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Country Profile: A. PHYSICAL GEOGRAPHY 1. Republic of India 2. Climate a. Weather i. Tropical monsoon (south) - Temperate (north) b. Rain Fall i. Average Rain Fall: 160-200cm c. Vegetation  i. Tropical Evergreen Rainforests  ii. Deciduous or Monsoon Type Forests  iii. Dry Deciduous Forest and Scrubs  iv. Semi-desert and Desert Vegetations  v. Tidal or Mangrove Forests  vi. Mountain Forests <span style="font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt;"> <span style="font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt;">3. <span style="font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt;">a. Location <span style="font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt;">i. 20 00 N, 77 00 E (latitude and longitude) <span style="font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt;">ii. Southern Asia, bordering the Arabian Sea and the Bay of Bengal, between Burma and Pakistan <span style="font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt;">b. Physical Features <span style="font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt;">i. Deccean Plateau (south) <span style="font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt;">ii. Plains along the Ganges <span style="font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt;">iii. Himalyas (north) (what would one see in the country in the way of mountains, deserts, plains, major rivers, coast lines, etc.) <span style="font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt;">c. Country Size: 3,287,590 sq km <span style="font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt;">B. POLITICAL GEOGRAPHY <span style="font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt;">a. Government <span style="font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt;">i. Federal Republic <span style="font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt;">ii. Government Officials <span style="font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Tahoma;"> a)  <span style="font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt;">President Pratibha PATIL <span style="font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Tahoma;"> b)   <span style="font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt;">Vice President Hamid ANSARI <span style="font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Tahoma;"> c)  <span style="font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt;">  Prime Minister Manmohan SINGH <span style="font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Tahoma;"> iii.   <span style="font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt;">Political Parties (Parties with more than four seats in People’s Assembly listed) <span style="font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Tahoma;"> a)  <span style="font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt;">Bahujan Samaj Party <span style="font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Tahoma;"> b) <span style="font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt;">Bharatiya Janata Party <span style="font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Tahoma;"> c)   <span style="font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt;">Biju Janata Dal <span style="font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Tahoma;"> d) <span style="font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt;">Communist Party of India <span style="font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Tahoma;"> e)  <span style="font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt;">Communist Party of India-Marxist <span style="font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Tahoma;"> f)  <span style="font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt;">Dravida Munnetra Kazagham <span style="font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Tahoma;"> g)  <span style="font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt;">Indian National Congress <span style="font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Tahoma;"> h) <span style="font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt;">Janata Dal (United) <span style="font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Tahoma;"> i)   <span style="font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt;">Jharkhand Mukti Morcha <span style="font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Tahoma;"> j)  <span style="font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt;">Lok Jan Shakti Party <span style="font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Tahoma;"> k)  <span style="font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt;">Nationalist Congress Party <span style="font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Tahoma;"> l)  <span style="font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt;">Pattali Makkal Katchi <span style="font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Tahoma;"> m)   <span style="font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt;">Rashtriya Janata Dal <span style="font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Tahoma;"> n) <span style="font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt;">Samajwadi Party <span style="font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Tahoma;"> o)  <span style="font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt;">Shiromani Akali Dal <span style="font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Tahoma;"> p) <span style="font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt;">Shiv Sena <span style="font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt;"> <span style="font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt;">b. New Dalhi <span style="font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt;">c. International Organization Affiliations <span style="font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Tahoma;">  i.   <span style="font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt;">ADB <span style="font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Tahoma;">  ii.   <span style="font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt;">AfDB (nonregional members) <span style="font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Tahoma;">  iii. <span style="font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt;">ARF <span style="font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Tahoma;"> iv. <span style="font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt;">ASEAN (dialogue partner) <span style="font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Tahoma;"> v.   <span style="font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt;">BIMSTEC <span style="font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Tahoma;"> vi. <span style="font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt;">BIS <span style="font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Tahoma;"> vii. <span style="font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt;">CERN (observer) <span style="font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Tahoma;"> viii. <span style="font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt;">SCO (observer) <span style="font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Tahoma;"> ix. <span style="font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt;">UN <span style="font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Tahoma;"> x.   <span style="font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt;">UNCTAD <span style="font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Tahoma;"> xi. <span style="font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt;">UNDOF <span style="font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Tahoma;"> xii. <span style="font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt;">UNESCO <span style="font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Tahoma;"> xiii. <span style="font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt;">UNHCR <span style="font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Tahoma;"> xiv. <span style="font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt;">UNIDO <span style="font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Tahoma;"> xv. <span style="font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt;">UNIFIL <span style="font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Tahoma;"> xvi. <span style="font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt;">UNITAR <span style="font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Tahoma;"> xvii. <span style="font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt;">UNMIS <span style="font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Tahoma;"> xviii. <span style="font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt;">UNMIT <span style="font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Tahoma;"> xix. <span style="font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt;">UNOCI <span style="font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Tahoma;"> xx. <span style="font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt;">WHO <span style="font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt;">d. Army <span style="font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Tahoma;"> i.   <span style="font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-style: italic;">Males at age 16-49: <span style="font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt;"> 301,094,084 <span style="font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Tahoma;"> ii. <span style="font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-style: italic;">Females at age 16-49: <span style="font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt;"> 283,047,141 <span style="font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt;">C. CULTURAL GEOGRAPHY <span style="font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt;">a. Culture <span style="font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Tahoma;"> i.   <span style="font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt;">Hindi 41% <span style="font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Tahoma;"> ii. <span style="font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt;">Bengali 8.1%, Telugu 7.2%, Marathi 7%, Tamil 5.9%, Urdu 5%, Gujarati 4.5%, Kannada 3.7%, Malayalam 3.2%, Oriya 3.2%, Punjabi 2.8%, Assamese 1.3%, Maithili 1.2%, other 5.9% <span style="font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Tahoma;"> iii. <span style="font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt;">Indo-Aryan 72%, Dravidian 25%, Mongoloid and other 3% <span style="font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Tahoma;"> iv. <span style="font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt;">Hindu 80.5%, Muslim 13.4%, Christian 2.3%, <span style="font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt;">b. Population <span style="font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Tahoma;"> i.   <span style="font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt;">1,147,995,904 <span style="font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Tahoma;"> ii. <span style="font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt;">1.578% <span style="font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Tahoma;"> iii. <span style="font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-style: italic;">Distribution <span style="font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt;"> <span style="font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Tahoma;"> a)  <span style="font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-style: italic;">0-14 years: <span style="font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt;"> 31.5% (male 189,238,487/female 172,168,306) <span style="font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Tahoma;"> b)   <span style="font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-style: italic;">15-64 years: <span style="font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt;"> 63.3% (male 374,157,581/female 352,868,003) <span style="font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Tahoma;"> c)  <span style="font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-style: italic;">65 years and over: <span style="font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt;"> 5.2% (male 28,285,796/female 31,277,725) <span style="font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt;">c. Major Cities <span style="font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Tahoma;">  i.   <span style="font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; color: black; font-size: 10pt;">Mumbai <span style="font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt;"> <span style="font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Tahoma;">  ii.   <span style="font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; color: black; font-size: 10pt;">Agra <span style="font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt;"> <span style="font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Tahoma;"> iii. <span style="font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; color: black; font-size: 10pt;">Chandigarh <span style="font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt;"> <span style="font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Tahoma;"> iv. <span style="font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; color: black; font-size: 10pt;">Jaipur <span style="font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt;"> <span style="font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Tahoma;"> v.   <span style="font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; color: black; font-size: 10pt;">Ahmedabad <span style="font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt;"> <span style="font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Tahoma;"> vi. <span style="font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; color: black; font-size: 10pt;">Chennai <span style="font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt;"> <span style="font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Tahoma;"> vii. <span style="font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; color: black; font-size: 10pt;">Mumbai <span style="font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt;"> <span style="font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Tahoma;"> viii. <span style="font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; color: black; font-size: 10pt;">Bangalore <span style="font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt;"> <span style="font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Tahoma;"> ix. <span style="font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; color: black; font-size: 10pt;">Delhi <span style="font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt;"> <span style="font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Tahoma;"> x.   <span style="font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; color: black; font-size: 10pt;">Pune <span style="font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt;"> <span style="font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Tahoma;"> xi. <span style="font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; color: black; font-size: 10pt;">Kolkota <span style="font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt;"> <span style="font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Tahoma;"> xii. <span style="font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; color: black; font-size: 10pt;">Hyderabad <span style="font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt;"> <span style="font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Tahoma;"> xiii. <span style="font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; color: black; font-size: 10pt;">Thiruvananthapuram <span style="font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt;"> <span style="font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt;">d. Infant Mortality Rate <span style="font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Tahoma;"> i.   <span style="font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-style: italic;">male: <span style="font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt;"> 36.94 deaths/1,000 live births <span style="font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Tahoma;"> ii. <span style="font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-style: italic;">female: <span style="font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt;"> 27.12 deaths/1,000 live births <span style="font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Tahoma;"> e.  <span style="font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt;">Life Expectancy <span style="font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Tahoma;"> i.   <span style="font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-style: italic;">male: <span style="font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt;"> 66.87 years <span style="font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Tahoma;"> ii. <span style="font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-style: italic;">female: <span style="font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt;"> 71.9 years <span style="font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Tahoma;"> f.  <span style="font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt;">Education & Doctors <span style="font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Tahoma;"> i.   <span style="font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt;">Teachers - 2.395 per 1,000 people <span style="font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Tahoma;"> ii. <span style="font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt;">Doctors- 0.4 per 1,000 people <span style="font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt;">D. ECONOMIC GEOGRAPHY <span style="font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt;">a. GDP <span style="font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Tahoma;"> i.   <span style="font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt;">Total- $1.237 trillion <span style="font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Tahoma;"> ii. <span style="font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt;">Per capita- $2,900 <span style="font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt;">b. Arable land- 48.83% <span style="font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt;">c. Natural Resources <span style="font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Tahoma;"> i.   <span style="font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt;">Coal (fourth-largest reserves in the world) <span style="font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Tahoma;"> ii. <span style="font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt;">Iron ore <span style="font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Tahoma;"> iii. <span style="font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt;">Manganese <span style="font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Tahoma;"> iv. <span style="font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt;">Mica <span style="font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Tahoma;"> v.   <span style="font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt;">Bauxite <span style="font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Tahoma;"> vi. <span style="font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt;">Titanium ore <span style="font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Tahoma;"> vii. <span style="font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt;">Chromite <span style="font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Tahoma;"> viii. <span style="font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt;">Natural gas <span style="font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Tahoma;"> ix. <span style="font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt;">Diamonds <span style="font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Tahoma;"> x.   <span style="font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt;">Petroleum <span style="font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Tahoma;"> xi. <span style="font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt;">Limestone <span style="font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt;">d. Products <span style="font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Tahoma;"> i.   <span style="font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt;">Agricultural <span style="font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Tahoma;"> a)  <span style="font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt;">Tobacco Products <span style="font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Tahoma;"> b)   <span style="font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt;">Aromatic Plants <span style="font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Tahoma;"> c)  <span style="font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt;">Animal Fodders <span style="font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Tahoma;">  ii.   <span style="font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt;">Industrial <span style="font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Tahoma;"> a)   <span style="font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt;">Industrial Machinery <span style="font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Tahoma;"> b)  <span style="font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt;">Machine Tools <span style="font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Tahoma;"> c)   <span style="font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt;">Industrial Components & Devices <span style="font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Tahoma;"> d)  <span style="font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt;">Industrial Process Equipments <span style="font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Tahoma;"> e)   <span style="font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt;">Material Handling Equipments <span style="font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Tahoma;"> f)  <span style="font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt;">Testing and Measuring Instruments <span style="font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Tahoma;"> g)   <span style="font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt;">Mechanical Equipments <span style="font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Tahoma;"> h)  <span style="font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt;">Pollution Control Equipment <span style="font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Tahoma;"> i)   <span style="font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt;">Energy Conservation Systems <span style="font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt;">e. Imports & Exports <span style="font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Tahoma;"> i.  <span style="font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt;">Major Exports <span style="font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Tahoma;"> a)  <span style="font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt;">Petroleum Products <span style="font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Tahoma;"> b)   <span style="font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt;">Textile goods <span style="font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Tahoma;"> c)  <span style="font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt;">Gems and Jewelry <span style="font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Tahoma;"> d)   <span style="font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt;">Engineering Goods <span style="font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Tahoma;"> e)  <span style="font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt;">Chemicals <span style="font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Tahoma;"> f)   <span style="font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt;">Leather Manufactures <span style="font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Tahoma;"> ii. <span style="font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt;">Major Imports <span style="font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Tahoma;"> a)  <span style="font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt;">Crude Oil <span style="font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Tahoma;"> b)   <span style="font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt;">Machinery <span style="font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Tahoma;"> c)  <span style="font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt;">Gems <span style="font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Tahoma;"> d)   <span style="font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt;">Fertilizer <span style="font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Tahoma;"> e)  <span style="font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt;">Chemicals <span style="font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt;">f. Money <span style="font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Tahoma;">  i.   <span style="font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt;">Currency <span style="font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt;"> <span style="font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Tahoma;"> a)   <span style="font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt;">Indian Rupees <span style="font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt;"> <span style="font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Tahoma;"> ii. <span style="font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt;">Exchange Rate <span style="font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt;"> <span style="font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Tahoma;"> a)  <span style="font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt;">Indian rupees (INR) per US dollar - 43.319 (2008) 41.487 (2007), 45.3 (2006), 44.101 (2005), 45.317 (2004), 46.583 (2003) <span style="font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt;">g. Balance of Trade: -6,299.3  <span style="font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Tahoma;">  i.   <span style="font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt;">Exports <span style="font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Tahoma;"> a)   <span style="font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">17,604.5 <span style="font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt;"> <span style="font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Tahoma;"> ii. <span style="font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt;">Imports <span style="font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Tahoma;"> b)  <span style="font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">23,903.8 <span style="font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt;"> <span style="font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt;">h. Historical events (Since 1980) <span style="font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Tahoma;">  i.   <span style="font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt;"> <span style="font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt;">Sources: <span style="font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt;">http://www.census.gov/foreign-trade/balance/c5330.html#2008 <span style="font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt;">https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/in.html

<span style="font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt;">II. Background <span style="font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt;"> Illegal trafficking of human organs is an immoral problem we face today in many developing nations that are in desperate need of money. The act of illegally trading human organs takes place when a gang, an association, or any group of people forcefully take organs from people through bribes or threats. In some cases, travelers and tourist often wake up the next morning with a kidney or some other non-vital organ of your body. Organ trading originated from the introduction of a new pharmaceutical that prevented organ rejection. A strong and high demand in organs along poverty and inexpensive organs from third world countries add on to this problem. Poverty and small imperfections in law also contribute to the paramount issues. Two important questions that must be emphasized are greatly debated today about the ethics over this issue. Is it wrong to buy a kidney to save your life or to save a life in order to escape poverty? Many people living in poverty would not think twice about giving up their kidneys to buy themselves their everyday meal. In the legal market of organ trading, India greatly benefits from it. Although, throughout India’s black market many sell their organs for high prices and because of the great demand, the traffickers flourish.

<span style="font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt;">III. UN Involvement: <span style="font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt;"> Because this issue affects many nations, the United Nations has intervened in the problem significantly. Along with the Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC), the World Health Organization (WHO) is working in dealing with illegal trafficking of organs. The executive director of the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crimes (UNODC), Antonio Maria Costa launched a global campaign to fight crime. This forum he compiled together would deal with the issues: codes of conduct to curb sex tourism, tracking and blocking internet payments for human trafficking transactions, and most importantly ways to stop the force removal and trade of human organs has already taken some action into the issue. He stresses the roots off the problems. He identified the following as roots to the problem: poverty, gender based violence, ethic, racial, and religious marginalization, conflict situations and discrimination. A person does not only go through emotional pain and physical sickness in human trafficking but as well in organ trafficking. In a low-tech and low profile environment, traffickers are forced to work in conditions to what may lead to health problems due to infections or uncontrollable loss of blood. In a resolution compiled by the General Assembly to the Economic and Social Council, it listed out violations of human rights and encouraged other committees to take in account this issue.

<span style="font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt;">IV. Country Policy/Possible Solutions: (35 points) <span style="font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt;"> The country of India has already set in laws that ban the trade of unregulated organs within an authorized facility. Even though the trade of human organs is banned within India, many continue to sell organs to kidney clients including those in the western region of the world in need of a transplant. The Indian police have been order to seek out all the alleged doctors performing the organ extractions. It has been a long and hard fought problem in India and it strongly seeks out to resolve this problem. Solutions with well thought out tactics to combat this problem are high encouraged by India. India wishes to resolve the issue peacefully along with other cooperating nations. <span style="font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt;"> A sudden solution that should come up could be the legalization of any organ donations no matter the recipient. Legalizing organ donations would mean that the recipient would not have to be a relative or family member. An organized committee would be enforced to regulate the organ trade and transplants. The committee would resemble a policy force, maintaining and regulating the laws set out for us.