India

Maps of India

Economics • Currency : Indian Rupee • Exchange 1 CD$= $48.90 Indian Rupees.• Economy GPD: $4,060,000,000• GPD per capita:$3,500 • Annual budget: $170, 700,000,000• Population under poverty line: 25% • Unemployment rate : 10.80%• Labour force :478,300,000• Industries: Steel, Cement, Software, Chemicals • Industrial growth rate: 9%

Recreation • National sport: Cricket.• Also enjoy board games and marbles.• Boys like kites while girls enjoy crafts.• Both sexes enjoy playing Kho Kho and Khabbadi, which are other

versions of tag.• A popular recreational activity is Carom, which fits in the

Billiards family.

Politics • Republic of India.• India's government is a federal republic. • Capital City: New Delhi • Independence from UK: August 15 1947 • Chief of state: President Pratibha Patil.• Head of government: Prime minister Manmohan Singh. • Suffrage: 18 years of age • National holiday: Republic day on January 26, 1950.• Legal system based on English model• Constitution was applied on January 26, 1950.

Kinship • Some families will throw their teeth on their roof and ask the sparrow to

bring them a new one. • Dating practices of western countries are not common in India, although

urban residents are affected by western standards.• Traditional marriages are still arranged by parents often with the

consent of the bride and groom• Marriage is sacred to most Indians.• Families are generally large.• The elderly are respected.• The father is head of house hold.• Middle or upper class father is expected to financially take care of the

children.

Education • They have Public and private based schools.• The Nalanda University was the oldest University system in the

world. • Only 15% of kids make it to High School, and 7% graduate of the

15%.• 57% of college teachers lack a PHD or Masters Degree.• They have made progress in terms of increasing Primary

Education attendance rate and expanding Literacy• The private education market is at 5%, but is worth $40 Billion.

Religion • They are very diverse language wise, and the population is

mainly Hindu (82%).• Others include Muslim (12%), Christian (2%), Sikhism (2%).• They have over 300 languages that they use in India.• English is good for politics, but their national language is Hindi.• The Hindus use to believe in a structure called the caste system.

It works by your popularity in the system

Artistic • Indian women wear Sarees.• They also wear red dots on their heads when they are married.• Men wear turbans, and most modern clothes. • The Taj Mahal palace in India was created by the idea of Turkish,

Indian, and Persian styles• The Hawa Mahal, or the Wind Palace, is part of the city palace

and has 953 small windows.• There is also a city that is painted blue. It is called Jodhpur .• A man by the name of Tyeb Mehta is a well known artist in India.

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