India Economy - 1986

GEOGRAPHICAL NAMES 

GNP; $193 billion (FY84/85 at current prices), $240 per capita, real growth 8% (FY83 84 est.)

Natural resources: coal, iron ore. manganese, mica, bauxite, chromite

Agriculture: main crops—rice, other cereals, pulses, oilseed, cotton, jute, sugarcane, tobacco, tea, coffee; an illegal producer of opium poppy and cannabis for the international drug trade

Fishing: catch 2.85 million metric tons (1984); exports $337 million (1982)

Major industries: textiles, food processing, steel, machinery, transportation equipment, cement, jute manufactures

Crude steel: 10.0 million metric tons of ingots (1983)

Electric pou er: 43,400,000 kW capacity (1985); 154 billion kWh produced (1985), 202 kWh per capita

Exports: $8.8 billion (f.o.b., FY84/85); engineering goods, textiles and clothing, tea

Imports: $13.3 billion (c.i.f., FY84/85); machinery and transport equipment, petroleum, edible oils, fertilizers

Major trade partners· US, UK, USSR, Japan

Budget: (FY84/85) central government revenue and capital receipts, $40 billion; disbursements, $58 billion

Monetary conterston rate: 12.028 rupees=US$l (October 1985)

Fiscal year. 1 April-31 March

NOTE: The information regarding India on this page is re-published from the 1986 World Fact Book of the United States Central Intelligence Agency and other sources. No claims are made regarding the accuracy of India 1986 information contained here. All suggestions for corrections of any errors about India 1986 should be addressed to the CIA or the source cited on each page.