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India also contains four of the world's 34 biodiversity hotspots, [70] or regions that display significant habitat loss in the presence of high endemism. [o] [202] According to official statistics, India's forest cover is 713,789 km 2 (275,595 sq mi), which is 21.71% of the country's total land area. [71]
The Government of India (ISO: Bhārata Sarakāra, legally the Union Government or Union of India[1] and colloquially known as the Central Government) is the federal executive authority of the Republic of India, a federal republic located in South Asia, consisting of 28 states and eight union territories. The government is led by the prime ...
India.gov.in links to Union, State, District and local level official websites and is the most comprehensive portal about the government of India with links to 6,700 government websites. [3] The website also has a feature that customizes the content displayed, based on a user’s individual profile and preferences.
Siddharth Mohanty. Chairperson, Central Board of Direct Taxes. Ravi Agarwal (IRS-IT) 1 July 2024. Chairperson, Central Board of Indirect Taxes and Customs. Sanjay Kumar Agarwal (IRS -Customs & Central Excise) 5 August 2023. President, Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry. Anish Shah.
Indian Railways is a statutory body under the ownership of the Ministry of Railways of the Government of India that operates India's national railway system. As of 2023, it manages the fourth largest national railway system by size with a track length of 132,310 km (82,210 mi), running track length of 106,493 km (66,172 mi) and route length of ...
India is a union consisting of 28 states and 8 union territories. [1] As of 2022, with an estimated population of 1.4 billion, India is the world's most populous country. India occupies 2.4% of the world's area and is home to 17.5% of the world's population. [2] The Indo-Gangetic Plain has one of the world's biggest stretches of fertile not ...
Parliament of India. The Parliament of India or Indian Parliament, (ISO: Bhāratīya Saṁsad [a]) is the supreme legislative body of the Republic of India. It is a bicameral legislature composed of the Rajya Sabha (Council of States) and the Lok Sabha (House of the People). The President of India, in their role as head of the legislature, has ...
The official website of the Prime Minister's Office of India publishes its official information in 11 Indian official languages, namely Assamese, Bengali, Gujarati, Kannada, Malayalam, Meitei , Marathi, Odia, Punjabi, Tamil and Telugu, out of the 22 official languages of the Indian Republic, in addition to English and Hindi. [258]