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EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTIONS

MILITARY

There are 42 central, 285 state universities in the country. In addition, there are 130 institutions which are classified as "Deemed to be universities". The number of affiliated and constituent colleges is 35,539

Active duty personnel 1,265,000

Military Expenditure (1993-94) $8,174 billion

MAJOR POLITICAL PARTIES Congress (I); Congress (S); Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP); Akali Dal; Janata Dal ; All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazagham (AIADMK); Dravida Munnetra Kazagham; Communist Party of India (CPI); Communist Party of India/Marxist (CPI/M); Communist Party of India/Marxist-Leninist (CPI/ ML); Revolutionary Socialist Party (RSP); Bahujan Samaj Party(BSP); Tel- ugu Desam, Shiv Sena. STRUCTURE OF LEGAL SYSTEM Based on English Common Law, judicial review of legislative acts, accepts compulsory ICJ jurisdiction, with reservations. SUFFRAGE : Universal at age 18 ELECTION : National and state elections ordinarily held every 5 years, may be postponed in emergency and may be held more frequently if government loses confidence vote; last general election held in 2014. EMBASSIES IN CAPITAL Afghanistan, Algeria, Argentina, Armenia, Austria, Australia, Azerbaijan, Bangladesh, Belarus, Belgium, Benin, Bhutan, Brazil, Bulgaria, Burkina Faso, Cambodia, Canada, Cape Verde, Chile, China, Colombia, Cuba, Cyprus, Denmark, Dominica, Egypt, El Salvador, Estonia, Ethiopia, Finland, France, Gambia, Germany, Georgia, Ghana, Greece, Guyana, Hungary, Indonesia, Iran, Iraq, Ireland, Italy, Japan, Jordan, Kenya, Korea North. Korea South, Kuwait, Kyrgyzstan, Laos, Latvia, Lebanon, Liberia, Libya, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malaysia, Malta, Mauritius, Mexico, Moldova, Monaco, Mongolia, Morocco, Myanmar, Paraguay, Nepal, Netherlands, New Zealand, Namibia, Nauru, Nigeria, Norway, Oman, Pakistan, Panama, Peru, Philippines, Poland, Portugal, Qatar, Romania, Russian Federation, San Marino, Saudi Arabia, Senegal, Singapore, Somalia, Spain, Sri Lanka, Sudan, Sweden, Switzerland, Syria, Tajikistan, Tanzania, Thailand, Trinidad & Tobago, Tunisia, Turkmenistan, Turkey, Uganda, United Arab Emirates, UK, Ukraine, USA, Uzbekistan, Vatican, Venezuela, Vietnam, Yemen, Zaire, Zambia, Zimbabwe. NATIONAL TOURIST AGENCY Indian Tourisim Development Corporation, 88, Janpath, N. Delhi; Tel: 320005 UNITED NATIONS MEMBER Year of Membership -1945.

SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore

1)

Tata Institute of Fundamental Research, Bombay

2)

3) Indian Institutes of Technology at New Delhi, Bombay, Madras, Kanpur, Kharagpur & Guwahati 4) Indian Institute of Astrophysics, Bangalore 5) Bhabha Atomic Research Centre, Trombay

PLACES OF INTEREST

i) Delhi - Red Fort, Parliament House, Jantar Mantar, India Gate ii) Agra - Taj Mahal, Agra Fort, Moti Masjid, Jehangir's Palace (Uttar Pradesh) iii) Maharashtra - Ajanta & Ellora Caves in Aurangabad . iv) Sanchi - Buddhist Stupas (Madhya Pradesh) v) Konark - Sun Temple (Orissa) vi) Jaipur- Jantar Mantar, Hawa Mahal, Ram Niwas Gardens & Museum. vii) Hyderabad - Salar Jung Museum, Charminar, Golconda Fort.

MEDIA

Circulation 308,834 261,554 217,905 204,617 172,774 109,696 Circulation 218,075 164,975 164,141

Top Dailies Malayala Manorama (Mai.) The Times of India(Eng.) Indian Express (Eng.) Gujarat Samachar (Guj.) Ananda Bazar Patrika(Ben.) Punjab (Hindi) Dina Tanthi (Tamil) Top Weeklies Malayala Manorama (Mai.) Kumudam (Tamil)

Circulation Top Dailies 647,095 Eenadu (Telugu) 606,450 Lok

Satta

(Marathi)

573,614

Prajavani

(Kannada)

478,760 Kesari (Hindi) 441, 685 Ajit (Punjabi) 334,776 Samaj (Oriya) 326,262 Circulation Top Weeklies 1,126,541 Ananda Vikatan (Tamil) 481,485 Sudha (Kannada) 304,819 Mayapuri (Hindi) 269,690 Swati Sapari Vara Patrika (Telugu) TOP MAGAZINES Circulation 386,358 Tughlak (Tamil) 380,537 Vanitha(Malayalam) 3,56,363 Jee (Gujarati) 323,775

Chitralekha (Gujarati) Rani Weekly (Tamil)

124,549

Circulation 149,112 250,851 102,597

India Today (Eng.) Reader's Digest (Eng.) Manohar Kahaniyan (Hindi) Grih Shobha (Hindi)

GROSS DOMESTIC PRODUCT (2015) - US $1.877 trillion

BANKS Indian Overseas Bank

State Bank of Saurashtra

Allahabad Bank Andhra Bank Bank of Baroda Bank of India Bank of Maharashtra Canara Bank Central Bank of India Corporation Bank Dena Bank Indian Bank

ENTERTAINMENT Music, dance and drama, films, horse racing, golf, swimming, hiking, trek- king, skiing etc.

Karur Vysya Bank Laxmi Vilas Bank Oriental Bank of Commerce Punjab National Bank Punjab & Sind Bank State Bank of Bikaner & Jaipur State Bank of India

State Bank of Travancore

State Bank of Hyderabad

Syndicate Bank

Union Bank

SHOPPING GUIDE Shopping centres : Bombay, Calcutta, Delhi, Madras

UCO Bank

Best Buys : Sandalwood & rosewood articles, incense sticks, silk fabrics, sil- verware, jewellery, handicrafts, handlooms, textiles, leather goods, hosiery, ivory, carpets, Indian musical instruments, metalware, etc.

Vijaya Bank

Vysya Bank

State Bank of Mysore State Bank of Patiala

MUSEUMS

Foreign Banks ANZ Grindlays Bank City Bank Bank of America Deutsche Bank

i)

Salar Jung Museum, Hyderabad

Hongkong Bank Standard Chartered Bank

ii)

Nehru Memorial Museum, New Delhi

iii) Baroda Museum, Baroda iv) Visveshwariah Industrial and Technological Museum, Bangalore.

ENERGY AND POWER

i Installed Capacity - 82,000 MW (1992) ii Power Generated - 310,000 M units

LUMINARIES

i) Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi (1869-1948) - Father of the nation. ii) Jawaharlal Nehru (1889-1964) - Builder of Modern India. iii) Smt. Indira Gandhi (1917-1984) - First Woman PM of India. iv) Sir C.V. Raman (1888-1970) - Nobel Prize Winner -Scientist. v) Rabindranath Tagore (1861-1941) - Nobel Prize winner - Poet. vi) Sir M. Visvesvaraya (1861 - 1962) - Engineer & statesman. vii) Srinivas Ramanajan (1887-1920) - Mathematician

TAXATION (2015) Individuals / HUF – upto 2,00,000 – NILL ; above 2,00,000 below 5,00,000-10%; Above 5,00,000 below 10,00,000-20%;above 10,00,000-30%