Location The Indian peninsula is separated from Asia by the Himalayas. It is surrounded by the Bay of Bengal in the east, Arabian Sea in the west, and Indian Ocean to the south.

Geographic Coordinates The Country extends between 8° 4' and 37° 6' latitudes and 68° 7' and 97° 25' longitudes.

Border Countries Afghanistan and Pakistan to the north-west; China, Bhutan and Nepal to the north; Myanmar and Bangladesh to the east. Sri Lanka to the South

Coastline 7,516.6 km encompassing the mainland, Lakshadweep Islands, and the Andaman & Nicobar Islands.

Climate It experiences tropical monsoon climate. Four seasons: winter (Dec-Feb) summer (Mar-June) south-west monsoon season (June-Sep) post monsoon season (Oct-Nov)

Natural Resources Coal, iron ore, manganese ore, mica, bauxite, petroleum, titanium ore, chromite, natural gas, magnesite, limestone, arable land, dolomite, barytes, kaolin, gypsum, apatite, phosphorite, steatite, fluorite, etc.

Environment-Current Issues Air pollution control, energy conservation, solid waste management, oil and gas conservation, forest conservation, etc.

Environment - International Agreements Rio Declaration, Cartagena Protocol, Kyoto Protocol, World Trade Agreement, Helsinki Protocol to LRTAP and Geneva Protocol

Indian Standard Time GMT + 05:30 Area 3.3 Million sq. km Telephone Country Code +91