Languages spoken in the Republic of India belong to several language families,the major ones being the Indo-Aryan languages spoken by 78.05% of Indians and the Dravidian languages spoken by 19.64% of Indians;both families together are sometimes known as Indic languages. Languages spoken by the remaining 2.31% of the population belong to the Austroasiatic,Sino–Tibetan,Tai–Kadai,and a few other minor language families and isolates. According to the People's Linguistic Survey of India,India has the second highest number of languages (780),after Papua New Guinea (840). Ethnologue lists a lower number of 456.
There is no national language in India. However,article 343(1) of the Indian constitution specifically mentions that "The official language of the Union shall be Hindi in Devanagari script. The form of numerals to be used for the official purposes of the Union shall be the international form of Indian numerals," while article 343(2) allowed for the continuation of English as an official language for another 15 years and 343(3) gave the parliament the power to provide for the use of English language after this period. The clause 3 of the Official Languages Act,1963 allows for the continued use of English language for official purposes of the Union government and for parliamentary business. Hence Indian English and Modern Standard Hindi are the Official Languages of the Government of India.
The administrative divisions of India are subnational administrative units of India;they are composed of a nested hierarchy of administrative divisions.
La. Ganesan Iyer is an Indian politician who is serving as the 19th Governor of Nagaland. His previous tenures include the 17th Governor of Manipur between 27 August 2021 and 12 February 2023,the Governor of West Bengal between 18 July 2022 and 17 November 2022. Ganesan is the senior leader of the Tamil Nadu Bharatiya Janata Party.
The Lokayukta is the Indian Parliamentary Ombudsman,executed into power,through and for,each of the State Governments of India. It is brought into effect in a state,after passing the Lokayukta Act in respective state Legislature and a person of reputable background is nominated to the post. The post is created to quickly address grievances against the working integrity and efficiency of the government or its administration. Once appointed,Lokayukta cannot be dismissed or transferred by the government,and can only be removed by passing an impeachment motion by the state assembly,making it a powerful deterrent against corruption and mal-administration of the governing system.
The National Bravery Awards are a set of awards given annually to about 25 Indian children below 18 years of age for "meritorious acts of bravery against all odds." The awards are given by the Government of India and the Indian Council for Child Welfare (ICCW). The award was instituted in 1957.
Regional Rural Banks (RRBs) are government owned scheduled commercial banks of India that operate at regional level in different states of India. These banks are under the ownership of Ministry of Finance,Government of India. They were created to serve rural areas with basic banking and financial services. However,RRBs also have urban branches.
Banwarilal Purohit is an Indian politician who is the current and 29th Governor of Punjab,India and Administrator of Chandigarh as of 29 August 2021. He was the former Governor of Tamil Nadu from 2017 to 2021,and former Governor of Assam from 2016 to 2017. He is a member of the Bharatiya Janata Party. He was a Member of Parliament from the Nagpur three times,twice as an Indian National Congress member,once as a BJP member.
Officially known as The Constitution Act,2016,this amendment introduced a national Goods and Services Tax (GST) in India from 1 July 2017. It was introduced as the One Hundred and Twenty Second Amendment Bill of the Constitution of India,
Chakravarthi Rangarajan is an Indian economist,a former Member of Parliament and 19th Governor of the Reserve Bank of India. He is the former Chairman of the Prime Minister's Economic Advisory Council,he resigned the day the UPA lost power. He is also the Chairman of the Madras School of Economics;former President of the Indian Statistical Institute;the Founding Chairman of the CR Rao Advanced Institute of Mathematics,Statistics and Computer Science;former Chancellor of the University of Hyderabad;and a professor in Ahmedabad University.
Syed Ahmed was an Indian politician,author and a member of the Congress Party. He was sworn in as the Governor of Manipur on 16 May 2015,but only served four months before dying in office on 27 September. During his short tenure as governor,the Manipur Tenants,Visitors and Migrant Workers Bill,2015 was passed by the Manipur Assembly on 15 March.
Krishan Kant Paul is a former Indian Police Service officer,who served as the Commissioner of Police,Delhi from February 2004 to July 2007. Following his retirement from the IPS,he served as the Governor of several states—Meghalaya (2013–15),Manipur (2014-15) and Uttarakhand (2015–18). He had also held the governorships of Mizoram and Nagaland briefly,as additional charges.
Tamilisai Soundararajan is an Indian politician serving as the 2nd and current Governor of Telangana,and is the Lieutenant Governor of Puducherry since 18 February 2021. She was the National Secretary and Tamil Nadu State Unit President of the BJP prior to this appointment.
Padmanabha Balakrishna Acharya is an Indian politician who was the Governor of Manipur,from 27 June 2019 to 23 July 2019 and Governor of Nagaland,from 19 July 2014 to 31 July 2019,also Governor of Arunachal Pradesh,from 28 January 2017 to 3 October 2017 and Governor of Tripura,from 21 July 2014 to 19 May 2015.
The 2015–16 Senior Women's Football Championship was the 21st edition of Senior Women's National Football Championship,the women's state competition in Indian football. The tournament qualification round was stated on 12 December 2015 and culminated on 27 December 2015 across five zones –North Zone,South Zone,East Zone,West Zone and North East Zone –throughout the Nation.
This article outlines the key events leading up to the 2019 Indian general election which was scheduled to take place from 11 April to 19 May 2019,starting with the prior election in 2014.
