India Facts File

The Cabinet Committee on Trade and Investment is the body responsible for reviewing India's foreign trade performance.

The Directorate General of Commercial Intelligence and Statistics (DGCI&S) is headquartered in Kolkata (formerly Calcutta).

Coal is the primary source of energy for electricity generation and industrial use in India.

Thermal power stations, which primarily use coal, generate the largest amount of electricity in India.

Before independence, the Digboi refinery in Assam was the only oil refinery operating in India.

The Gas Authority of India Limited (GAIL) was established in 1984 as a central public sector undertaking.

TS Rajendra was a well-known training ship used for training merchant navy officers in India.

The cotton textile industry is historically the oldest large-scale industry in India, dating back to the 19th century.

The Directorate General of Foreign Trade (DGFT), formerly known as the Chief Controller of Imports and Exports, is the agency responsible for implementing the foreign trade policy of India.

The Indian Institute of Foreign Trade (IIFT) was established in 1963 and is headquartered in New Delhi.

Western disturbances are extratropical storms originating in the Mediterranean region that bring winter rainfall to the northwestern parts of the Indian subcontinent, specifically Punjab, Haryana, and Rajasthan.

The Birhor are a tribal community primarily found in the state of Jharkhand, but they also have significant populations in Chhattisgarh, Odisha, and Madhya Pradesh.

Cochin Shipyard Limited was incorporated in 1972 and was set up with technical collaboration from Mitsubishi Heavy Industries of Japan.

While census operations began earlier, the first synchronous and complete census covering the entire country was conducted in 1872 under British rule.

The decennial census in India has been conducted every ten years since 1881. Counting from 1881 to 2011, there have been 14 such censuses.

The National Academy of Indian Railways, formerly known as the Railway Staff College, is located in Vadodara, Gujarat.

The Chhotanagpur Plateau is known as the Ruhr of India due to its vast mineral resources, including coal, iron ore, and manganese.

Indian Oil began operation in 1959 as Indian Oil Company Ltd. The Indian Oil Corporation was formed in 1964.

The Koyali refinery, also known as the Gujarat Refinery, is located near Vadodara in the state of Gujarat.

Mazagon Dock Shipbuilders Limited is located in Mumbai, which is on the Konkan coast of India.

India has historically been the world's largest producer of sheet mica, particularly from the states of Jharkhand and Bihar.

The state of Maharashtra was formed on May 1, 1960, following the bifurcation of the bilingual Bombay State.

The Grand Trunk Road is one of Asia's oldest and longest major roads, connecting Howrah (near Calcutta) in India to Peshawar in Pakistan, with the Indian stretch traditionally extending to Amritsar.

The Madras Atomic Power Station (MAPS) at Kalpakkam was the first nuclear power station in India to be built entirely with indigenous technology.

Tamil Nadu, particularly the Neyveli region, holds the largest reserves of lignite coal in India.