David ODDSSON; Progressive Party (liberal), Halldor ASGRIMSSON;
Social Democratic Party, Jon Baldvin HANNIBALSSON; People's Alliance
(left socialist), Margret FRIMANNSDOTTIR; Women's Party, Kristin
ASTGEIRSDOTTIR; People's Movement (centrist); National Awakening
(People's Revival Party), Johanna SIGURDARDOTTIR
International organization participation: Australia Group, BIS,
CCC, CE, EBRD, ECE, EFTA, FAO, IAEA, IBRD, ICAO, ICC, ICFTU, ICRM,
IDA, IFC, IFRCS, ILO, IMF, IMO, Inmarsat, Intelsat, Interpol, IOC,
ISO, ITU, MTCR, NACC, NATO, NC, NEA, NIB, OECD, OSCE, PCA, UN,
UNCTAD, UNESCO, UNU, UPU, WEU (associate), WHO, WIPO, WMO, WTrO
Diplomatic representation in US:
chief of mission: Ambassador Einar BENEDIKTSSON
chancery: Suite 1200, 1156 15th Street NW, Washington, DC 20005
telephone: [1] (202) 265-6653 through 6655
FAX: [1] (202) 265-6656
consulate(s) general: New York
US diplomatic representation:
chief of mission: Ambassador Parker W. BORG
embassy: Laufasvegur 21, Reykjavik
mailing address: US Embassy, PSC 1003, Box 40, FPO AE 09728-0340
telephone: [354] 5629100
FAX: [354] 5629139
Flag: blue with a red cross outlined in white that extends to the
edges of the flag; the vertical part of the cross is shifted to the
hoist side in the style of the Dannebrog (Danish flag)
Economy
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Economic overview: Iceland's Scandinavian-type economy is
basically capitalistic, but with an extensive welfare system, low
unemployment, and comparatively even distribution of income. The
economy is heavily dependent on the fishing industry, which provides
nearly 75% of export earnings and employs 12% of the work force. In
the absence of other natural resources - except energy - Iceland's
economy is vulnerable to changing world fish prices. The economy, in
recession since 1988, began to recover in 1993, posting 0.4% growth,
but was still hampered by cutbacks in fish quotas as well as falling
world prices for its main exports: fish and fish products, aluminum,
and ferrosilicon. The center-right government plans to continue its
policies of reducing the budget and current account deficits,
limiting foreign borrowing, containing inflation, revising
agricultural and fishing policies, diversifying the economy, and
privatizing state-owned industries. The government, however, remains
divided on the issue of EU membership, primarily because of
Icelanders' concern about losing control over their fishing
resources.
GDP: purchasing power parity - $5 billion (1995 est.)
GDP real growth rate: 3.2% (1995 est.)
GDP per capita: $18,800 (1995 est.)
GDP composition by sector:
agriculture: 9.6%
industry: 22.1%
services: 68.3% (1994)
Inflation rate (consumer prices): 2.5% (1995 est.)
Labor force: 127,900
by occupation: commerce, transportation, and services 60.0%,
manufacturing 12.5%, fishing and fish processing 11.8%, construction
10.8%, agriculture 4.0%, other 0.9% (1990)
Unemployment rate: 3.9% (December 1995)
Budget:
revenues: $1.9 billion
expenditures: $2.1 billion, including capital expenditures of $297
million (1994 est.)
Industries: fish processing, aluminum smelting, ferrosilicon
production, geothermal power
Industrial production growth rate: 1.75% (1991 est.)
Electricity:
capacity: 1,070,000 kW
production: 4.7 billion kWh
consumption per capita: 16,458 kWh (1993)
Agriculture: potatoes, turnips; cattle, sheep; fish catch of about
1.1 million metric tons in 1992
Exports: $1.6 billion (f.o.b., 1994)
commodities: fish and fish products, animal products, aluminum,
ferrosilicon, diatomite
partners: EC 68% (UK 25%, Germany 12%), US 11%, Japan 8% (1992)
Imports: $1.5 billion (c.i.f., 1994)
commodities: machinery and transportation equipment, petroleum
products, foodstuffs, textiles
partners: EC 53% (Germany 14%, Denmark 10%, UK 9%), Norway 14%, US
9% (1992)
External debt: $2.5 billion (1993 est.)
Economic aid: $NA
Currency: 1 Icelandic krona (IKr) = 100 aurar
Exchange rates: Icelandic kronur (IKr) per US$1 - 65.970 (January
1996), 64.692 (1995), 69.944 (1994), 67.603 (1993), 57.546 (1992),
58.996 (1991)
Fiscal year: calendar year
Transportation
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Railways: 0 km
Highways:
total: 11,373 km
paved: 2,513 km
unpaved: 8,860 km (1992 est.)
Ports: Akureyri, Hornafjordur, Isafjordur, Keflavik, Raufarhofn,
Reykjavik, Seydhisfjordhur, Straumsvik, Vestmannaeyjar
Merchant marine:
total: 6 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 30,025 GRT/40,410 DWT
ships by type: cargo 1, chemical tanker 1, oil tanker 1,
refrigerated cargo 1, roll-on/roll-off cargo 2 (1995 est.)
Airports:
total: 84
with paved runways over 3 047 m: 1
with paved runways 1 524 to 2 437 m: 3
with paved runways 914 to 1 523 m: 5
with paved runways under 914 m: 49
with unpaved runways 1 524 to 2 437 m: 4
with unpaved runways 914 to 1 523 m: 22 (1995 est.)
Communications
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Telephones: 143,600 (1993 est.)
Telephone system: adequate domestic service
domestic: the trunk network consists of coaxial and fiber-optic
cables and microwave radio relay links
international: satellite earth stations - 2 Intelsat (Atlantic
Ocean), 1 Inmarsat (Atlantic and Indian Ocean Regions); note -
Iceland shares the Inmarsat earth station with the other Nordic
countries (Denmark, Finland, Norway, and Sweden)
Radio broadcast stations: AM 5, FM 147 (transmitters and
repeaters), shortwave 0
Radios: 91,500 licensed (1993 est.)
Television broadcast stations: 202 (transmitters and repeaters)
Televisions: 96,100 licensed (1993 est.)
Defense
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Branches: no regular armed forces; Police, Coast Guard; note -
Iceland's defense is provided by the US-manned Icelandic Defense
Force (IDF) headquartered at Keflavik
Manpower availability:
males age 15-49: 71,317
males fit for military service: 63,126 (1996 est.)
Defense expenditures: none
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@India
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Map
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Location: 20 00 N, 77 00 E -- Southern Asia, bordering the Arabian
Sea and the Bay of Bengal, between Burma and Pakistan
Flag
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Description: three equal horizontal bands of orange (top), white,
and green with a blue chakra (24-spoked wheel) centered in the white
band; similar to the flag of Niger, which has a small orange disk
centered in the white band
Geography
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Location: Southern Asia, bordering the Arabian Sea and the Bay of
Bengal, between Burma and Pakistan
Geographic coordinates: 20 00 N, 77 00 E
Map references: Asia
Area:
total area: 3,287,590 sq km
land area: 2,973,190 sq km
comparative area: slightly more than one-third the size of the US
Land boundaries:
total: 14,103 km
border countries: Bangladesh 4,053 km, Bhutan 605 km, Burma 1,463
km, China 3,380 km, Nepal 1,690 km, Pakistan 2,912 km
Coastline: 7,000 km
Maritime claims:
contiguous zone: 24 nm
continental shelf: 200 nm or to the edge of the continental margin
exclusive economic zone: 200 nm
territorial sea: 12 nm
International disputes: boundaries with Bangladesh and China in
dispute; status of Kashmir with Pakistan; water-sharing problems
with downstream riparians, Bangladesh over the Ganges and Pakistan
over the Indus (Wular Barrage)
Climate: varies from tropical monsoon in south to temperate in
north
Terrain: upland plain (Deccan Plateau) in south, flat to rolling
plain along the Ganges, deserts in west, Himalayas in north
lowest point: Indian Ocean 0 m
highest point: Kanchenjunga 8,598 m
Natural resources: coal (fourth-largest reserves in the world),
iron ore, manganese, mica, bauxite, titanium ore, chromite, natural
gas, diamonds, petroleum, limestone
Land use:
arable land: 55%
permanent crops: 1%
meadows and pastures: 4%
forest and woodland: 23%
other: 17%
Irrigated land: 430,390 sq km (1989)
Environment:
current issues: deforestation; soil erosion; overgrazing;
desertification; air pollution from industrial effluents and vehicle
emissions; water pollution from raw sewage and runoff of
agricultural pesticides; tap water is not potable throughout the
country; huge and rapidly growing population is overstraining
natural resources
natural hazards: droughts, flash floods, severe thunderstorms
common; earthquakes
international agreements: party to - Antarctic Treaty, Biodiversity,
Climate Change, Endangered Species, Environmental Modification,
Hazardous Wastes, Law of the Sea, Nuclear Test Ban, Ozone Layer
Protection, Ship Pollution, Tropical Timber, Wetlands; signed, but
not ratified - Antarctic-Environmental Protocol, Desertification
Geographic note: dominates South Asian subcontinent; near
important Indian Ocean trade routes
People
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Population: 952,107,694 (July 1996 est.)
Age structure:
0-14 years: 34% (male 168,030,766; female 159,283,151)
15-64 years: 62% (male 304,805,787; female 281,311,834)
65 years and over: 4% (male 19,148,385; female 19,527,771) (July
1996 est.)
Population growth rate: 1.64% (1996 est.)
Birth rate: 25.94 births/1,000 population (1996 est.)
Death rate: 9.61 deaths/1,000 population (1996 est.)
Net migration rate: 0.04 migrant(s)/1,000 population (1996 est.)
Sex ratio:
at birth: 1.05 male(s)/female
under 15 years: 1.06 male(s)/female
15-64 years: 1.08 male(s)/female
65 years and over: 0.98 male(s)/female
all ages: 1.07 male(s)/female (1996 est.)
Infant mortality rate: 71.1 deaths/1,000 live births (1996 est.)
Life expectancy at birth:
total population: 59.71 years
male: 59.12 years
female: 60.32 years (1996 est.)
Total fertility rate: 3.2 children born/woman (1996 est.)
Nationality:
noun: Indian(s)
adjective: Indian
Ethnic divisions: Indo-Aryan 72%, Dravidian 25%, Mongoloid and
other 3%
Religions: Hindu 80%, Muslim 14%, Christian 2.4%, Sikh 2%,
Buddhist 0.7%, Jains 0.5%, other 0.4%
Languages: English enjoys associate status but is the most
important language for national, political, and commercial
communication, Hindi the national language and primary tongue of 30%
of the people, Bengali (official), Telugu (official), Marathi
(official), Tamil (official), Urdu (official), Gujarati (official),
Malayalam (official), Kannada (official), Oriya (official), Punjabi
(official), Assamese (official), Kashmiri (official), Sindhi
(official), Sanskrit (official), Hindustani a popular variant of
Hindu/Urdu, is spoken widely throughout northern India
note: 24 languages each spoken by a million or more persons;
numerous other languages and dialects, for the most part mutually
unintelligible
Literacy: age 15 and over can read and write (1995 est.)
total population: 52%
male: 65.5%
female: 37.7%
Government
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Name of country:
conventional long form: Republic of India
conventional short form: India
Data code: IN
Type of government: federal republic
Capital: New Delhi
Administrative divisions: 25 states and 7 union territories*;
Andaman and Nicobar Islands*, Andhra Pradesh, Arunachal Pradesh,
Assam, Bihar, Chandigarh*, Dadra and Nagar Haveli*, Daman and Diu*,
Delhi*, Goa, Gujarat, Haryana, Himachel Pradesh, Jammu and Kashmir,
Karnataka, Kerala, Lakshadweep*, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra,
Manipur, Meghalaya, Mizoram, Nagaland, Orissa, Pondicherry*, Punjab,
Rajasthan, Sikkim, Tamil Nadu, Tripura, Uttar Pradesh, West Bengal
Independence: 15 August 1947 (from UK)
National holiday: Anniversary of the Proclamation of the Republic,
26 January (1950)
Constitution: 26 January 1950
Legal system: based on English common law; limited judicial review
of legislative acts; accepts compulsory ICJ jurisdiction, with
reservations
Suffrage: 18 years of age; universal
Executive branch:
chief of state: President Shankar Dayal SHARMA (since 25 July 1992)
was elected for a five-year term by an electoral college consisting
of elected members of both houses of Parliament and the legislatures
of the states; Vice President Kicheril Raman NARAYANAN (since 21
August 1992) was elected by both houses of Parliament
head of government: Prime Minister P. V. Narasimha RAO (since 21
June 1991) was appointed by the president
cabinet: Council of Ministers was appointed by the president on
recommendation of the prime minister
Legislative branch: bicameral Parliament (Sansad)
Council of States (Rajya Sabha): body consisting of not more than
250 members, up to 12 appointed by the president, the remainder
chosen by the elected members of the state and territorial assemblies
People's Assembly (Lok Sabha): elections last held 21 May, 12 and 15
June 1991 (next to be held 27 April through May 1996); results -
percent of vote by party NA; seats - (545 total, 543 elected, 2
appointed) Congress (I) Party 245, BJP 119, Janata Dal Party 39,
Janata Dal (Ajit Singh) 20, CPI/M 35, CPI 14, Telugu Desam 13,
AIADMK 11, Samajwadi Janata Party 5, Shiv Sena 4, RSP 4, BSP 1,
Congress (S) Party 1, other 23, vacant 9; note - the distribution of
seats as of 18 January 1995 is as follows: Congress (I) Party 260,
BJP 117, CPI/M 36, Janata Dal Party 24, Samata Party 14, CPI 14,
AIADMK 12, Janata Dal (Ajit) 7, Telugu Desam 7, RSP 4, Janata Dal
(Ex-Ajit) 3, Samajwadi Party 3, BSP 3, AIFB 3, Shiv Sena 2, Congress
(S) Party 1, Kerala Congress (Mani faction) 1, Bihar Peoples Party
1, India National League 1, other 14, vacant 16
Judicial branch: Supreme Court, judges are appointed by the
president
Political parties and leaders: Congress (I) Party, P. V. Narasimha
RAO, president; Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), L.K. ADVANI; Janata
Dal Party, Laloo Prasad YADAV; Janata Dal (Ajit), Ajit SINGH; Janata
Dal (Ex-Ajit), leader NA; Communist Party of India/Marxist (CPI/M),
Harkishan Singh SURJEET; Communist Party of India (CPI), Indrajit
GUPTA; Telugu Desam (Naidu) (a regional party in Andhra Pradesh),
Chandrababu NAIDU; All-India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazagham (AIADMK;
a regional party in Tamil Nadu), Jayaram JAYALALITHA; Samajwadi
Party (SP), Mulayam Singh YADAV (president), Om Prakash CHAUTALA,
Devi LAL; Shiv Sena, Bal THACKERAY; Revolutionary Socialist Party
(RSP), Tridip CHOWDHURY; Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP), Kanshi RAM;
Congress (S) Party, leader NA; Communist Party of
India/Marxist-Leninist (CPI/ML), Vinod MISHRA; Dravida Munnetra
Kazagham (a regional party in Tamil Nadu), M. KARUNANIDHI; Akali Dal
factions representing Sikh religious community in the Punjab;
National Conference (NC; a regional party in Jammu and Kashmir),
Farooq ABDULLAH; Bihar Peoples Party, Lovely ANAND; Samata Party
(formerly Janata Dal members), George FERNANDES; Indian National
League, Suliaman SAIT; Kerala Congress (Mani faction), K.M. MANI;
All India Forward Bloc (AIFB), Prem Dutta PALIWAL (chairman), Chitta
BASU (general secretary); Congress (Tiwari), Arjun SINGH and N.D.
TIWARI
Other political or pressure groups: various separatist groups
seeking greater communal and/or regional autonomy; numerous
religious or militant/chauvinistic organizations, including Adam
Sena, Ananda Marg, Vishwa Hindu Parishad, and Rashtriya Swayamsevak
Sangh
International organization participation: AfDB, AG (observer),
AsDB, C, CCC, CP, ESCAP, FAO, G- 6, G-15, G-19, G-24, G-77, IAEA,
IBRD, ICAO, ICC, ICFTU, ICRM, IDA, IFAD, IFC, IFRCS, ILO, IMF, IMO,
Inmarsat, Intelsat, Interpol, IOC, IOM (observer), ISO, ITU, NAM,
OAS (observer), PCA, SAARC, UN, UNAMIR, UNAVEM III, UNCTAD, UNESCO,
UNHCR, UNIDO, UNIKOM, UNITAR, UNMIH, UNOMIL, UNU, UPU, WFTU, WHO,
WIPO, WMO, WToO, WTrO
Diplomatic representation in US:
chief of mission: Ambassador Naresh CHANDRA
chancery: 2107 Massachusetts Avenue NW, Washington, DC 20008; note -
Embassy located at 2536 Massachusetts Avenue NW, Washington, DC 20008
telephone: [1] (202) 939-7000
consulate(s) general: Chicago, New York, and San Francisco
US diplomatic representation:
chief of mission: Ambassador Frank G. WISNER
embassy: Shanti Path, Chanakyapuri 110021, New Delhi
mailing address: use embassy street address
telephone: [91] (11) 600651
FAX: [91] (11) 6872028
consulate(s) general: Calcutta, Madras, Mumbai (Bombay)
Flag: three equal horizontal bands of orange (top), white, and
green with a blue chakra (24-spoked wheel) centered in the white
band; similar to the flag of Niger, which has a small orange disk
centered in the white band
Economy
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Economic overview: India's economy is a mixture of traditional
village farming, modern agriculture, handicrafts, a wide range of
modern industries, and a multitude of support services. Faster
economic growth in the 1980s permitted a significant increase in
real per capita private consumption. A large share of the
population, perhaps as much as 40%, remains too poor to afford an
adequate diet. Financial strains in 1990 and 1991 prompted
government austerity measures that slowed industrial growth but
permitted India to meet its international payment obligations
without rescheduling its debt. Production, trade, and investment
reforms since 1991 have provided new opportunities for Indian
businessmen and an estimated 200 million plus middle class
consumers. New Delhi has always paid its foreign debts on schedule
and has stimulated exports, attracted foreign investment, and
revived confidence in India's economic prospects. GDP growth in
1992-95 has averaged nearly 5%. Most of the country's external
fundamentals - including the current account balance and reserves
(now nearly $17 billion) are healthy. Party politics is increasingly
shaping the debate over economic reforms. In addition, the 25 Indian
states and several union territories, which are playing a more
active role in determining economic policy, are further complicating
the economic climate. The Indian Government will also have to watch
closely rising government expenditures and higher debt servicing
which could create a debt trap by the turn of the century.
Nevertheless, India should achieve economic growth of 5.5%-6.5%
annually through the next several years. Even if a weak coalition
government comes to power in 1996 and is unable to push reforms
aggressively, parts of the economy that have already benefited from
deregulation will continue to grow. Moreover, the country can build
on other strengths, including its diverse industrial base, large
scientific and technical pool, well-developed legal system, and its
large middle class to achieve higher growth.
GDP: purchasing power parity - $1.4087 trillion (1995 est.)
GDP real growth rate: 5.5% (1995 est.)
GDP per capita: $1,500 (1995 est.)
GDP composition by sector:
agriculture: NA%
industry: NA%
services: NA%
Inflation rate (consumer prices): 9% (1995)
Labor force: 314.751 million (1990)
by occupation: agriculture 65% (1993 est.)
Unemployment rate: NA%
Budget:
revenues: $36.5 billion
expenditures: $54.9 billion, including capital expenditures of $11.4
billion (FY94/95)
Industries: textiles, chemicals, food processing, steel,
transportation equipment, cement, mining, petroleum, machinery
Industrial production growth rate: 10% (1995 est.)
Electricity:
capacity: 81,200,000 kW (March 1995)
production: 314 billion kWh (1993)
consumption per capita: 324 kWh (1993)
Agriculture: rice, wheat, oilseed, cotton, jute, tea, sugarcane,
potatoes; cattle, water buffalo, sheep, goats, poultry; fish catch
of about 3 million metric tons ranks India among the world's top 10
fishing nations
Illicit drugs: licit producer of opium for the pharmaceutical
trade, but an undetermined quantity of opium is diverted to illicit
international drug markets; major transit country for illicit
narcotics produced in neighboring countries; illicit producer of
hashish and methaqualone; produced 70 metric tons of illicit opium
in 1995
Exports: $29.96 billion (f.o.b., 1995)
commodities: clothing, gems and jewelry, engineering goods,
chemicals, leather manufactures, cotton yarn, and fabric
partners: US, Japan, Germany, UK, Hong Kong
Imports: $33.5 billion (c.i.f., 1995)
commodities: crude oil and petroleum products, machinery, gems,
fertilizer, chemicals
partners: US, Germany, Saudi Arabia, UK, Belgium, Japan
External debt: $97.9 billion (March 1995)
Economic aid:
recipient: ODA, $1.237 billion (1993); US ODA bilateral commitments
$171 million; US Ex-Im bilateral commitments $680 million; Western
(non-US) countries, ODA bilateral commitments $2.48 billion; OPEC
bilateral aid $200 million; World Bank (IBRD) multilateral
commitments $2.8 billion; Asian Development Bank (AsDB) multilateral
commitments $760 million; International Finance Corporation (IFC)
multilateral commitments $200 million; other multilateral
commitments $554 million (1995-96)
Currency: 1 Indian rupee (Re) = 100 paise
Exchange rates: Indian rupees (Rs) per US$1 - 35.766 (January
1996), 32.427 (1995), 31.374 (1994), 30.493 (1993), 25.918 (1992),
22.742 (1991)
Fiscal year: 1 April - 31 March
Transportation
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Railways:
total: 62,462 km (11,793 km electrified; 12,617 km double track)
broad gauge: 37,824 km 1.676-m gauge
narrow gauge: 20,653 km 1.000-m gauge; 3,985 km 0.762-m and 0.610-m
gauge (1995 est.)
Highways:
total: 2.037 million km
paved: 981,834 km
unpaved: 1,055,166 km (1995 est.)
Waterways: 16,180 km; 3,631 km navigable by large vessels
Pipelines: crude oil 3,005 km; petroleum products 2,687 km;
natural gas 1,700 km (1995)
Ports: Calcutta, Cochin, Jawaharal Nehru, Kandla, Madras, Mumbai
(Bombay), Vishakhapatnam
Merchant marine:
total: 310 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 6,787,834
GRT/11,296,222 DWT
ships by type: bulk 133, cargo 65, chemical tanker 10, combination
bulk 2, combination ore/oil 3, container 11, liquefied gas tanker 6,
oil tanker 73, passenger-cargo 5, roll-on/roll-off cargo 1,
short-sea passenger 1 (1995 est.)
Airports:
total: 288
with paved runways over 3 047 m: 11
with paved runways 2 438 to 3 047 m: 48
with paved runways 1 524 to 2 437 m: 59
with paved runways 914 to 1 523 m: 68
with paved runways under 914 m: 62
with unpaved runways 2 438 to 3 047 m: 2
with unpaved runways 1 524 to 2 437 m: 2
with unpaved runways 914 to 1 523 m: 36 (1995 est.)
Heliports: 15 (1995 est.)
Communications
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Telephones: 9.8 million (1995)
Telephone system: probably the least adequate telephone system of
any of the industrializing countries; three of every four villages
have no telephone service; only 5% of India's villages have
long-distance service; poor telephone service significantly impedes
commercial and industrial growth and penalizes India in global
markets; slow improvement is taking place with the recent admission
of private and private-public investors, but demand for
communication services is also growing rapidly
domestic: local service is provided mostly by open wire and obsolete
electromechanical and manual switchboard systems; within the last 10
years a substantial amount of digital switch gear has been
introduced for local service; long-distance traffic is carried
mostly by open wire, coaxial cable, and low-capacity microwave radio
relay; since 1985, however, significant trunk capacity has been
added in the form of fiber-optic cable and a domestic satellite
system with over 100 earth stations
international: satellite earth stations - 8 Intelsat (Indian Ocean)
and 1 Inmarsat (Indian Ocean Region); submarine cables to Malaysia
and UAE
Radio broadcast stations: AM 96, FM 4, shortwave 0
Radios: 70 million (1992 est.)
Television broadcast stations: 274 (government controlled)
Televisions: 33 million (1992 est.)
Defense
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Branches: Army, Navy, Air Force, various security or paramilitary
forces (includes Border Security Force, Assam Rifles, and Coast
Guard)
Manpower availability:
males age 15-49: 260,624,007
males fit for military service: 153,176,413
males reach military age (17) annually: 9,770,331 (1996 est.)
Defense expenditures: exchange rate conversion - $8.0 billion,
2.7% of GDP (FY95/96)
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@Indian Ocean
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Map
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Location: 30 00 S, 80 00 E -- body of water between Africa,
Antarctica, Asia, and Australia
Geography
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