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India is a federal constitutional republic governed under a parliamentary system consisting of 28 states and 8 union territories. [1] All states, as well as the union territories of Jammu and Kashmir, Puducherry and the National Capital Territory of Delhi, have elected legislatures and governments, both patterned on the Westminster model. The ...
This is a list of Indian states and union territories by their per capita Net state domestic product (NSDP). NSDP is the state counterpart to a country's Net domestic product (NDP), which equals the gross domestic product (GDP) minus depreciation on capital goods. [1] [2]
In India states earn revenue through own taxes, central taxes, non-taxes and central grants. [1] For most states, own taxes form the largest part of the total state revenue. [1] Taxes as per the state list includes land revenue, taxes on agricultural income, electricity duty, luxury tax, entertainment tax and stamp duty. [2]
Bombay State was enlarged by the addition of Saurashtra State and Kutch State, the Marathi-speaking districts of Nagpur division of Madhya Pradesh and the Marathwada region of Hyderabad State. Rajasthan and Punjab gained territories from Ajmer State and Patiala and East Punjab States Union respectively and certain territories of Bihar were ...
Indian States by GDP (Purchasing power parity) [1] Rank State/Union territory 2018-19 in Billion (USD) 1 Maharashtra: $1,353.831 2 Tamil Nadu: $820.652 3 Karnataka: $758.01 4 Gujarat: $738.039 5 Uttar Pradesh: $722.644 6 West Bengal: $561.150 7 Rajasthan: $469.068 8 Andhra Pradesh: $454.167 9 Telangana: $423.176 10 Madhya Pradesh: $408.822 11 ...
Ranking of states does not reflect the level of business-conducive nature of the states, it reflects the willingness of states to reform and attract investments. [4] India jumped to 100th place out of 190 countries in the World Bank's 2017 ease of doing business index, from 130th in the 2016. [5]
This is a list of national capitals, including capitals of territories and dependencies, non-sovereign states including associated states and entities whose sovereignty is disputed. The capitals included on this list are those associated with states or territories listed by the international standard ISO 3166-1 , or that are included in the ...
The administrative divisions of India are subnational administrative units of India; they are composed of a nested hierarchy of administrative divisions.. Indian states and territories frequently use different local titles for the same level of subdivision (e.g., the mandals of Andhra Pradesh and Telangana correspond to tehsils of Uttar Pradesh and other Hindi-speaking states but to talukas of ...