India

CIA World Factbook: https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/in.html

India's Permenant Mission to UN: http://www.un.int/india/

Country Profile: 1. [|Country Profile on India (basic statistics)] 2. [|Profile on India (facts)] 3. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/India

Human Rights: [|Basic Human Rights info from Wikipedia] [|India World Report 2007 (human rights watch]) [|Women's Rights in India A Bibliography]

India's stance on Burma/Myanmar: [|India maintains hypocritical foreign policy stance on Burma] (on Myanmar protests) http://www.hindustantimes.com/StoryPage/StoryPage.aspx?id=c05ba29d-4c12-48d5-9695-d1c2537072da&&Headline=Exiled+Myanmar+leaders+shocked+by+India

India's Oil Industry: http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=India%27s_oil_industry http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Sudan's_oil_industry

Questions (answers+source/website): **1. What sort of government does your country have?** Federal Republic Parliamentary Government - English common law - judicial review of legislative acts - accepts compulsory ICJ jurisdiction with reservations - separate personal law codes apply to Muslims, Christians, and Hindus
 * 2. What types of ideologies (political, religious or other) influence your country’s government? **

** 3. Which domestic issues might influence your country’s foreign policy? **
**(cia world factbook) By the 19th century, Britain had assumed political control India. British East India Company was also established Indian armed forces in the British army played a vital role in both World Wars. Nonviolent resistance to British colonialism led by Mohandas Candhi and Jawaharlal Nehru brought independence in 1947. The subcontinent was divided into the secular state of India and the smaller Muslim state of Pakistan. A third war between the two countries in 1971 resulted in East Pakistan becoming the separate nation of Bangladesh. India's nuclear weapons testing in 1998 caused Pakistan to conduct its own tests that same year. The dispute between the countries over the state of Kashmir is ongoing, but discussions and confidence-building measures have led to decreased tensions since 2002. -Events: Sino Indian War; Indo Pakistani War; Sino Indian War resulted in the Indian Army and leaders being much more prepared ad careful in case of attack. Military stregthened, and people grew more patriotic. Indian's mentality as a nation also "matured" by being more prepared for attacks and trying to stand on its own feet. //answer not complete--why important?// - Indo-Aryan 72%, Dravidian 25%, Mongoloid and other 3% (2000) - Hindu 80.5%, Muslim 13.4%, Christian 2.3%, Sikh 1.9%, other 1.8%, unspecified 0.1% (2001 census) - Hindi (30%), other 14 official lang. Bengali, Telugu, Marathi, Tamil, Urdu, Gujarati, Malayalam, Kannada, Oriya, Punjabi, Assamese, Kashmiri, Sindhi, and Sanskrit. Hindustani not official. lot of english. **-India is a peninsula located in South Asia, and borders with Pakistan, Nepal, Bhutan, Burma, China, and Bangladesh. In the past, Sino-Indian war and Indo-Pakistani war were the result of flawed between India and such countries. India has strengthened relationships with China, US, and Pakistan. India has fought two wars with Pakistan over Kashmir and won; India has fought one additional war with Pakistan over the liberation of Bangledesh and won (1971). Kashmir is a region between Pakistan, China, and India and is now divided into three portions, where India controls the central and southern portion. -Border Committee with Nepal continues to examine contested boundary sections, including the 400 square kilometer dispute over the source of the Kalapani River; India maintains a strict border regime to keep out Maoist insurgents and control illegal cross-border activities from Nepal -Regarding Kashmir: ongoing dispute with China and Pakistan, cease-fire as of 2004 with Pakistan, India does not recognize Pakistan's ceding historic Kashmir lands to China in 1964; larger dispute on water sharing of the Indus River and its tributaries; UN Military Observer Group in India and Pakistan (UNMOGIP) has maintained a small group of peacekeepers since 1949; I -Boundaries: India and Pakistan seek technical resolution of the disputed boundary in Sir Creek estuary at the mouth of the Rann of Kutch in the Arabian Sea; Pakistani maps continue to show its Junagadh claim in Indian Gujarat State **7. Which countries share a border with your country?** Pakistan (west), Nepal (northeast), Bhutan (east), Burma (east), China (north+east), Bangladesh (east) **8. Which countries are considered allies of your country?** (http://indianembassy.org/indiainfo/ check under Indian and The World) Russia: (but indian govt. has not got a clear policy even after 50 years) Japan: india and japan are the largest and most developed democracy countries, therefore partnership between the two is critical to the region's power equilibrium. Afghanistan: INdia and Afghanistan have a historical ties of freindship and cooperation. Iran: Lots of high level exchange going on between the two countries. Sri Lanka: Despite past disputes, they are now in a "warm and cordial" relation. Myanmar: STables and coooperative Vietnam: African Countries such as Sudan: India imports alot of sudan's oil **9. Which countries are considered enemies of your country?** People's Republic of China: border dispute. supports pakistan to disturb india. china and india both want sudan's oil Pakistan: because of terror state. Bagladesh: because of terror state. Korea: North **10. What are the characteristics of your country’s economy?** (source: CIA world factbook, economy) India's economy is composed of traditional village farming, modern agriculture, handicrafts, a wide range of modern industries and services. -Services are a major source of conomic growth (more than 50% of India's output w/ less than 1/3 of its labor force). -Agriculture: composed of three-fifths of the work force, leading UPA (United Progressive Alliance) government to articulate an economic reform program that includes developing basic infrastructure to improve lives of rural poor + boost economic performance. The government has reduced controles on foreign trade and investment. -telecommunications (see cia world factbook, economy) -privatization of government-owned insdustries continues to generate political debate -average growth rate: more than 7% a decade since 1997, recucing poverty by about 10%. -8.5% GDP growth in 2006, and also 2007, significantly expanding production of manufactures -Capitalizing on large numbers of well-educated people skilled in English to become a major exporter of software services/workers. -Economic expansion helped New Delhi continue to make progress in reducing federal fiscal deficit. GDP 2007 est(official exchange rate): $894.1 billion, (real growth rate): 8.5%, (per capita): $2700, (composition bisector): agriculture 16.6% industry 28.4% services 55%, (purchasing power parity): $2.965 trillion **12. When did your country become a member of the UN?** 1945 October 30 **World Vision ([|www.worldvisionindia.org]); //Theres more but can't really find any??// Asian Development Bank (ADB)
 * 4. What are some major events in your country’s history? Why are they important?
 * 5. Which ethnicities, religions and languages can be found in your country?**
 * 6. Where is your country located and how does its geography affect its political relationships?
 * india has maintained friendly relations with many african countries
 * The growing population is the fundamental social, economic, and environmental problem
 * 11. What is your country’s gross domestic product (GDP)? How does this compare to other countries in the world? **
 * 13. Does your country belong to any [|intergovernmental organizations] outside the UN system such as the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) or the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC)?

ASEAN (Assiciation of South East Asian Nations), a geopolitical economic organization; South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC) is an economic and political organization of 8 countries---*SAARC isn't effective largly due to India Pakistan political rivalry
 * 14. Does your country belong to any regional organizations such as the European Union (EU), the African Union (AU) or the Organization of American States (OAS)?**