Classical languages in India

The following languages have been given classical language sttatus in India
1. Tamil - first language to be given classical status
2. Sanskrit
3. Telugu
4. Kannada
5. Malyalayam - 2013
6. Oriya - 2014

Census 2011 - Urbanisation in India

Census 2011 - Urbanisation in India

• For the first time since Independence, the absolute increase in population is more in urban areas that in rural areas
• Rural Population in India: 68.84%
• Urban Population in India :31.16%
• Level of urbanization increased from 27.81% in 2001 Census to 31.16% in 2011 Census
• The proportion of rural population declined from 72.19% to 68.84%

Code	India/State/UT	Total Population	Rural Population	Urban Population	Rural Pop Percentage	Urban Pop Percantage
	INDIA	1,21,01,93,422	83,30,87,662	37,71,05,760	68.84	31.16
01	JAMMU & KASHMIR	1,25,48,926	91,34,820	34,14,106	72.79	27.21
02	HIMACHAL PRADESH	68,56,509	61,67,805	6,88,704	89.96	10.04
03	PUNJAB	2,77,04,236	1,73,16,800	1,03,87,436	62.51	37.49
04	CHANDIGARH #	10,54,686	29,004	10,25,682	2.75	97.25
05	UTTARAKHAND	1,01,16,752	70,25,583	30,91,169	69.45	30.55
06	HARYANA	2,53,53,081	1,65,31,493	88,21,588	65.21	34.79
07	NCT OF DELHI #	1,67,53,235	4,19,319	1,63,33,916	2.50	97.50
08	RAJASTHAN	6,86,21,012	5,15,40,236	1,70,80,776	75.11	24.89
09	UTTAR PRADESH	19,95,81,477	15,51,11,022	4,44,70,455	77.72	22.28
10	BIHAR	10,38,04,637	9,20,75,028	1,17,29,609	88.70	11.30
11	SIKKIM	6,07,688	4,55,962	1,51,726	75.03	24.97
12	ARUNACHAL PRADESH	13,82,611	10,69,165	3,13,446	77.33	22.67
13	NAGALAND	19,80,602	14,06,861	5,73,741	71.03	28.97
14	MANIPUR	27,21,756	18,99,624	8,22,132	69.79	30.21
15	MIZORAM	10,91,014	5,29,037	5,61,977	48.49	51.51
16	TRIPURA	36,71,032	27,10,051	9,60,981	73.82	26.18
17	MEGHALAYA	29,64,007	23,68,971	5,95,036	79.92	20.08
18	ASSAM	3,11,69,272	2,67,80,516	43,88,756	85.92	14.08
19	WEST BENGAL	9,13,47,736	6,22,13,676	2,91,34,060	68.11	31.89
20	JHARKHAND	3,29,66,238	2,50,36,946	79,29,292	75.95	24.05
21	ORISSA	4,19,47,358	3,49,51,234	69,96,124	83.32	16.68
22	CHHATTISGARH	2,55,40,196	1,96,03,658	59,36,538	76.76	23.24
23	MADHYA PRADESH	7,25,97,565	5,25,37,899	2,00,59,666	72.37	27.63
24	GUJARAT	6,03,83,628	3,46,70,817	2,57,12,811	57.42	42.58
25	DAMAN & DIU #	2,42,911	60,331	1,82,580	24.84	75.16
26	DADRA & NAGAR HAVELI #	3,42,853	1,83,024	1,59,829	53.38	46.62
27	MAHARASHTRA	11,23,72,972	6,15,45,441	5,08,27,531	54.77	45.23
28	ANDHRA PRADESH	8,46,65,533	5,63,11,788	2,83,53,745	66.51	33.49
29	KARNATAKA	6,11,30,704	3,75,52,529	2,35,78,175	61.43	38.57
30	GOA	14,57,723	5,51,414	9,06,309	37.83	62.17
31	LAKSHADWEEP #	64,429	14,121	50,308	21.92	78.08
32	KERALA	3,33,87,677	1,74,55,506	1,59,32,171	52.28	47.72
33	TAMIL NADU	7,21,38,958	3,71,89,229	3,49,49,729	51.55	48.45
34	PUDUCHERRY #	12,44,464	3,94,341	8,50,123	31.69	68.31
35	A & N ISLANDS #	3,79,944	2,44,411	1,35,533	64.33	35.67

Procedure to register a political party in India

What is the procedure for registration?

An application for registration is to be submitted to the Secretary, Election Commission of India, Nirvachan Sadan, Ashoka Road, New Delhi-110001 in the proforma prescribed by the Commission. The Performa is available on request by post or across the counter from the office of the Commission. The proforma and necessary guidelines are also available on the Commission's website under the main heading Judicial References, sub-heading Political Party and sub-sub-heading Registration of Political Parties.
The same can be downloaded from there also. The application should be neatly typed on the party’s letter head, if any, and it should be sent by registered post or presented personally to the Secretary to the Election Commission within thirty days following the date of formation of the party.
2. The application must be accompanied by the following documents/information:-
(i) A demand draft for Rs. 10,000/- (Rupees Ten Thousand Only) on account of processing fee drawn in favour of Under Secretary, Election Commission of India, New Delhi. The processing fee is non-refundable.
(ii) A neatly typed/printed copy of the memorandum/rules and regulations/Constitution of the Party containing a specific provision as required under sub-section (5) of Section 29A of the Representation of the People Act, 1951 in the exact terms, which reads "---------------(name of the party) shall bear true faith and allegiance to the constitution of India as by law established, and to the principles of socialism, secularism and democracy and would uphold the sovereignty, unity and integrity of India". The above mandatory provision must be included in the text of party constitution/rules and regulations/memorandum itself as one of the Articles/clauses.
(iii) The copy of the party Constitution should be duly authenticated on each page by the General Secretary/President/Chairman of the Party and the seal of the signatory should be affixed thereon.
(iv) There should be a specific provision in the Constitution/rules and regulations/memorandum of the party regarding organizational elections at different levels and the periodicity of such elections and terms of office of the office-bearers of the party.
(v) The procedure to be adopted in the case of merger/dissolution should be specifically provided in the Constitution/rules and regulations/memorandum.
(vi) Certified extracts from the latest electoral rolls in respect of at least 100 members of the party (including all office-bearers/members of main decision-making organs like Executive Committee/Executive Council) to show that they are registered electors.
(vii) An affidavit duty signed by the President/General Secretary of the party and sworn before a First Class Magistrate/Oath Commissioner)/ Notary Public to the effect that no member of the party is a member of any other political party registered with the Commission.
(viii) Individual affidavits from at least 100 members of the party to the effect that the said member is a registered elector and that he is not a member of any other political party registered with the Commission duly sworn before a First Class Magistrate/Oath Commissioner)/Notary Public. These affidavits shall be in addition to the furnishing of certified extracts of electoral rolls in respect of the 100 members of the applicant party mentioned at (vi) above.
(ix)Particulars of Bank accounts and Permanent Account Number, if any, in the name of the party.
(x)Duly completed CHECK LIST alongwith requisite documents prescribed therein.
3. The application along with all the required documents mentioned above should reach the Secretary to the Commission within 30 days following the date of formation of the party.

4. Any application made after the said period will be time-barred. 

India World third largest economy, crosses Japan

India World third largest economy, crosses Japan
Article as published in Economic Times:
LONDON: India has probably surpassed Japan to become the world's third largest economy after the US and China, Paris-based think-tank OECD said today even as it lowered the country's economic growth projection for 2013 to 5.3 per cent.

"China will likely pass the United States as the world's largest economy in the next few years and India has probably recently surpassed Japan to be third largest," said the OECD Economic Outlook report.

Until around 2020, China is set to have to highest growth rate among major countries, but could be then surpassed by India, it further said.

OECD also said that by early 2030s, the BRIICS' (Brazil, Russia, India, Indonesia, China and South Africa) combined GDP should roughly equal that of the OECD (based on current membership), compared with just over half that of OECD now. More>>

Natural World Heritage Sites

India being a member of World Heritage Convention, the Ministry is associated with the conservation of natural World Heritage Sites. Currently six natural World Heritage Sites has been recognized by UNESCO in India viz. Nanda Devi National Park, Kaziranga National Park, Manas National Park, Keoladeo National Park, Sundarbans National Parks and serial cluster of 39 sites from Western Ghats spread for States. 

Forest cover in India

As per India State of Forest Report, 2011, the forest cover of India is 6,92,027 Km². The details of forest cover, state-wise are given below :-

State/UT	Geographical  Area	2011 Assessment
		Very Dense Forest	Mod. Dense Forest	Open Forest	Total	Forest cover as percentage of geographical area (%)
Andhra Pradesh	275069	850	26242	19297	46389	16.86
Arunachal Pradesh	83743	20868	31519	15023	67410	80.50
Assam	78438	1444	11404	14825	27673	35.28
Bihar	94163	231	3280	3334	6845	7.27
Chhattisgarh	135191	4163	34911	16600	55674	41.18
Delhi	1483	7	49	120	176	11.88
Goa	3702	543	585	1091	2219	59.94
Gujarat	196022	376	5231	9012	14619	7.46
Haryana	44212	27	457	1124	1608	3.64
Himachal Pradesh	55673	3224	6381	5074	14679	26.37
Jammu & Kashmir	222236	4140	8760	9639	22539	10.14
Jharkhand	79714	2590	9917	10470	22977	28.82
Karnataka	191791	1777	20179	14238	36194	18.87
Kerala	38863	1442	9394	6464	17300	44.52
Madhya Pradesh	308245	6640	34986	36074	77700	25.21
Maharashtra	307713	8736	20815	21095	50646	16.46
Manipur	22327	730	6151	10209	17090	76.54
Meghalaya	22429	433	9775	7067	17275	77.02
Mizoram	21081	134	6086	12897	19117	90.68
Nagaland	16579	1293	4931	7094	13318	80.33
Orissa	155707	7060	21366	20477	48903	31.41
Punjab	50362	0	736	1028	1764	3.50
Rajasthan	342239	72	4448	11567	16087	4.70
Sikkim	7096	500	2161	698	3359	47.34
Tamil Nadu	130058	2948	10321	10356	23625	18.16
Tripura	10486	109	4686	3182	7977	76.04
Uttar Pradesh	240928	1626	4559	8153	14338	5.95
Uttarakhand	53483	4762	14167	5567	24496	45.80
West Bengal	88752	2984	4646	5365	12995	14.64
A&NIslands	8249	3761	2416	547	6724	81.51
Chandigarh	114	1	10	6	17	14.72
Dadra & Nagar   Haveli	491	0	114	97	211	42.97
Daman & Diu	112	0	0.62	5.53	6	5.49
Lakshadweep	32	0	17.18	9.88	27	84.56
Puducherry	480	0	35.37	14.69	50	10.43
Grand Total	3287263	83471	320736	287820	692027	21.05

As per ISFR-2011 the accuracy of classification of forest cover is 95.23%.