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Area: 3,287,590 km2
Population: 936,545,814 (July 1995 est.)
Capital: New Delhi
Currency: Rupee
Languages: English enjoys associate status but is the most important language
for national, political, and commercial communication, Hindi the national language and primary tongue of 30% of
the people, Bengali (official), Telugu (official), Marathi (official), Tamil (official), Urdu (official), Gujarati
(official), Malayalam (official), Kannada (official), Oriya (official), Punjabi (official), Assamese (official),
Kashmiri (official), Sindhi (official), Sanskrit (official), Hindustani a popular variant of Hindu/Urdu, is spoken
widely throughout northern India
Gross National Product (GNP) - purchasing power parity - $1.2539 trillion (1994
est.)
Religions: Hindu 80%, Muslim 14%, Christian 2.4%, Sikh 2%, Buddhist 0.7%, Jains
0.5%, other 0.4%
Government type: federal republic
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Recently freed from governmental control, the coffee industry in India is sizable and
at times offers real value. The approximately 4 million bags are about half robusta and half arabica. The robusta
cherry "AB" is widely used by quality conscious roasters as the robusta component in espresso. The naturals
and washed arabicas are consistent and clean. Everyone should classify Indian coffee so that it can be used when
the price makes sense.
| Robusta Cherry "AB" |
| Natural Cherry "AB" |
| Washed Plantation "A" & "B" |
| Monsoon Malabar "AA" |
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