Inda-Alberta Relations Country Paper
India – Alberta Relations This map is a generalized illustration only and is not intended to be used for reference purposes. The representation of political boundaries does not necessarily reflect the position of the Government of Alberta on international issues of recognition, sovereignty or jurisdiction. PROFILE DID YOU KNOW? in underprivileged areas. • India is projected to surpass China as the Capital: New Delhi • Over the past few years, India has grown as world’s most populous country by 2030. Population: 1.22 billion (2012 est.) an export destination for Alberta; however, the level of trade is still below its potential. Languages: Hindi, English, Bengali, • Its economy is the ninth-largest in the Telugu, Marathi, Tamil, Urdu, Gujarati, world measured in nominal US dollars, COMMUNITY Kannada, Malayalam, Oriya, Punjabi, but it is the third-largest when measured • Between 2008 and 2012, 19,098 Assamese and Maithili among others. at purchasing power parity exchange immigrants from India chose Alberta as India is home to over 14 official rates. languages. their destination. Approximately 62 per • Although one of the world’s poorest cent were economic immigrants. This Government: Federal Republic countries, India also has a middle class of includes principal applicants and their Head of State: President Shri Pranab 250 million people who constitute a large consumer market. dependents. Mukherjee (since July 2012) • From 2008 to 2012, 6,675 foreign Head of Government: Prime Minister • India is known as Bharat to its citizens. workers from India were issued a permit Manmohan SINGH (since May 2004) • Bombay is now called Mumbai while to work in Alberta were largely occupied Currency: $1 CDN = 52.97 Indian Madras is called Chennai, and Calcutta is as computer and information systems Rupees Kolkata.
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