Conventional Long Form Name: Republic of India
Capital City: New Delhi Type of Government: Federal Parliamentary Republic Date of Independence: August 15, 1947 National Holidays: Republic Day Chief of State: Pranab Mukherjee Head of Government: Narendra Modi Description of Executive Branch: President is indirectly elected by electoral college made up of both houses of parliament and state legislatures for a 5 year term Description of Legislative Branch: Bicameral Parliament with 245 seats and the House of the people with 545 seats Description of Judicial Branch: Supreme Court with a chief justice and 25 associate justices. Suffrage: Universal once 18 years of age Name of their Ambassador to the US: Arun Kumar Singh Location of their embassy in the US: Washington, DC Location of their consulate in the US: Atlanta, Chicago, Houston, New York, San Francisco Name of US Ambassador to Them: Richar Rahul Verma Location of US Embassy There: Shantipath, Chanakyapuri, New Delhi Location of US consulate There: Chennai, Hyderabad, Kolkata, Mumbai Their Representative to the UN: Syed Akbaruddin Symbolism of Flag: The top saffron color indicates strength and courage; the white means peace and truth; the green means growth and fertility of the land. Link to National Anthem: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oxZBGZeoGWc National Symbols: The Lion Capital of Ashoka, Bengal tiger, lotus flower, and national colors include saffron, white, and green International Disputes: The territory of Kashmir which is disputed by India, China, and Pakistan Quantity of Refugees inside country (Place of origin): 200,237 from China, Sri Lanka, Burma, and Afghanistan Quantity of Internally Displaced Persons: 612,000 Stateless Persons: 0 Current Human Trafficking issues: Has a huge amount of victoms from state to state with the government giving $185 to any rescued bonded laboror for rehabilitation. The government does not seek to stop the trafficking as much as they should. Illicit Drug Trafficking/Use: World's largest producer of licit opium which is moved to illicit international drug markets |
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