Asia
Insights : India
Facts
and background
Population : 1,1
billions (2004)
Surface area : 3.287.590 sq. km.
Population per sq. km : 335
Population growth : 1.4 % (2004)
Life expectancy : 63.5 (2004)
Population below national poverty line : 28.6 % (2000)
GNI per capita : 620 US$ (2004)
GDP : 691.2 US$ billions (2004)
Sources:
World
Development Indicators Database
World
Bank: India at a glance
CIA.
The World Factbook
Head of State:
A.P.J. Abdul Kalam
Source: http://presidentofindia.nic.in/
Now
Politics
and society
India Image
Essence of India
World-Wide Web Virtual Library
CIA.
The World Factbook
Government
sites
Directory of Indian Government
Websites
Governments
on the WWW
Political
parties
Political
Resources in the Net
Elections
Election commission of India
Electionworld
News
agencies
Indiafocus
News
Kidon
Media Link
Onlinenewspapers.com
Prabhasakshi
(newsportal in Hindi)
Press
Trust of India
Start4all
(Indian newspapers)
News
from foreign sources
CNN. International edition.
Asia
Yahoo!
News (incl. AP, Reuters)Asia
Research
Institutions and Networks
Academics-India
Centre
for Science and Environment
eSocialSciences
Higher
Education. Department of Education
Indiaedu
Indiafocus
Indian
Statistical Institute
Gokhale
Institute of Politics and Economics
National
Council of Applied Economic Research
National
Knowledge Commission
National Productivity Council
Nordic
Association for South Asian Studies
Nordic
Centre India
Norsk
Forum for sør-Asia
Swedish
South Asian Studies Network
Social
and Development Research and Action Group (SADRAG) : Action
research and development organisation focusing on gender and socio-economic
issues in India
Southasia
Matters - yahoo.group
Supplied note: "Some
of us (esp. based in Southasia) felt the need of having an e-list
and an open platform to discuss issues of significance, activism,
development work and share conference notices, research findings,
teaching materials, and highlight books and book reviews on South
Asia (India, Pakistan, Afghanistan, Sri Lanka, Nepal, Bhutan, and
the Maldives) hence Southasia_matters was founded [on 5 April 2006
- ed.]. Please join...... http://groups.yahoo.com/group/southasia_matters/
Development
organisations / agencies
World
Bank. India homepage
IMF
Country Information
Asian Development
Bank. India homepage
ReliefWeb
Other
resources
Hindu.dk
AltIndia.
Digital
South Asia Library
The National Bibliography
of Indian Literature (NBIL) is a compilation of works "of
literary merit, and important and significant books on Philosophy,
Religion, History and the other aspects of the Humanities". The
Bibliography covers the period from 1901-1953.
Friends
of India
IndianNGOs
The
Indian Terrorism page.
Indiawijzer
Iinformation portal with
a comprehensive overview of the Dutch organisations, institutions
and individuals involved in one way or the other with India.
Indology
Maptell.
Indian maps.
SAARC
SARAI
Tanap,
Towards a New Age of Partnership in Dutch East India Company Archives
and Research (TANAP) "Objectives of the TANAP programme: a.
to preserve the VOC [Verenigde Oost-Indische Compagnie, Dutch East
India Company, 1602-1796] archives [...] b. [...] to improve the[ir]
availability and accessibility [...] c. to carry out research into
the early-modern economic and social transformations in Asia and
Southern Africa; d.
to train a new generation of historians in Asia, Africa and Europe
[...]."[Participating] Universities; * Archives (Archives keeping
VOC documents: Nationaal Archief, Arsip Nasional Republik Indonesia,
Cape Town Archives Repository, National Archives of Sri Lanka, Tamil
Nadu Archives, British Library - Oriental and India Office Collections,
Arkib Negara Malaysia)
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