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    • Fact Sheet
    • Introduction
    • Geography
    • Socio-economic Profile
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    • National Social Welfare System
    • Education Profile
    • Health Profile
    • Information Communication Technology
  • Statistical Data on Disability Profile
  • Current Situation of Persons with Disabilities
  • Plan of Action toward Asian and Pacific Decade of Disabled Persons, 2003 - 2012
  • Profile of Disability Related Organizations

1. General Fact Sheet

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Government (ii)
Type		Federal Republic
Chief of State		President A.P.J. Abdul Kalam (since July 2002)
Head of Government		Prime Minister Manmohan Singh (since May 2004)
Capital		New Delhi
Administrative Divisions		28 states and 7 union territories
Demographics
Mid - 2005 Population (thousands) i	1,103,371	Age Structure (2005) i
Annual Growth Rate i	1.5%	0 - 14 years	32.0%
Urban Population (2005) i	29.0%	15 - 64 years	63.0%
Nationality	Indian	Over 65 years	5.0%
Ethnic Group (1998) ii		Sex Ratio (2005 est.) ii	1.06 male(s)/female
Indo-Aryan	72.0%	Unemployment Rate (2004 est.) ii	9.2%
Dravidian	25.0%	Population below poverty line (2002 est.) ii	25.0%
Mongoloid and other	3.0%
Education (iii)
Adult Literacy (M) (2002 - 2004 est.)	73.4%	Enrolment Ratios (GER) (2002/03)
Adult Literacy (F) (2002 -2004 est.)	47.8.%	Primary	108.0%
Public expenditure on Education:total government expenditure (2000)	12.7%	Secondary	53.0%
		Tertiary	12.0%
		Compulsory	5 years
Health
Life Expectancy (M) (2005) i	62 years	HIV/AIDS Prevalence (2001 est.) ii	0.1%
Life Expectancy (F) (2005) i	66 years	HIV/AIDS Figures (2001 est.) ii	13,000
		Infant Mortality (per 1,000) i	64
Economic (ii)
GDP - per capita (2004 est.)	$ 3,100	Contributions to GDP ( 2002 est.)
GDP Growth (2004 est.)	6.2%	Agriculture	23.6%
Budget (2004 est.)		Industry	28.4%
Revenues	$ 67.3 billion	Services	48.0%
Expenditures	$ 104.0 billion
Disability
Major Legislation		The Persons with Disabilities (Equal Opportunities, Protection of Rights and Full Participation) Act
Disability Prevalence - (1991 est.) iv	1.9%	Disability by Age - 1991 iv
Disability Figure - (1991 est.) iv	15.9 million	Physical Disability	41.5%
Disability by Sex (M) iv	59,0%	Visually Impaired	10.4%
Disability by Sex (F) iv	41.0%	Hearing Impaired	8.4%
National Coordination Committee on Disability	Rehabilitation Council of India	Speech Disability	5.1%
		Locomotors Disability	23.1%
		Overlapping	11.6%

Source

1. 2005 ESCAP Population Data Sheet, United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (UNESCAP)
2. CIA-The World Factbook 2005 - India (http://www.odci.gov/cia/publications/factbook/geos/in.html)
3. UNESCO : Institution for Statistics - education sector (www.uis.unesco.org)
4. JICA Country Profile on Disability, The Republic of India, 2002, original source: SARVEKSHANA, 47^th Round NSSO