| STAT | India | Russia | HISTORY |
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| Administrative divisions | 28 states and 7 union territories*; Andaman and Nicobar Islands*, Andhra Pradesh, Arunachal Pradesh, Assam, Bihar, Chandigarh*, Chhattisgarh, Dadra and Nagar Haveli*, Daman and Diu*, Delhi*, Goa, Gujarat, Haryana, Himachal Pradesh, Jammu and Kashmir, Jharkhand, Karnataka, Kerala, Lakshadweep*, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, Manipur, Meghalaya, Mizoram, Nagaland, Odisha, Puducherry*, Punjab, Rajasthan, Sikkim, Tamil Nadu, Tripura, Uttar Pradesh, Uttarakhand, West Bengal | 46 provinces (oblastey, singular - oblast), 21 republics (respublik, singular - respublika), 4 autonomous okrugs (avtonomnykh okrugov, singular - avtonomnyy okrug), 9 krays (krayev, singular - kray), 2 federal cities (goroda, singular - gorod), and 1 autonomous oblast (avtonomnaya oblast')<br /><strong>oblasts:</strong> Amur (Blagoveshchensk), Arkhangel'sk, Astrakhan', Belgorod, Bryansk, Chelyabinsk, Irkutsk, Ivanovo, Kaliningrad, Kaluga, Kemerovo, Kirov, Kostroma, Kurgan, Kursk, Leningrad, Lipetsk, Magadan, Moscow, Murmansk, Nizhniy Novgorod, Novgorod, Novosibirsk, Omsk, Orenburg, Orel, Penza, Pskov, Rostov, Ryazan', Sakhalin (Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk), Samara, Saratov, Smolensk, Sverdlovsk (Yekaterinburg), Tambov, Tomsk, Tula, Tver', Tyumen', Ul'yanovsk, Vladimir, Volgograd, Vologda, Voronezh, Yaroslavl'<br /><strong>republics:</strong> Adygeya (Maykop), Altay (Gorno-Altaysk), Bashkortostan (Ufa), Buryatiya (Ulan-Ude), Chechnya (Groznyy), Chuvashiya (Cheboksary), Dagestan (Makhachkala), Ingushetiya (Magas), Kabardino-Balkariya (Nal'chik), Kalmykiya (Elista), Karachayevo-Cherkesiya (Cherkessk), Kareliya (Petrozavodsk), Khakasiya (Abakan), Komi (Syktyvkar), Mariy-El (Yoshkar-Ola), Mordoviya (Saransk), North Ossetia (Vladikavkaz), Sakha [Yakutiya] (Yakutsk), Tatarstan (Kazan'), Tyva (Kyzyl), Udmurtiya (Izhevsk)<br /><strong>autonomous okrugs:</strong> Chukotka (Anadyr'), Khanty-Mansi (Khanty-Mansiysk), Nenets (Nar'yan-Mar), Yamalo-Nenets (Salekhard)<br /><strong>krays:</strong> Altay (Barnaul), Kamchatka (Petropavlovsk-Kamchatskiy), Khabarovsk, Krasnodar, Krasnoyarsk, Perm', Primorskiy [Maritime] (Vladivostok), Stavropol', Zabaykal'sk (Chita)<br /><strong>federal cities:</strong> Moscow [Moskva], Saint Petersburg [Sankt-Peterburg]<br /><strong>autonomous oblast:</strong> Yevrey [Jewish] (Birobidzhan) |
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| Capital city > Geographic coordinates | 28 36 N, 77 12 E | 55 45 N, 37 35 E |
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| Capital city > Name | New Delhi | Moscow |
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| Constitution | previous 1935 (preindependence); latest draft completed 4 November 1949, adopted 26 November 1949, effective 26 January 1950; amended many times, last in 2013 | several previous (during Russian Empire and Soviet eras); latest drafted 12 July 1993, adopted by referendum 12 December 1993, effective 25 December 1993; amended 2008 |
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| Diplomatic representation from the US > Mailing address | use embassy street address | PSC-77, APO AE 09721 |
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| Executive branch > Cabinet | Union Council of Ministers appointed by the president on the recommendation of the prime minister | the "Government" is composed of the premier, his deputies, and ministers; all are appointed by the president, and the premier is also confirmed by the Duma |
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| Executive branch > Chief of state | President Pranab MUKHERJEE (since 22 July 2012); Vice President Mohammad Hamid ANSARI (since 11 August 2007) | President Vladimir Vladimirovich PUTIN (since 7 May 2012) |
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| Executive branch > Head of government | Prime Minister Manmohan SINGH (since 22 May 2004) | Premier Dmitriy Anatolyevich MEDVEDEV (since 8 May 2012); First Deputy Premier Igor Ivanovich SHUVALOV (since 12 May 2008); Deputy Premiers Arkadiy Vladimirovich DVORKOVICH (since 21 May 2012), Olga Yuryevna GOLODETS (since 21 May 2012), Aleksandr Gennadiyevich KHLOPONIN (since 19 January 2010), Dmitriy Nikolayevich KOZAK (since 14 October 2008), Dmitriy Olegovich ROGOZIN (since 23 December 2011), Sergey Eduardovich PRIKHODKO (since 22 May 2013), Yuriy Petrovich TRUTNEV (since 31 August 2013) |
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| Government type | federal republic | federation |
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| Judicial branch | Supreme Court (one chief justice and 25 associate justices are appointed by the president and remain in office until they reach the age of 65 or are removed for "proved misbehavior") | Constitutional Court; Supreme Court; Supreme Arbitration Court; judges for all courts are appointed for life by the Federation Council on the recommendation of the president |
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| Legal system | common law system based on the English model; separate personal law codes apply to Muslims, Christians, and Hindus; judicial review of legislative acts | civil law system; judicial review of legislative acts |
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| Legislative branch | bicameral Parliament or Sansad consists of the Council of States or Rajya Sabha (a body consisting of not more than 250 members up to 12 of whom are appointed by the president, the remainder are chosen by the elected members of the state and territorial assemblies; members serve six-year terms) and the People's Assembly or Lok Sabha | bicameral Federal Assembly or Federalnoye Sobraniye consists of an upper house, the Federation Council or Sovet Federatsii (168 seats; as of July 2000, members appointed by the top executive and legislative officials in each of the 84 federal administrative units - oblasts, krays, republics, autonomous okrugs and oblasts, and the federal cities of Moscow and Saint Petersburg; to serve four-year terms) and a lower house, the State Duma or Gosudarstvennaya Duma (450 seats; as of 2007, all members elected by proportional representation from party lists winning at least 7% of the vote; members elected by popular vote to serve four-year terms) |
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| Political parties and leaders | Aam Aadmi Party or AAP [Arvind KEJRIWAL]<br />All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam or AIADMK [J. JAYALALITHAA]<br />All India Trinamool Congress or TMC [Mamata BANERJEE]<br />Bahujan Samaj Party or BSP [MAYAWATI]<br />Bharatiya Janata Party or BJP [Rajnath SINGH]<br />Biju Janata Dal or BJD [Naveen PATNAIK]<br />Communist Party of India or CPI [A.B. BARDHAN]<br />Communist Party of India-Marxist or CPI(M) [Prakash KARAT]<br />Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam or DMK [M.KARUNANIDHI]<br />Indian National Congress or INC [Sonia GANDHI]<br />Janata Dal (United) or JD(U) [Sharad YADAV]<br />Nationalist Congress Party or NCP [Sharad PAWAR]<br />Rashtriya Janata Dal or RJD [Lalu Prasad YADAV]<br />Rashtriya Lok Dal or RLD [Ajit SINGH]<br />Samajwadi Party or SP [Mulayam Singh YADAV]<br />Shiromani Akali Dal or SAD [Parkash Singh BADAL]<br />Shiv Sena or SS [Uddhav THACKERAY]<br />Telugu Desam Party or TDP [Chandrababu NAIDU]<br /> | A Just Russia [Sergey MIRONOV]<br />Communist Party of the Russian Federation or CPRF [Gennadiy ZYUGANOV]<br />Liberal Democratic Party of Russia or LDPR [Vladimir ZHIRINOVSKIY]<br />Right Cause [Andrey DUNAYEV]<br />Rodina [Aleksey ZHURAVLEV]<br />United Russia [Dmitriy MEDVEDEV]<br />Yabloko Party [Sergey MITROKHIN] |
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| Political pressure groups and leaders | All Parties Hurriyat Conference in the Kashmir Valley (separatist group)<br />Bajrang Dal (religious organization)<br />India Against Corruption [Anna HAZAREI]<br />Jamiat Ulema-e Hind (religious organization)<br />Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh [Mohan BHAGWAT] (religious organization)<br />Vishwa Hindu Parishad [Ashok SINGHAL] (religious organization)<br /><br /><strong>other:</strong><br />numerous religious or militant/chauvinistic organizations<br />hundreds of social reform, anti-corruption, and environmental groups at state and local level<br />various separatist groups seeking greater communal and/or regional autonomy | Association of Citizens with Initiative of Russia (TIGR)<br />Confederation of Labor of Russia (KTR)<br />Federation of Independent Labor Unions of Russia<br />Freedom of Choice Interregional Organization of Automobilists<br />Glasnost Defense Foundation<br />Golos Association in Defense of Voters' Rights<br />Greenpeace Russia<br />Human Rights Watch (Russian chapter)<br />Institute for Collective Action<br />Memorial (human rights group)<br />Movement Against Illegal Migration<br />Pamjat (preservation of historical monuments and recording of history)<br />PARNAS<br />Russian Orthodox Church<br />Russian Federation of Car Owners<br />Russian-Chechen Friendship Society<br />Solidarnost<br />SOVA Analytical-Information Center<br />Union of the Committees of Soldiers' Mothers<br />World Wildlife Fund (Russian chapter) |
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| Suffrage | 18 years of age; universal | 18 years of age; universal |
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| International organization participation | ABEDA, ADB, AfDB (nonregional member), ARF, ASEAN (dialogue partner), BIMSTEC, BIS, BRICS, C, CD, CERN (observer), CICA, CP, EAS, FAO, FATF, G-15, G-20, G-24, G-77, IAEA, IBRD, ICAO, ICC (national committees), ICRM, IDA, IFAD, IFC, IFRCS, IHO, ILO, IMF, IMO, IMSO, Interpol, IOC, IOM, IPU, ISO, ITSO, ITU, ITUC (NGOs), LAS (observer), MIGA, MONUSCO, NAM, OAS (observer), OECD, OPCW, PCA, PIF (partner), SAARC, SACEP, SCO (observer), UN, UNCTAD, UNDOF, UNESCO, UNHCR, UNIDO, UNIFIL, UNISFA, UNITAR, UNMISS, UNOCI, UNSC (temporary), UNWTO, UPU, WCO, WFTU (NGOs), WHO, WIPO, WMO, WTO | APEC, Arctic Council, ARF, ASEAN (dialogue partner), BIS, BRICS, BSEC, CBSS, CD, CE, CERN (observer), CICA, CIS, CSTO, EAEC, EAPC, EAS, EBRD, FAO, FATF, G-20, G-8, GCTU, IAEA, IBRD, ICAO, ICC (national committees), ICRM, IDA, IFC, IFRCS, IHO, ILO, IMF, IMO, IMSO, Interpol, IOC, IOM (observer), IPU, ISO, ITSO, ITU, ITUC (NGOs), LAIA (observer), MIGA, MINURSO, MONUSCO, NSG, OAS (observer), OIC (observer), OPCW, OSCE, Paris Club, PCA, PFP, SCO, UN, UNCTAD, UNESCO, UNHCR, UNIDO, UNISFA, UNMIL, UNMISS, UNOCI, UNSC (permanent), UNTSO, UNWTO, UPU, WCO, WFTU (NGOs), WHO, WIPO, WMO, WTO, ZC |
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| Country name > Conventional long form | Republic of India | Russian Federation | |
| Executive branch > Elections | president elected by an electoral college consisting of elected members of both houses of Parliament and the legislatures of the states for a five-year term (no term limits); election last held in July 2012 (next to be held in July 2017); vice president elected by both houses of Parliament for a five-year term; election last held in August 2012 (next to be held in August 2017); prime minister chosen by parliamentary members of the majority party following legislative elections; election last held April - May 2009 (next to be held no later than May 2014) | president elected by popular vote for a six-year term (eligible for a second term); election last held 4 March 2012 (next to be held in March 2018) |
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| National symbol(s) | the Lion Capital of Ashoka, which depicts four Asiatic lions standing back to back mounted on a circular abacus, is the official emblem; the Bengal tiger is the national animal | bear; double-headed eagle | |
| Flag description | three equal horizontal bands of saffron (subdued orange) (top), white, and green, with a blue chakra (24-spoked wheel) centered in the white band; saffron represents courage, sacrifice, and the spirit of renunciation; white signifies purity and truth; green stands for faith and fertility; the blue chakra symbolizes the wheel of life in movement and death in stagnation | three equal horizontal bands of white (top), blue, and red |
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| Red tape > Time required to start a business > Days |
27
Ranked 55th. 80% more than Russia |
15
Ranked 97th. |
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| Country name > Conventional short form | India | Russia | |
| Constitutional form | Republic | Republic | |
| Transnational Issues > Disputes > International | since China and India launched a security and foreign policy dialogue in 2005, consolidated discussions related to the dispute over most of their rugged, militarized boundary, regional nuclear proliferation, Indian claims that China transferred missiles to Pakistan, and other matters continue; Kashmir remains the site of the world's largest and most militarized territorial dispute with portions under the de facto administration of China (Aksai Chin), India (Jammu and Kashmir), and Pakistan (Azad Kashmir and Northern Areas); India and Pakistan resumed bilateral dialogue in February 2011 after a two-year hiatus, have maintained the 2003 cease-fire in Kashmir, and continue to have disputes over water sharing of the Indus River and its tributaries; UN Military Observer Group in India and Pakistan has maintained a small group of peacekeepers since 1949; India does not recognize Pakistan's ceding historic Kashmir lands to China in 1964; to defuse tensions and prepare for discussions on a maritime boundary, India and Pakistan seek technical resolution of the disputed boundary in Sir Creek estuary at the mouth of the Rann of Kutch in the Arabian Sea; Pakistani maps continue to show its Junagadh claim in Indian Gujarat State; Prime Minister Singh's September 2011 visit to Bangladesh resulted in the signing of a Protocol to the 1974 Land Boundary Agreement between India and Bangladesh, which had called for the settlement of longstanding boundary disputes over undemarcated areas and the exchange of territorial enclaves, but which had never been implemented; Bangladesh referred its maritime boundary claims with Burma and India to the International Tribunal on the Law of the Sea; Joint Border Committee with Nepal continues to examine contested boundary sections, including the 400 square kilometer dispute over the source of the Kalapani River; India maintains a strict border regime to keep out Maoist insurgents and control illegal cross-border activities from Nepal | Russia remains concerned about the smuggling of poppy derivatives from Afghanistan through Central Asian countries; China and Russia have demarcated the once disputed islands at the Amur and Ussuri confluence and in the Argun River in accordance with the 2004 Agreement, ending their centuries-long border disputes; the sovereignty dispute over the islands of Etorofu, Kunashiri, Shikotan, and the Habomai group, known in Japan as the "Northern Territories" and in Russia as the "Southern Kurils," occupied by the Soviet Union in 1945, now administered by Russia, and claimed by Japan, remains the primary sticking point to signing a peace treaty formally ending World War II hostilities; Russia's military support and subsequent recognition of Abkhazia and South Ossetia independence in 2008 continue to sour relations with Georgia; Azerbaijan, Kazakhstan, and Russia ratified Caspian seabed delimitation treaties based on equidistance, while Iran continues to insist on a one-fifth slice of the sea; Norway and Russia signed a comprehensive maritime boundary agreement in 2010; various groups in Finland advocate restoration of Karelia (Kareliya) and other areas ceded to the Soviet Union following World War II but the Finnish Government asserts no territorial demands; Russia and Estonia signed a technical border agreement in May 2005, but Russia recalled its signature in June 2005 after the Estonian parliament added to its domestic ratification act a historical preamble referencing the Soviet occupation and Estonia's pre-war borders under the 1920 Treaty of Tartu; Russia contends that the preamble allows Estonia to make territorial claims on Russia in the future, while Estonian officials deny that the preamble has any legal impact on the treaty text; Russia demands better treatment of the Russian-speaking population in Estonia and Latvia; Lithuania and Russia committed to demarcating their boundary in 2006 in accordance with the land and maritime treaty ratified by Russia in May 2003 and by Lithuania in 1999; Lithuania operates a simplified transit regime for Russian nationals traveling from the Kaliningrad coastal exclave into Russia, while still conforming, as an EU member state with an EU external border, where strict Schengen border rules apply; preparations for the demarcation delimitation of land boundary with Ukraine have commenced; the dispute over the boundary between Russia and Ukraine through the Kerch Strait and Sea of Azov remains unresolved despite a December 2003 framework agreement and on-going expert-level discussions; Kazakhstan and Russia boundary delimitation was ratified on November 2005 and field demarcation should commence in 2007; Russian Duma has not yet ratified 1990 Bering Sea Maritime Boundary Agreement with the US; Denmark (Greenland) and Norway have made submissions to the Commission on the Limits of the Continental shelf (CLCS) and Russia is collecting additional data to augment its 2001 CLCS submission |
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| National anthem | <strong>name: </strong>"Jana-Gana-Mana" (Thou Art the Ruler of the Minds of All People)<br /><strong>lyrics/music:</strong> Rabindranath TAGORE | <strong>name: </strong>"Gimn Rossiyskoy Federatsii" (National Anthem of the Russian Federation)<br /><strong>lyrics/music:</strong> Sergei Vladimirovich MIKHALKOV/Alexandr Vasilievich ALEXANDROV | |
| FAX | 91 | 7 | |
| Legislative branch > Election results | People's Assembly - percent of vote by party - NA; seats by party - INC 206, BJP 116, SP 23, BSP 21, JD(U) 20, TMC 19, DMK 18, CPI(M) 16, BJD 14, SS 11, AIADMK 9, NCP 9, TDP 6, RLD 5, CPI 4, RJD 4, SAD 4, independent 9, other 29, vacant 2(as of February 2013) - INC 204, BJP 115, SP 22, BSP 21, JD(U) 20, AITC 19, DMK 18, CPI(M) 16, BJD 14, SS 11, AIADMK 9, NCP 9, TDP 6, RLD 5, CPI 4, RJD 4, SAD 4, independents 9, other 31, nominated (INC) 2, vacant 2 | State Duma - United Russia 49.6%, CPRF 19.2%, Just Russia 13.2%, LDPR 11.7%, other 6.3%; total seats by party - United Russia 238, CPRF 92, Just Russia 64, LDPR 56 |
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| Legislative branch > Elections | People's Assembly - last held in five phases on 16, 22-23, 30 April and 7, 13 May 2009 (next must be held by May 2014) | State Duma - last held on 4 December 2011 (next to be held in December 2015) |
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| Democracy and rights > Press freedom index |
41.22
Ranked 39th. |
43.42
Ranked 32nd. 5% more than India |
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| Parliament > Seats held by women > Percentage |
11.01%
Ranked 138th. |
13.56%
Ranked 119th. 23% more than India |
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| Independence | 15 August 1947 (from the UK) | 24 August 1991 (from the Soviet Union); notable earlier dates: 1157 (Principality of Vladimir-Suzdal created); 16 January 1547 (Tsardom of Muscovy established); 22 October 1721 (Russian Empire proclaimed); 30 December 1922 (Soviet Union established) |
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| Executive branch > Election results | Pranab MUKHERJEE elected president; percent of vote - Pranab MUKHERJEE 69.31%, Purno SANGMA - 30.69% | Vladimir PUTIN elected president; percent of vote - Vladimir PUTIN 63.6%, Gennadiy ZYUGANOV 17.2%, Mikhail PROKHOROV 8%, Vladimir ZHIRINOVSKIY 6.2%, Sergey MIRONOV 3.9%, other 1.1%; Dmitriy MEDVEDEV approved as premier by Duma 299 to 144 |
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| Judicial branch > Subordinate courts | District Courts; Labour Court | Higher Arbitration Court; regional (kray) and provincial (oblast) courts; Moscow and St. Petersburg city courts; autonomous province and district courts | |
| Basis of executive legitimacy | Ministry is subject to parliamentary confidence | Presidency independent of legislature; ministry subject to parliamentary confidence | |
| Transnational Issues > Illicit drugs | world's largest producer of licit opium for the pharmaceutical trade, but an undetermined quantity of opium is diverted to illicit international drug markets; transit point for illicit narcotics produced in neighboring countries and throughout Southwest Asia; illicit producer of methaqualone; vulnerable to narcotics money laundering through the hawala system; licit ketamine and precursor production | limited cultivation of illicit cannabis and opium poppy and producer of methamphetamine, mostly for domestic consumption; government has active illicit crop eradication program; used as transshipment point for Asian opiates, cannabis, and Latin American cocaine bound for growing domestic markets, to a lesser extent Western and Central Europe, and occasionally to the US; major source of heroin precursor chemicals; corruption and organized crime are key concerns; major consumer of opiates | |
| Country name > Local short form | India/Bharat | Rossiya | |
| Democracy and rights > Freedom of the press |
37
Ranked 116th. |
80
Ranked 23th. 2 times more than India |
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| Corruption > Bribe Payers Index |
6.8
Ranked 18th. 15% more than Russia |
5.9
Ranked 21st. |
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| Proportion of seats held by women in national parliament |
8.3%
Ranked 135th. |
9.8%
Ranked 122nd. 18% more than India |
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| Diplomatic representation from the US > Embassy | Shantipath, Chanakyapuri, New Delhi 110021 | Bolshoy Deviatinskiy Pereulok No. 8, 121099 Moscow |
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| Red tape > Start-up procedures to register a business > Number |
12
Ranked 18th. 71% more than Russia |
7
Ranked 77th. |
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| Democracy > Civil and political liberties |
4.5
Ranked 51st. 2 times more than Russia |
2
Ranked 95th. |
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| General government final > Consumption expenditure > Current US$ |
91.37 billion$
Ranked 12th. |
125.84 billion$
Ranked 9th. 38% more than India |
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| National holiday | Republic Day, 26 January | Russia Day, 12 June |
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| Capital > Geographic coordinates | 28 36 N, 77 12 E | 55 45 N, 37 36 E |
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| Democracy > First female parliamentarian | 1952 (elected) | 1993 (elected) | |
| Transnational Issues > Trafficking in persons > Current situation | India is a source, destination, and transit country for men, women, and children trafficked for the purposes of forced labor and commercial sexual exploitation; internal forced labor may constitute India's largest trafficking problem; men, women, and children are held in debt bondage and face forced labor working in brick kilns, rice mills, agriculture, and embroidery factories; women and girls are trafficked within the country for the purposes of commercial sexual exploitation and forced marriage; children are subjected to forced labor as factory workers, domestic servants, beggars, and agriculture workers, and have been used as armed combatants by some terrorist and insurgent groups; India is also a destination for women and girls from Nepal and Bangladesh trafficked for the purpose of commercial sexual exploitation; Indian women are trafficked to the Middle East for commercial sexual exploitation; men and women from Bangladesh and Nepal are trafficked through India for forced labor and commercial sexual exploitation in the Middle East | Russia is a source, transit, and destination country for men, women, and children who are subjected to forced labor and sex trafficking, although labor trafficking is the predominant problem; people from Russia and other countries in Europe, Central Asia, and Asia, including Vietnam and North Korea, are subjected to conditions of forced labor in Russia's construction, manufacturing, agriculture, repair shop, and domestic services industries, as well as forced begging and narcotics cultivation; North Koreans contracted under bilateral government arrangements to work in the timber industry in the Russian Far East reportedly are subjected to forced labor; Russian women and children were reported to be victims of sex trafficking in Russia, Northeast Asia, Europe, Central Asia, and the Middle East, while women from European, African, and Central Asian countries were reportedly forced into prostitution in Russia |
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| Time required to start a business > Days |
35 days
Ranked 87th. 25% more than Russia |
28 days
Ranked 108th. |
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| Leaders > President | Pranab Mukherjee | Vladimir Putin |
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| Democracy > Gender Parity Index in primary level enrolment |
0.934
Ranked 114th. |
0.996
Ranked 38th. 7% more than India |
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| Judicial branch > Judge selection and term of office | justices appointed by the president to serve until age 65 | all members of Russia's three highest courts nominated by the president and appointed by the Federation Council (the upper house of the legislature); members of all three courts appointed for life | |
| Red tape > Burden of customs procedure, WEF > 1=extremely inefficient to 7=extremely efficient |
3.8
Ranked 83th. 31% more than Russia |
2.9
Ranked 137th. |
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| Democracy > Bertelsmann Transformation Index > Status Index 2006 |
7.21
Ranked 24th. 17% more than Russia |
6.14
Ranked 46th. |
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| Red tape > Time required to register property > Days |
44
Ranked 75th. Twice as much as Russia |
22
Ranked 125th. |
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| Politics | 344m people voted in 2009 election - Congress-led alliance of PM Manmohan Singh won second mandate | Vladimir Putin, Russia's dominant political figure since 2000, resumed the presidency in 2012 | |
| International law organization participation | accepts compulsory ICJ jurisdiction with reservations; non-party state to the ICCt | has not submitted an ICJ jurisdiction declaration; non-party state to the ICCt | |
| Parliament > Seats held by men |
485
Ranked 5th. 25% more than Russia |
389
Ranked 18th. |
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| Country name > Local long form | Republic of India/Bharatiya Ganarajya | Rossiyskaya Federatsiya | |
| Red tape > Time to resolve insolvency > Years |
4.3
Ranked 19th. 2 times more than Russia |
2
Ranked 101st. |
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| Red tape > Start-up procedures to register a business > Number per million |
0.0097
Ranked 187th. |
0.0557
Ranked 179th. 6 times more than India |
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| Diplomatic representation from the US > Chief of mission | Ambassador Nancy J. POWELL (since 19 April 2012) | Ambassador Michael A. MCFAUL |
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| Diplomatic representation in the US > Chief of mission | Ambassador Nirupama RAO (since 7 September 2011) | Ambassador Sergey Ivanovich KISLYAK |
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| Diplomatic representation from the US > Telephone | [91] (11) 2419-8000 | [7] (495) 728-5000 |
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| Diplomatic representation in the US > Chancery | None | None |
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| Parliament > Seats held by women |
60
Ranked 42nd. |
61
Ranked 41st. 2% more than India |
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| Foreign relations > Date of recognition of Israel |
None
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None
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| Democracy > Democratic institutions rating |
9
Ranked 36th. 80% more than Russia |
5
Ranked 77th. |
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| UN membership date | 30 Oct. 1945 | 24 Oct. 1945 | |
| Red tape > Procedures to build a warehouse > Number |
35
Ranked 2nd. |
36
Ranked 1st. 3% more than India |
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| Capital city | New Delhi | Moscow | |
| Capital > Name | New Delhi | Moscow | |
| Legal origin | <a href=/encyclopedia/England>English</a> | Socialist | |
| General government final > Consumption expenditure > Current US$ > Per capita |
83.47$
per capita
Ranked 111th. |
879.31$
per capita
Ranked 40th. 11 times more than India |
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| Spending > Expense > Current LCU |
8.6 trillion
Ranked 7th. |
8.89 trillion
Ranked 6th. 3% more than India |
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| Red tape > Time required to get electricity > Days |
67
Ranked 125th. |
162
Ranked 24th. 2 times more than India |
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| Democracy > Parliamentary elections > Registered voter turnout |
59.7%
Ranked 117th. |
60.5%
Ranked 114th. 1% more than India |
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| Legislature (parliament) > People per member |
1.46 million
Ranked 1st. 6 times more than Russia |
229,584
Ranked 12th. |
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| Democracy and rights > Year women first voted at national level | 1947 | 1917 | |
| Capital > Time difference | UTC+5.5 (10.5 hours ahead of Washington, DC during Standard Time) | UTC+4 (9 hours ahead of Washington, DC during Standard Time) |
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| International relations | Ongoing dispute with Pakistan over Kashmir region; nuclear weapons state; world's most prolific film industry - Bollywood | A planned US-led missile shield for Europe is a stumbling block in ties with the US. Russia is at odds with the West over some key international issues, including Syria and Iran. Russia drove Georgian forces from breakaway South Ossetia during a brief war in 2008 | |
| Red tape > Time required to get electricity > Days per million |
0.0542
Ranked 188th. |
1.96
Ranked 160th. 36 times more than India |
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| Legislature (parliament) > Upper house members |
250
Ranked 7th. 49% more than Russia |
168
Ranked 10th. |
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| Legislature (parliament) > Lower house members |
552
Ranked 11th. 23% more than Russia |
450
Ranked 22nd. |
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| Democracy > Female ministers |
5.9%
Ranked 99th. |
18.8%
Ranked 39th. 3 times more than India |
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| Leaders > Head of state > Term limit for head of state |
5
Ranked 71st. |
6
Ranked 19th. 20% more than India |
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| Red tape > Time required to enforce a contract > Days |
1,420
Ranked 5th. 5 times more than Russia |
270
Ranked 179th. |
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| Democracy > Female parliamentarians |
8.9%
Ranked 104th. 39% more than Russia |
6.4%
Ranked 124th. |
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| Red tape > Procedures to register property > Number |
5
Ranked 115th. 25% more than Russia |
4
Ranked 143th. |
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| Role of head of state | Ceremonial | Executive | |
| General government final > Consumption expenditure > Current US$ per capita |
81.06$
Ranked 109th. |
879.09$
Ranked 39th. 11 times more than India |
|
| Start-up procedures to register a business > Number |
11
Ranked 50th. 57% more than Russia |
7
Ranked 126th. |
|
| Red tape > Burden of customs procedure, WEF > 1=extremely inefficient to 7=extremely efficient per million |
0.00307
Ranked 144th. |
0.0202
Ranked 138th. 7 times more than India |
|
| Strength of legal rights index > 0=weak to 10=strong |
8
Ranked 29th. 3 times more than Russia |
3
Ranked 130th. |
|
| Spending > Subsidies and other transfers > Current LCU |
4.65 trillion
Ranked 5th. |
5.69 trillion
Ranked 4th. 22% more than India |
|
| Spending > Compensation of employees > Current LCU |
565.67 billion
Ranked 11th. |
1.61 trillion
Ranked 5th. 3 times more than India |
|
| Foreign relations > Comprehensive National Power |
50.43
Ranked 10th. |
63.03
Ranked 3rd. 25% more than India |
|
| Democracy > Bertelsmann Transformation Index > Management Index 2006 |
5.98
Ranked 33th. 56% more than Russia |
3.84
Ranked 86th. |
|
| General government final > Consumption expenditure > Current US$ > Per $ GDP |
0.113$
per $1 of GDP
Ranked 102nd. |
0.165$
per $1 of GDP
Ranked 57th. 46% more than India |
|
| Parliament > Seats held by women per million people |
0.0491
Ranked 180th. |
0.428
Ranked 168th. 9 times more than India |
|
| Democracy > Female suffrage | 1950 | 1918 | |
| Political pressure groups and leaders > Other | numerous religious or militant/chauvinistic organizations; various separatist groups seeking greater communal and/or regional autonomy | ecology groups; human rights groups; nationalist pragmatists (no foreign influence over Central Eurasia); neo-Eurasianists (against Western influence for the area); religious groups; westernizers (lean towards the West) | |
| Red tape > Time required to build a warehouse > Days |
168
Ranked 73th. |
297
Ranked 15th. 77% more than India |
|
| Red tape > Procedures to enforce a contract > Number per million |
0.0372
Ranked 187th. |
0.251
Ranked 180th. 7 times more than India |
|
| Red tape > Time required to start a business > Days per million |
0.0218
Ranked 187th. |
0.125
Ranked 174th. 6 times more than India |
|
| Red tape > Time required to register property > Days per million |
0.0356
Ranked 182nd. |
0.307
Ranked 164th. 9 times more than India |
|
| Red tape > Procedures to build a warehouse > Number per million |
0.0283
Ranked 183th. |
0.279
Ranked 159th. 10 times more than India |
|
| Red tape > Time required to build a warehouse > Days per million |
0.136
Ranked 185th. |
2.18
Ranked 165th. 16 times more than India |
|
| Spending > Interest payments > Current LCU |
1.87 trillion
Ranked 2nd. 12 times more than Russia |
155.5 billion
Ranked 13th. |
|
| Foreign relations > Diplomatic representation in the US > Ambassador | Jaishankar, S S Jaishankar | Kislyak, Sergey Ivanovich Sergey Ivanovich Kislyak | |
| Democracy > Bertelsmann Transformation Index>Political Transformation |
7.95
Ranked 21st. 39% more than Russia |
5.7
Ranked 66th. |
|
| General government final > Consumption expenditure > Constant 2000 US$ > Per capita |
66.7 constant 2000 US$
per c
Ranked 86th. |
296.1 constant 2000 US$
per c
Ranked 52nd. 4 times more than India |
|
| Time required to build a warehouse > Days |
270 days
Ranked 38th. |
531 days
Ranked 3rd. 97% more than India |
|
| Democracy > Parliamentary elections > Voting age population |
565.78 million
Ranked 1st. 5 times more than Russia |
109.21 million
Ranked 4th. |
|
| Democracy > Female candidacy |
1,950
Ranked 76th. 2% more than Russia |
1,918
Ranked 148th. |
|
| Trademarks > Nonresidents per 1000 |
0.00526
Ranked 82nd. |
0.0493
Ranked 43th. 9 times more than India |
|
| Trademarks > Nonresidents > Per capita |
0.005
per 1,000 people
Ranked 81st. |
0.049
per 1,000 people
Ranked 43th. 10 times more than India |
|
| Foreign relations > Croatia > Date of Establishment | July 9, 1992 | May 25, 1992 | |
| National anthem > Name | - | "Gimn Rossiyskoy Federatsii" (National Anthem of the Russian Federation) | |
| Democracy > Parliamentary elections > Total vote |
370.58 million
Ranked 1st. 6 times more than Russia |
65.37 million
Ranked 4th. |
|
| Democracy > Parliamentary elections > Turnout |
65.5
Ranked 53th. 9% more than Russia |
59.9
Ranked 67th. |
|
| Democracy > Parliamentary elections > Voter registration |
620.39 million
Ranked 1st. 6 times more than Russia |
108.07 million
Ranked 5th. |
|
| Time required to enforce a contract > Days |
1,420 days
Ranked 4th. 8 times more than Russia |
178 days
Ranked 166th. |
|
| Start-up procedures to register a business > Number > Per capita |
0.01
per 1 million people
Ranked 170th. |
0.049
per 1 million people
Ranked 167th. 5 times more than India |
|
| Procedures to register property > Number |
6
Ranked 80th. The same as Russia |
6
Ranked 75th. |
|
| Procedures to build a warehouse > Number |
20
Ranked 46th. |
22
Ranked 30th. 10% more than India |
|
| Secession attempts | East <a href=/encyclopedia/Punjab,-Pakistan>Punjab</a>, Kashmir | Chechnya, Abkhazia, South Ossetia | |
| Foreign relations > Diplomatic relations with Palestine | Yes | Yes | |
| Legislature (parliament) > Term of office for lower house members |
5
Ranked 52nd. The same as Russia |
5
Ranked 32nd. |
|
| Management time dealing with officials > % of management time |
6.67%
Ranked 15th. 5% more than Russia |
6.34%
Ranked 7th. |
|
| Democracy > Parliamentary elections > Voting age population per 1000 |
517.27
Ranked 97th. |
755.27
Ranked 31st. 46% more than India |
|
| FAX > Consulate(s) general | Chennai (Madras), Hyderabad; Kolkata (Calcutta), Mumbai (Bombay) | Saint Petersburg, Vladivostok, Yekaterinburg | |
| Diplomatic representation in the US > Telephone | [1] (202) 939-7000 | [1] (202) 298-5700, 5701, 5704, 5708 |
|
| Spending > Goods and services expense > % of expense |
10.83%
Ranked 59th. |
13.84%
Ranked 37th. 28% more than India |
|
| Policy uncertainty > % of managers surveyed ranking this as a major business constraint |
9.18%
Ranked 7th. |
25.84%
Ranked 14th. 3 times more than India |
|
| Democracy and rights > Last election | May 2009 | March 2012 | |
| Parliament > Seats held by men per million people |
0.397
Ranked 186th. |
2.73
Ranked 176th. 7 times more than India |
|
| Democracy and rights > Next election | May 2014 | March 2018 | |
| Spending > Compensation of employees > % of expense |
6.57%
Ranked 86th. |
18.15%
Ranked 55th. 3 times more than India |
|
| Informal payments to public officials > % of firms |
47.49%
Ranked 15th. 61% more than Russia |
29.44%
Ranked 14th. |
|
| Procedures to register property > Number per million |
0.00525
Ranked 164th. |
0.0421
Ranked 158th. 8 times more than India |
|
| Ruling party | Congress | United Russia | |
| Procedures to build a warehouse > Number per million |
0.0175
Ranked 166th. |
0.154
Ranked 153th. 9 times more than India |
|
| Spending > Expense > % of GDP |
15.43%
Ranked 75th. |
21.44%
Ranked 62nd. 39% more than India |
|
| Proportion of seats held by women in national parliaments > % |
11%
Ranked 142nd. |
13.6%
Ranked 124th. 24% more than India |
|
| Red tape > Time required to enforce a contract > Days per million |
1.15
Ranked 186th. |
1.88
Ranked 184th. 64% more than India |
|
| Procedures to enforce a contract > Number per million |
0.049
Ranked 167th. |
0.218
Ranked 162nd. 4 times more than India |
|
| Trademarks > Residents |
60,985
Ranked 8th. 3 times more than Russia |
23,571
Ranked 9th. |
|
| Procedures to register property > Number > Per capita |
0.005
per 1 million people
Ranked 165th. |
0.042
per 1 million people
Ranked 159th. 8 times more than India |
|
| Procedures to enforce a contract > Number > Per capita |
0.05
per 1 million people
Ranked 168th. |
0.218
per 1 million people
Ranked 163th. 4 times more than India |
|
| Legislature (parliament) > Total members of parliament |
802
Ranked 5th. 30% more than Russia |
618
Ranked 15th. |
|
| General government final > Consumption expenditure > Current LCU | 4045110000000 | 3558800000000 |
|
| Transnational Issues > Trafficking in persons > Tier rating | Tier 2 Watch List - India is on the Tier 2 Watch List for a fifth consecutive year for its failure to provide evidence of increasing efforts to combat human trafficking in 2007; despite the reported extent of the trafficking crisis in India, government authorities made uneven efforts to prosecute traffickers and protect trafficking victims; government authorities continued to rescue victims of commercial sexual exploitation and forced child labor and child armed combatants, and began to show progress in law enforcement against these forms of trafficking; a critical challenge overall is the lack of punishment for traffickers, effectively resulting in impunity for acts of human trafficking; India has not ratified the 2000 UN TIP Protocol | Tier 3 - Russia does not fully comply with the minimum standards for the elimination of trafficking and because it is not deemed to be making significant efforts to do so was downgraded to Tier 3 after the maximum of two consecutive annual waivers; the number of prosecutions remains low compared to estimates of Russia's trafficking problem; the government did not develop or deploy a formal system for the identification of trafficking victims or their referral to protective services, although some victims were reportedly cared for through ad hoc efforts; the government has reported minimal efforts to identify or care for the large number of migrant workers vulnerable to labor exploitation and has not investigated allegations of slave-like conditions in North Korean-operated timber camps |
|
| Foreign relations > Date of recognition of State of Palestine | 18 November 1988 | 18 November 1988 | |
| Time to prepare and pay taxes > Hours |
264 hours
Ranked 79th. 3% more than Russia |
256 hours
Ranked 82nd. |
|
| General government final > Consumption expenditure > Constant 2000 US$ |
73 billion constant 2000 US$
Ranked 10th. 72% more than Russia |
42.38 billion constant 2000 US$
Ranked 15th. |
|
| Procedures to build a warehouse > Number > Per capita |
0.018
per 1 million people
Ranked 167th. |
0.155
per 1 million people
Ranked 155th. 9 times more than India |
|
| Spending > Goods and services expense > Current LCU |
931.79 billion
Ranked 7th. |
1.23 trillion
Ranked 3rd. 32% more than India |
|
| National anthem > Note | adopted 1950; Rabindranath TAGORE, a Nobel laureate, also wrote Bangladesh's national anthem | in 2000, Russia adopted the tune of the anthem of the former Soviet Union (composed in 1939); the lyrics, also adopted in 2000, were written by the same person who authored the Soviet lyrics in 1943 | |
| Flag description > Note | similar to the flag of Niger, which has a small orange disk centered in the white band | the colors may have been based on those of the Dutch flag; despite many popular interpretations, there is no official meaning assigned to the colors of the Russian flag; this flag inspired other Slav countries to adopt horizontal tricolors of the same colors but in different arrangements, and so red, blue, and white became the Pan-Slav colors | |
| Red tape > Procedures to enforce a contract > Number |
46
Ranked 24th. 28% more than Russia |
36
Ranked 117th. |
|
| Red tape > Procedures to register property > Number per million |
0.00404
Ranked 183th. |
0.0348
Ranked 177th. 9 times more than India |
|
| Red tape > Management time dealing with officials > % of management time |
6.7%
Ranked 22nd. |
14.7%
Ranked 1st. 2 times more than India |
|
| Diplomatic representation from the US > Consulate(s) general | Chennai (Madras), Kolkata (Calcutta), Mumbai (Bombay) | Saint Petersburg, Vladivostok, Yekaterinburg | |
| Diplomatic representation from the US > FAX | [91] (11) 2419-0017 | [7] (495) 728-5090 |
|
| Diplomatic representation in the US > FAX | [1] (202) 265-4351 | [1] (202) 298-5735 |
|
| Capital city > Time difference | UTC+5.5 (10.5 hours ahead of Washington, DC during Standard Time) | UTC+3 (8 hours ahead of Washington, DC during Standard Time) |
|
| General government final > Consumption expenditure > Constant LCU | 3060870000000 | 1192051000000 |
|
| General government final > Consumption expenditure > Constant 2000 US$ per capita |
64.77 constant 2000 US$
Ranked 84th. |
296.03 constant 2000 US$
Ranked 52nd. 5 times more than India |
|
| Trademarks > Residents > Per capita |
0.061
per 1,000 people
Ranked 61st. |
0.164
per 1,000 people
Ranked 40th. 3 times more than India |
|
| General government final > Consumption expenditure > Annual % growth |
9.8%
Ranked 12th. 5 times more than Russia |
1.8%
Ranked 74th. |
|
| Spending > Interest payments > % of expense |
21.7%
Ranked 7th. 12 times more than Russia |
1.75%
Ranked 74th. |
|
| Spending > Other expense > % of expense |
6.82%
Ranked 37th. |
7.17%
Ranked 32nd. 5% more than India |
|
| Spending > Other expense > Current LCU |
587.1 billion
Ranked 7th. |
637.5 billion
Ranked 6th. 9% more than India |
|
| Time required to register property > Days |
62 days
Ranked 64th. 19% more than Russia |
52 days
Ranked 77th. |
|
| Trademarks > Residents per million |
59.5
Ranked 63th. |
163.86
Ranked 40th. 3 times more than India |
|
| Spending > Interest payments > % of revenue |
23.35%
Ranked 6th. 21 times more than Russia |
1.1%
Ranked 82nd. |
|
| Time to resolve insolvency > Years |
10 years
Ranked 2nd. 3 times more than Russia |
3.8 years
Ranked 51st. |
|
| Diplomatic representation in the US > Consulate(s) general | Chicago, Houston, New York, San Francisco | Houston, New York, San Francisco, Seattle | |
| Spending > Subsidies and other transfers > % of expense |
54.07%
Ranked 32nd. |
63.97%
Ranked 22nd. 18% more than India |
|
| Date of transition to republican system of government > Republic since | February 1, 1946 | March 15, 1917 | |
| Trademarks > Nonresidents |
5,393
Ranked 18th. |
7,088
Ranked 10th. 31% more than India |
|
| Start-up procedures to register a business > Number per million |
0.00962
Ranked 169th. |
0.0491
Ranked 166th. 5 times more than India |
|
| Procedures to enforce a contract > Number |
56
Ranked 10th. 81% more than Russia |
31
Ranked 91st. |
|
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