INDIA AT A GLANCE Area: 3.3 Million sq.

km Location: the Bay of Bengal in the east, the Arabian Sea in the west, and the Indian Ocean to the south surround the country. India occupies a major portion of the Indian subcontinent. Geographic Coordinates: Lying entirely in the Northern Hemisphere, the country extends between 8 4' and 37 6' latitudes north of the Equator, and 687' and 9725' longitudes east of it. Indian Standard Time: GMT + 05:30 Telephone Country Code: +91 Capital: New Delhi Border Countries: Afghanistan and Pakistan to the north-west; China, Bhutan and Nepal to the north; Myanmar to the east; and Bangladesh to the east of West Bengal. Sri Lanka is separated from India by a narrow channel of sea, formed by Palk Strait and the Gulf of Mannar. Coastline: 7517 km encompassing the mainland, Lakshadweep Islands, and the Andaman & Nicobar Islands. Climate: The climate of India can broadly be classified as a tropical monsoon one. There are four seasons - winter (DecemberFebruary), (ii) summer (March-June), (iii) south-west monsoon season (June-September), and (iv) post monsoon season (OctoberNovember) Natural Resources: Coal, iron ore, manganese ore, mica, bauxite, petroleum, titanium ore, chromite, natural gas, magnesite, limestone, arable land, dolomite, barytes, kaolin, gypsum, apatite, phosphorite, steatite, fluorite, etc. Political Profile Country Name: Republic of India ; Bharat Ganrajya Government Type: Democratic Republic with a Parliamentary system of Government. States & Union Territories : 28 States and 7 Union Territories. Constitution: The Constitution of India came into force on 26th January 1950. The Constitution of India is the source of the legal system in the country.

Executive Branch: The President of India is the Head of State, while the Prime Minister is the Head of the Government and runs office with the support of the Council of Ministers which forms the Cabinet. Legislative Branch: Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha form both houses of the parliament. Judicial Branch: The Supreme Court of India is the apex body of the Indian legal system, followed by other High Courts and subordinate courts. Economic Profile Gross Domestic Product during 2011-12 [at current prices] : US$ 1680.69 billion (Rs 82.8 trillion) Gross Domestic Product during 2011-12 [at constant (2004-05) prices]: US$ 1060.42 billion (Rs 52.2 trillion) Gross Domestic Product growth rate during 2011-12: 6.9 per cent Per capita income during 2011-12 [at current prices] : US$ 1237.13 (Rs 60972 ) Per capita income during 2011-12 [at constant (2004-05) prices]: US$ 771.72 (Rs 38005) Forex Reserves (September 2012) ): US$ 294.81 billion Exports (October 2012): US$ 23.25 billion Cumulative value of Exports (April-October 2012 -13): US$ 166.92 billion Imports (October 2012): US$ 44.21 billion Cumulative value of Imports (April-October 2012 -13): US$ 277.13 billion Amount of FDI inflows for 2012-13 (for August 2012): US$ 2.26 billion Amount of FDI equity inflows for the financial year 2012-13 (from April 2012 to August 2012):US$ 8.17 billion Cumulative amount of FDI equity inflows [excluding amount remitted through RBI's-NRI schemes] (from April 2000 to August 2012): US$ 179.02 billion

Top 10 Sectors attracting highest FDI inflows: Services Sector (19 per cent), Construction development: Townships,housing, built-up infrastructure* (12 per cent), Telecommunications (7 per cent), Computer Software & Hardware (6 per cent), Drugs & Pharmaceuticals (5 per cent),Chemicals (other than Fertilizers) (5 per cent),Power (4 per cent), Automobile Industry (4 per cent), Metallurgical Industries (4 per cent), Petroleum & natural gas (3 per cent) *In line with the extant FDI policy, the Sectors Housing and Real Estates & Construction Activities have been renamed as construction development: Townships, housing, built-up infrastructure and construction development projects and construction (Infrastructure) activities, respectively. Top 10 Investing Countries: Mauritius (37 per cent), Singapore (10 per cent),U.K (10 per cent),Japan (7 per cent),U.S.A (6 per cent),Netherlands (4 per cent), Cyprus (4 per cent), Germany (3 per cent), France (2 per cent), U.A.E (1 per cent)

* Source - http://www.indiainbusiness.nic.in