India
Official name:	India
Capital City:	New Delhi
Current Local Time:
International Dialing Code:	91
Population:	952,107,694 (July 19
Currency:	1 Indian rupee (Re) = 100 paise
Spoken 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
Holidays:	Jan 1, 26, Aug 15, Oct 26
Major Exports:	Commodities: clothing, gems and jewelry, engineering goods, chemicals, leather manufactures, cotton yarn, and fabric Partners: US, Japan, Germany, UK, Hong Kong
Major Imports:	Commodities: crude oil and petroleum products, machinery, gems, fertilizer, chemicals Partners: US, Germany, Saudi Arabia, UK, Belgium, Japan
Total Export:	$29.96 billion (f.o.b., 1995)
Total Import:	$33.5 billion (c.i.f., 1995)
Gross Domestic Product:	$1.4087 trillion (1995 est.)
Per Capita Income:	$1,500 (1995 est.)
Literacy Rate:	52%
Population Growth Rate:	1.64% (1996 est.)