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Capital city
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New Delhi |
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Corruption
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2.9 |
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[89th of 160]
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Procedures to register property > number
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6
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...
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[78th of 167]
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Proportion of seats held by women in national parliament > %
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8.3 %
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...
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[136th of 174]
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Secession attempts
East Punjab, Kashmir |
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Start-up procedures to register a business > number
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11
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...
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[46th of 171]
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Status
federal democracy |
Suffrage
18 years of age; universal |
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Time required to build a warehouse > days
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270 days
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...
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[38th of 168]
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Time required to enforce a contract > days
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1,420 days
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...
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[4th of 171]
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Time required to register property > days
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62 days
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...
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[66th of 167]
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Time required to start a business > days
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35 days
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...
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[84th of 171]
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Time to prepare and pay taxes > hours
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264 hours
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...
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[80th of 169]
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Time to resolve insolvency > years
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10 years
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...
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[2nd of 151]
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Trademarks, nonresidents
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5,393
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...
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[18th of 99]
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Trademarks, residents
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60,985
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...
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[8th of 98]
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Transnational Issues > Disputes > International
since China and India launched a security and foreign policy dialogue in 2005, consolidated discussions related to the dispute over most of their rugged, militarized boundary, regional nuclear proliferation, Indian claims that China transferred missiles to Pakistan, and other matters continue; various talks and confidence-building measures have cautiously begun to defuse tensions over Kashmir, particularly since the October 2005 earthquake in the region; Kashmir nevertheless remains the site of the world's largest and most militarized territorial dispute with portions under the de facto administration of China (Aksai Chin), India (Jammu and Kashmir), and Pakistan (Azad Kashmir and Northern Areas); India and Pakistan have maintained the 2004 cease fire in Kashmir and initiated discussions on defusing the armed stand-off in the Siachen glacier region; Pakistan protests India's fencing the highly militarized Line of Control and construction of the Baglihar Dam on the Chenab River in Jammu and Kashmir, which is part of the 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; India does not recognize Pakistan's ceding historic Kashmir lands to China in 1964; to defuse tensions and prepare for discussions on a maritime boundary, 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; discussions with Bangladesh remain stalled to delimit a small section of river boundary, to exchange territory for 51 Bangladeshi exclaves in India and 111 Indian exclaves in Bangladesh, to allocate divided villages, and to stop illegal cross-border trade, migration, violence, and transit of terrorists through the porous border; Bangladesh protests India's attempts to fence off high-traffic sections of the border; dispute with Bangladesh over New Moore/South Talpatty/Purbasha Island in the Bay of Bengal deters maritime boundary delimitation; India seeks cooperation from Bhutan and Burma to keep Indian Nagaland and Assam separatists from hiding in remote areas along the borders; Joint 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 |
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UN membership date
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30 Oct. 1945 |
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United Nations mission
http://www.indiaembassy.org
http://www.un.int/india/ |
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Washington, D.C. embassies > Neighborhood
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Embassy Row |
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