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37 6 N
BOUNDED BY
HIMALAYAS IN NORTH INDIAN OCEAN IN SOUTH ARABIAN SEA TO THE WEST BAY OF BENGAL TO EAST
2993 KM
A SUBCONTINENT NATURAL LAND AND OCEAN BARRIERS ALSO A VULNERABILITY
3214 KM 97 25 E
68 7 E
8 4 N
STRATEGIC LOC
Ability to control the Indian Ocean
SLOCs. About 90% of the world trade passes through the Indian Ocean
NEIGHBOURS
India occupies 2.4% of worlds land area, supports over 17.5% of worlds population India has more arable land area than any country except United States
48.83%.
20%(622,860 sq km)
NATURAL RESOURCES
ENERGY RESOURCES
ENERGY NEEDS
GEODEMOGRAPHY
TOTAL POPULATION 1,210,193,422 GROWTH RATE -1.41% LIFE EXPECTANCY 69.2 YRS
DEMOGRAPHY
Linguistic Break up
Religious Break up
DEMOGRAPHY
YOUTH BULGE Quarter of the projected increase in the global population aged 1564 years between 2010 and 2040 will occur in India In 2020, the average Indian will be only 29 years old LOW BIRTH RATES
STRENGTHS
STRATEGIC LOC CONTROL OF SLOC NATURAL BARRIERS RICH IN FERROUS AND NON FERROUS MINERALS LARGE ARABLE LAND FAVOURABLE BULGE IN POPULATION DEMOGRAPHIC DIVIDEND VAST MARITIME RESOURCES
WEAKNESSES
VULNERABILITY OF FRONTIERS ESPECIALLY COASTLINE LACK OF ENERGY RESOURCES MONSOON DEPENDENCY LOW HDI BORDER DISPUTES WITH NEIGHBOURS
ECONOMY
11TH LARGEST (NOMINAL)/ 3RD(PPP) GDP $1.676 TRILLION GROWTH RATE 4.9 % (0CT 12)
UNEMP 9.8%
EXPORTS $299.4 BN
IMPORTS $461.4 BN
ECONOMY
INDUSTRY TRADE AGRICULTURAL SECTOR SERVICES SECTOR
28% OF GDP
STRONGEST PERFORMER
LIBERALISED FDI
POOR INFRASTRUCTURE
LARGE SUBSIDIES
STRENGTHS
STRONG AND VIBRANT CONSISTENT HIGH GROWTH SERVICES SECTOR DOMESTIC CONSUMPTION HUGE MARKET FDI
WEAKNESSES
MANUFACTURING SECTOR INCLUSIVE GROWTH SUBSIDIES FISCAL DEFICIT TRADE DEFICIT
MILITARY
Maintains third-largest military force with roughly 1.32 million active standing army and about 2.14 million reserve forces. Indian defence budget US$38 billion during FY201213, at about 1.9% of GDP, with additional spending on infrastructure in border areas and for paramilitary organizations Military expenditure ranks tenth in world
MILITARY
THIRD LARGEST STANDING ARMY
RICH COMBAT EXPERIENCE HIGH INVOLVMENT IN IS DUTIES MODERNIZATION UNDERWAY BUT PACE IS SLOW
NUCLEAR CAPABILITY
NUCLEAR TRIAD
EDUCATION
EDUCATION
25% Indians Illiterate
EDUCATION
Just 7% graduate
Elementary Education
Child labour, infra, teacher absenteeism, high dropout rate
Higher Education
Lack of growth of institutes with faculty and infrastructure
Educatio n Means
India Census 2011 - Literacy Rate of Population in Percent(%) Sr. State/Union Literacy No. Territory Rate 0 INDIA 74.04 1 Kerala 93.91 2 Lakshadweep 92.28 3 Mizoram 91.58 4 Tripura 87.75 5 Goa 87.40
31 32 33 34 35
POLITICAL SYSTEM
LEGISLATURE
PARLIAMENTARY DEMOCRACY SECULAR & STABLE
EXECUTIVE
COLONIAL LEGACY
LACK OF ACCOUNTABILITY
JUDICIARY
INDEPENDENT AND EFFECTIVE HIGHER JUDICIAL SYSTEM FUNCTIONS WELL LOWER JUDICIARY SLOW AND HUGE BACKLOGS
COALITION POLITICS
RAMPANT CORRUPTION
Governance is the weakest link in our quest for prosperity and equity - Second Administrative Reforms Commission
TECHNOLOGY
TRAINED MANPOWER
ONE OF THE LARGEST IN THE WORLD
INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY
SPACE TECH
OTHER TECH
AUTOMOBILE ANCILLARIES
NUCLEAR TECH
FREE AND FAIR MEDIA INTERNET AND SOCIAL NETWORKING TENDENCY TO SENSATIONALISE VERNACULAR MEDIA DOUBLE EDGED
STRENGTHS
A strong and vibrant economy. Strong services sector and IT industry. Sustained high growth rates A strong and apolitical military. Nuclear capability and advanced missile
WEAKNESSES
Rising inflation Subsidies draining the economy. Energy demand supply ratio poor Distribution of wealth & regional disparity Slow pace of infrastructure development Heavily dependent on imports for defence acquisitions Coalition politics Rampant corruption The quality of education is significantly poor as compared with major developing nations.
technology.
Functional and secular democracy. Functional and independent higher judiciary Space, medicine, IT, nuclear research, biotechnology and other basic sciences Technical and skilled human resource Free and fair media
CAPACITY
RELIGION, ETHNICITY & CASTE DIVERSITY COMMUNALISM A THREAT
POLITICOSOCIAL
CAPACITY
PSYCHOLOGICAL
INDIAN ENTERPRISE & INNOVATIVENESS SPIRITUALITY
STRENGTHS
UNITY IN DIVERSITY SOFT POWER SPIRITUALITY CULTURE AND VALUE SYSTEM INDIAN ENTERPRISE & INNOVATIVENESS
WEAKNESSES
COMMUNALISM NON INCLUSIVE GROWTH GENDER INEQUALITY
SWOT