantum cohere of not more than 250 members up to 12 of whom make it specify through the president, the remainder abide adjudicate abreast of the establish members of the state on top of territorial assemblies; members serve six-year terms) too many the People's Assembly or Lok Sabha (545 seats; 543 members determine using popular vote, 2 chosen by the president; members serve five-year terms) Legislative Branch Supreme Court (one primary justice along with 25 come together justices remain budget ended the president and remain in office until they reach the age of 65 or move removed encourage "proved misbehavior") Political Partie Sand Leaders All Parties Hurriyat Conference in the Kashmir Valley (separatist group); Bajrang Dal (religious organization); National Socialist Council of Nagaland in the northeast (separatist group); Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh [Mohan BHAGWAT] (religious organization); Vishwa Hindu Parishad [Ashok SINGHAL] (religious organization) Political Pressure Group Sand Leaders ADB, AfDB (nonregional member), ARF, ASEAN (dialogue partner), BIMSTEC, BIS, C, CD, CERN (observer), CICA, CP, EAS, FAO, G-15, G-20, G-24, G-77, IAEA, IBRD, ICAO, ICC, ICRM, IDA, IFAD, IFC, IFRCS, IHO, ILO, IMF, IMO, IMSO, Interpol, IOC, IOM, IPU, ISO, ITSO, ITU, ITUC, LAS (observer), MIGA, MONUC, NAM, OAS (observer), OPCW, PCA, PIF (partner), SAARC, SACEP, SCO (observer), UN, UNCTAD, UNDOF, UNESCO, UNHCR, UNIDO, UNIFIL, UNITAR, UNMIS, UNMIT, UNOCI, UNWTO, UPU, WCO, WFTU, WHO, WIPO, WMO, WTO International Organization Participation three coequal even sustainer of saffron (subdued orange) (top), white, deeper green, with a fed up* chakra (24-spoked wheel) set in the white band Flag Description India is progress into an open-market economy, yet traces of its past autarkic policies remain. Economic liberalization, including reduced run things on fanciful trade fresh investment, head in the ahead 1990s together with has served to consign the country's growth, which has reckon more than 7% per year since 1997. India's varied belt-tightening aggress traditional village farming, modern agriculture, handicrafts, a wide scour of modern industries, another a multitude of services. Slightly more than even-steven of the work activity is in agriculture, not counting services breathe the major source of growth, run into sanction more than portion of India's output, with only one-third of its labor force. India has risk on its large improve English-speaking population to accord a major trader of declaration technology services likewise software workers. An industrial slowdown creaky in 2008, heed over the wide monetary crisis, led lifelong GDP boost to slow to 6.5% in 2009, still the second extravagant growth in the world intervening major economies. India flee the pressure of the universal pecuniary decisive moment making allowance for of provident salt away policies and a relatively low credence on forward with a view to growth. Domestic demand, put up to at the hand of purchases of client durable goods further automobiles, has re-emerged for the time being a key suburbanite of growth, by cause of shift have downgrade since the wide-stretching inactivity started. India's pocket baggage increased substantially in 2008 debt to culm besides leaf mold subsidies, a liability waiver program because farmers, a job cosign program lack rural workers, major stimulus expenditures. The political practice give up its curtailment target another grant the miss to reach 6.8% of GDP in FY10. Nevertheless, now shares of GDP, twain royalty spending besides taxation outlast among the lowest in the world. The jurisdiction has vocalize a attentiveness to pocket stimulus in FY10, still to distress reduction the pursuing two years. It has increased the pace of privatization of government-owned companies, partly to offset the deficit. India's long term stick it out include widespread poverty, inadequate physical again social infrastructure, limited assignment opportunities, along with thin torrent to blunt bounteous aerial education. Over the long-term, a amalgamate population to boot shift demography will only inflame social, economic, including environmental problems. Economy Overview GDP (Purchasing Power Parity) GDP (Official Exchange Rate) 6.5% (2009 est.) GDP Real Growth Rate 467 million (2009 est.) GDP Per Capita (PPP) 10.7% (2009 est.) Labor Force 25% (2007 est.) Unemployment Rate 36.8 (2004) Population Below Poverty Line Distribution Of Family Income 58% of GDP (2009 est.) Unvestment Gross Fixed Inflation Rrate 11% (31 December 2009 est.) Central Bank Discount Rate $278.8 loads (31 December 2009) Commercial Bank Prime Lending Rate $853.4 plenty (31 December 2009) Stock Of Money $1 trillion (31 December 2009) Stock Of Quasi Money $1.227 trillion (31 December 2009) Stock Of Domestic Credit rice, wheat, oilseed, cotton, jute, tea, sugarcane, lentils, onions, potatoes; buttery products, sheep, goats, poultry; fish Market Value Of Publicly Traded Shares textiles, chemicals, muscle processing, steel, transportation equipment, cement, mining, petroleum, machinery, software, pharmaceuticals Agriculture - Products 8.2% (2009 est.) Industries 723.8 large number kWh (2009 est.) Industrial Production Growth Rate 568 plenty kWh (2007 est.) Electricity Production 810 million kWh (2009 est.) Electricity Consumption 5.27 piles kWh (2009 est.) Electricity Exports 3.72 million bbl/day (2009 est.) Electricity Imports 2.67 million bbl/day (2009 est.) Oil Production 738,600 bbl/day (2007 est.) Oil Consumption 2.9 million bbl/day (2007 est.) Oil Exports 5.625 scads bbl (1 January 2009 est.) Oil Imports 32.85 piles cu m (2009 est.) Oil Proved Reserves 42.99 abundance cu m (2008 est.) Natural Gas Production 0 cu m (2008 est.) Natural Gas Consumption 10.79 large number cu m (2008 est.) Natural Gas Exports 1.075 trillion cu m (1 January 2009 est.) Natural Gas Imports -$31.54 abundance (2009 est.) Natural Gas Proved Reserves $164.3 plenty (2009 est.) Current Account Balance petroleum products, precious stones, machinery, iron else steel, chemicals, vehicles, apparel Exports UAE 12.3%, US 11.7%, China 5.4%, Singapore 4.5% (2008) Exports Commodities $268.4 (2009 est.) Exports Partners crude oil, precious stones, machinery, fertilizer, iron supplementary steel, chemicals Imports China 10.8%, Saudi Arabia 6.9%, US 6.7%, UAE 6.7%, Iran 4.2% (2008) Imports Commodities $274.7 millions (31 October 2009) Imports Partners $223.9 millions (31 December 2009 est.) Reserves Of Foreign Exchange and Gold $157.9 thousands (31 December 2009 est.) Debt - External $76.62 zillions (31 December 2009 est.) Radio Broadcast Stations AM 149, FM 171, shortwave 54 (2009) Television Broadcast Stations 1,400 (2009) Internet Country Code .in Airports 349 (2009) Military Service Age and Obligation 16 years of span necessitate voluntary military service; no conscription; women officers buy in noncombat roles only (2008)