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FACTS FACTS AND FIGURES IN INDIA With more than 1.2 billion people, India has the second largest population in the world. In fact, it has 700 million more people than the European Union. At 1.19 percent, India’s population growth rate is also incredibly high. This number may not seem large, but considered next to the other top-populations of the world (The US is .81 percent, China .43), it is actually quite high. Here are more facts and figures in India: India’s economy is based largely on agriculture. The  CIA World Factbook  reports that around 50 percent of the population works in farming and other agriculturally based jobs. Another valuable area of India’s economy is its primary export:  information technology services , software workers, and business outsourcing services. This part of India’s economy accounts for roughly 65 percent of the output, despite only employing one-third of the population. However, growth in the technology sector does not mirror the nation’s level of urba

FUN FACTS AND FIGURES #2 1. Television                                   1959                Delhi 2. Mobile Phone                            1995                Kolkata 3. Electricity                                   1772                Darjeeling 4. Train                                           1853               Bombay 5. Telephone                                   1881               Kolkata 6. Radio                                          1927               Bombay 7. Cinema                                      1896                Bombay 8. Computer                                    1956               Bombay 9. Aircraft                                        1932                Bombay 10. Bus                                           1926                Bombay 11. Cycle                                        1890                Bombay 12. Newspaper                               1780                Kolkata 13. Post Office                               1837                Bombay

Delhi issues advisory to tackle locust threat as capital braces for attack   Massive swarms of desert locusts are destroying crops across western and central India, spearing into Maharashtra, Uttar Pradesh and Punjab now, after Rajasthan, Gujarat, Madhya Pradesh and Haryana, as the government said it has stepped up its response to the country's worst locust attack in nearly three decades. Locust containment measures and sprinkling operations have been conducted in 303 locations spread over more than 47,000 hectares till Wednesday in 20 districts of Rajasthan, nine in Madhya Pradesh, two in Gujarat and one each in Uttar Pradesh and Punjab, sources in the Agriculture Ministry said. After attacking crops in Madhya Pradesh, a swarn of locusts reached Uttar Pradesh 's Jhansi district on Wednesday, a government official said. Other districts in the region are also on alert. EXTENT OF DAMAGE LOCUST CAUSED DURING PREVIOUS ATTACKS As per the Union Agriculture Ministry data, locusts dama