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title="Wildlife of India">Wildlife of India</a></th></tr><tr><td class="sidebar-image"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:When_the_big_cat_turned_to_my_camera!.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1f/When_the_big_cat_turned_to_my_camera%21.jpg/120px-When_the_big_cat_turned_to_my_camera%21.jpg" decoding="async" width="120" height="120" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1f/When_the_big_cat_turned_to_my_camera%21.jpg/180px-When_the_big_cat_turned_to_my_camera%21.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1f/When_the_big_cat_turned_to_my_camera%21.jpg/240px-When_the_big_cat_turned_to_my_camera%21.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2790" data-file-height="2790" /></a></span></td></tr><tr><td class="sidebar-content hlist"> <div class="sidebar-list mw-collapsible mw-collapsed"><div class="sidebar-list-title" style="border:1px solid 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animals in India">Endangered animals</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_fishes_of_India" title="List of fishes of India">Fish</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_mammals_of_India" title="List of mammals of India">Mammals</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_non-marine_molluscs_of_India" title="List of non-marine molluscs of India">Molluscs</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_moths_of_India" title="List of moths of India">Moths</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Odonata_species_of_India" title="List of Odonata species of India">Odonates</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_reptiles_of_South_Asia" title="List of reptiles of South Asia">Reptiles</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_spiders_of_India" title="List of spiders of India">Spiders</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Cicindelidae_from_India" title="List of Cicindelidae from India">Tiger beetles</a></li></ul></div></div></td> </tr><tr><td class="sidebar-content hlist"> <div class="sidebar-list mw-collapsible mw-collapsed"><div 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href="/wiki/List_of_national_parks_of_India" title="List of national parks of India">National parks</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Private_protected_areas_of_India" title="Private protected areas of India">Private protected areas</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Ramsar_sites_in_India" title="List of Ramsar sites in India">Ramsar Sites</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Reserved_forests_and_protected_forests_of_India" title="Reserved forests and protected forests of India">Reserved and protected forests</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tiger_reserves_of_India" title="Tiger reserves of India">Tiger reserves</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wildlife_sanctuaries_of_India" class="mw-redirect" title="Wildlife sanctuaries of India">Wildlife sanctuaries</a></li></ul></div></div></td> </tr><tr><td class="sidebar-content hlist"> <div class="sidebar-list mw-collapsible mw-collapsed"><div class="sidebar-list-title" style="border:1px solid lightblue;background:lightblue;padding-top:0.1em;padding-left:3em; 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in India">Botanical gardens</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_ecoregions_in_India" title="List of ecoregions in India">Ecoregions</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_zoos_in_India" title="List of zoos in India">Zoological gardens</a></li></ul> <dl><dd><b>Wildlife population</b></dd></dl> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Indian_states_by_elephant_population" class="mw-redirect" title="List of Indian states by elephant population">Elephant</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Indian_states_by_tiger_population" class="mw-redirect" title="List of Indian states by tiger population">Tiger</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Indian_states_by_wildlife_population" title="List of Indian states by wildlife population">Wildlife</a></li></ul></div></div></td> </tr><tr><td class="sidebar-navbar"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239400231">.mw-parser-output .navbar{display:inline;font-size:88%;font-weight:normal}.mw-parser-output .navbar-collapse{float:left;text-align:left}.mw-parser-output .navbar-boxtext{word-spacing:0}.mw-parser-output .navbar ul{display:inline-block;white-space:nowrap;line-height:inherit}.mw-parser-output .navbar-brackets::before{margin-right:-0.125em;content:"[ "}.mw-parser-output .navbar-brackets::after{margin-left:-0.125em;content:" ]"}.mw-parser-output .navbar li{word-spacing:-0.125em}.mw-parser-output .navbar a>span,.mw-parser-output .navbar a>abbr{text-decoration:inherit}.mw-parser-output .navbar-mini abbr{font-variant:small-caps;border-bottom:none;text-decoration:none;cursor:inherit}.mw-parser-output .navbar-ct-full{font-size:114%;margin:0 7em}.mw-parser-output .navbar-ct-mini{font-size:114%;margin:0 4em}html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .navbar li a abbr{color:var(--color-base)!important}@media(prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .navbar li a abbr{color:var(--color-base)!important}}@media print{.mw-parser-output .navbar{display:none!important}}</style><div class="navbar plainlinks hlist navbar-mini"><ul><li class="nv-view"><a href="/wiki/Template:Wildlife_of_India" title="Template:Wildlife of India"><abbr title="View this template">v</abbr></a></li><li class="nv-talk"><a href="/wiki/Template_talk:Wildlife_of_India" title="Template talk:Wildlife of India"><abbr title="Discuss this template">t</abbr></a></li><li class="nv-edit"><a href="/wiki/Special:EditPage/Template:Wildlife_of_India" title="Special:EditPage/Template:Wildlife of India"><abbr title="Edit this template">e</abbr></a></li></ul></div></td></tr></tbody></table> <p>There are 18 <a href="/wiki/Biosphere_reserves" class="mw-redirect" title="Biosphere reserves">biosphere reserves</a> in India. <sup id="cite_ref-MOEF_2011_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-MOEF_2011-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> They protect larger areas of natural habitat than a typical <a href="/wiki/National_park" title="National park">national park</a> or <a href="/wiki/Animal_sanctuary" title="Animal sanctuary">animal sanctuary</a>, and often include one or more national parks or reserves, along with buffer zones that are open to some economic uses. Protection is granted not only to the <a href="/wiki/Flora" title="Flora">flora</a> and <a href="/wiki/Fauna" title="Fauna">fauna</a> of the protected region, but also to the human communities who inhabit these regions, and their ways of life. In total there are 18 biosphere reserves in India. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="World_network">World network</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Biosphere_reserves_of_India&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: World network"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Twelve of the eighteen biosphere reserves are a part of the <a href="/wiki/World_Network_of_Biosphere_Reserves" title="World Network of Biosphere Reserves">World Network of Biosphere Reserves</a>, based on the <a href="/wiki/UNESCO" title="UNESCO">UNESCO</a> <a href="/wiki/Man_and_the_Biosphere" class="mw-redirect" title="Man and the Biosphere">Man and the Biosphere</a> (MAB) Programme list.<sup id="cite_ref-MOEF_2011_1-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-MOEF_2011-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-UNESCO_2012_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-UNESCO_2012-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <table class="wikitable sortable"> <tbody><tr> <th>#</th> <th>Name</th> <th>States/ UT</th> <th>Year </th></tr> <tr> <td>1 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Nilgiri_Biosphere_Reserve" title="Nilgiri Biosphere Reserve">Nilgiri Biosphere Reserve</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Tamil_Nadu" title="Tamil Nadu">Tamil Nadu</a>, <a href="/wiki/Kerala" title="Kerala">Kerala</a> and <a href="/wiki/Karnataka" title="Karnataka">Karnataka</a></td> <td>2000 </td></tr> <tr> <td>2 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Gulf_of_Mannar_Biosphere_Reserve" class="mw-redirect" title="Gulf of Mannar Biosphere Reserve">Gulf of Mannar Biosphere Reserve</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Tamil_Nadu" title="Tamil Nadu">Tamil Nadu</a></td> <td>2001 </td></tr> <tr> <td>3 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Sundarbans_Biosphere_Reserve" title="Sundarbans Biosphere Reserve">Sundarbans Biosphere Reserve</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/West_Bengal" title="West Bengal">West Bengal</a></td> <td>2001 </td></tr> <tr> <td>4 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Nanda_Devi_Biosphere_Reserve" class="mw-redirect" title="Nanda Devi Biosphere Reserve">Nanda Devi Biosphere Reserve</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Uttarakhand" title="Uttarakhand">Uttarakhand</a></td> <td>2004 </td></tr> <tr> <td>5 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Nokrek_Biosphere_Reserve" class="mw-redirect" title="Nokrek Biosphere Reserve">Nokrek Biosphere Reserve</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Meghalaya" title="Meghalaya">Meghalaya</a></td> <td>2009 </td></tr> <tr> <td>6 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Pachmarhi_Biosphere_Reserve" title="Pachmarhi Biosphere Reserve">Pachmarhi Biosphere Reserve</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Madhya_Pradesh" title="Madhya Pradesh">Madhya Pradesh</a></td> <td>2009 </td></tr> <tr> <td>7 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Simlipal_Biosphere_Reserve" class="mw-redirect" title="Simlipal Biosphere Reserve">Simlipal Biosphere Reserve</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Odisha" title="Odisha">Odisha</a></td> <td>2009 </td></tr> <tr> <td>8 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Great_Nicobar_Biosphere_Reserve" title="Great Nicobar Biosphere Reserve">Great Nicobar Biosphere Reserve</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Andaman_and_Nicobar_Islands" title="Andaman and Nicobar Islands">Andaman & Nicobar Islands</a></td> <td>2013 </td></tr> <tr> <td>9 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Achanakmar-Amarkantak_Biosphere_Reserve" title="Achanakmar-Amarkantak Biosphere Reserve">Achanakmar-Amarkantak Biosphere Reserve</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Chhattisgarh" title="Chhattisgarh">Chhattisgarh</a>, <a href="/wiki/Madhya_Pradesh" title="Madhya Pradesh">Madhya Pradesh</a></td> <td>2012<sup id="cite_ref-UNESCO_2012_2-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-UNESCO_2012-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td>10 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Agasthyamalai_Biosphere_Reserve" class="mw-redirect" title="Agasthyamalai Biosphere Reserve">Agasthyamalai Biosphere Reserve</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Kerala" title="Kerala">Kerala</a> and <a href="/wiki/Tamil_Nadu" title="Tamil Nadu">Tamil Nadu</a></td> <td>2016<sup id="cite_ref-UNESCO_2016_4-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-UNESCO_2016-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td>11 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Khangchendzonga_National_Park" title="Khangchendzonga National Park">Khangchendzonga National Park</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Sikkim" title="Sikkim">Sikkim</a></td> <td>2018<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td>12 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Panna_Biosphere_Reserve" class="mw-redirect" title="Panna Biosphere Reserve">Panna Biosphere Reserve</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Madhya_Pradesh" title="Madhya Pradesh">Madhya Pradesh</a></td> <td>2020<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="List_of_biosphere_reserves_in_India">List of biosphere reserves in India</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Biosphere_reserves_of_India&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: List of biosphere reserves in India"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="sortable wikitable"> <caption>Biosphere reserves of India<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </caption> <tbody><tr> <th></th> <th>Year</th> <th>Name</th> <th>Location</th> <th>State</th> <th>Type</th> <th>Key fauna</th> <th>Area (km<sup>2</sup>) </th></tr> <tr> <td>1 </td> <td>1986 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Nilgiri_Biosphere_Reserve" title="Nilgiri Biosphere Reserve">Nilgiri Biosphere Reserve</a></td> <td>Part of <a href="/wiki/Waynad" class="mw-redirect" title="Waynad">Waynad</a>, <a href="/wiki/Nagarhole" class="mw-redirect" title="Nagarhole">Nagarhole</a>, <a href="/wiki/Bandipur_National_Park" title="Bandipur National Park">Bandipur</a> and <a href="/wiki/Mudumalai_National_Park" title="Mudumalai National Park">Mudumalai</a>, <a href="/wiki/Nilambur" title="Nilambur">Nilambur</a>, <a href="/wiki/Silent_Valley_National_Park" title="Silent Valley National Park">Silent Valley</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Karnataka" title="Karnataka">Karnataka</a>, <a href="/wiki/Tamil_Nadu" title="Tamil Nadu">Tamil Nadu</a> and <a href="/wiki/Kerala" title="Kerala">Kerala</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Western_Ghats" title="Western Ghats">Western Ghats</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Nilgiri_tahr" title="Nilgiri tahr">Nilgiri tahr</a>, <a href="/wiki/Tiger" title="Tiger">tiger</a>, <a href="/wiki/Lion-tailed_macaque" title="Lion-tailed macaque">lion-tailed macaque</a></td> <td align="right">5520 </td></tr> <tr> <td>2 </td> <td>1988</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Nanda_Devi_Biosphere_Reserve" class="mw-redirect" title="Nanda Devi Biosphere Reserve">Nanda Devi Biosphere Reserve</a></td> <td>Parts of <a href="/wiki/Chamoli_District" class="mw-redirect" title="Chamoli District">Chamoli District</a>, <a href="/wiki/Pithoragarh_District" class="mw-redirect" title="Pithoragarh District">Pithoragarh District</a> & <a href="/wiki/Bageshwar_District" class="mw-redirect" title="Bageshwar District">Bageshwar District</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Uttarakhand" title="Uttarakhand">Uttarakhand</a></td> <td>Western <a href="/wiki/Himalayas" title="Himalayas">Himalayas</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Snow_leopard" title="Snow leopard">Snow leopard</a>, <a href="/wiki/Himalayan_black_bear" title="Himalayan black bear">Himalayan black bear</a></td> <td align="right">5860 </td></tr> <tr> <td>3 </td> <td>1988</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Nokrek_National_Park" title="Nokrek National Park">Nokrek</a></td> <td>In <a href="/wiki/West_Garo_Hills" class="mw-redirect" title="West Garo Hills">West Garo Hills</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Meghalaya" title="Meghalaya">Meghalaya</a></td> <td><a href="/w/index.php?title=Eastern_hills&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Eastern hills (page does not exist)">Eastern hills</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Red_panda" title="Red panda">Red panda</a></td> <td align="right">820.00  </td></tr> <tr> <td>4 </td> <td>1989</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Gulf_of_Mannar" title="Gulf of Mannar">Gulf of Mannar</a></td> <td>Indian part of <a href="/wiki/Gulf_of_Mannar" title="Gulf of Mannar">Gulf of Mannar</a> extending from <a href="/wiki/Rameswaram" title="Rameswaram">Rameswaram</a> island in the north to <a href="/wiki/Kanyakumari_district" title="Kanyakumari district">Kanyakumari</a> in the south of Tamil Nadu and Sri Lanka</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Tamil_Nadu" title="Tamil Nadu">Tamil Nadu</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Coasts" class="mw-redirect" title="Coasts">Coasts</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Dugong" title="Dugong">Dugong</a></td> <td align="right">10500 </td></tr> <tr> <td>5 </td> <td>1989</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Sundarbans" title="Sundarbans">Sundarbans</a></td> <td>Part of delta of <a href="/wiki/Ganges" title="Ganges">Ganges</a> and <a href="/wiki/Brahmaputra" class="mw-redirect" title="Brahmaputra">Brahmaputra</a> river system</td> <td><a href="/wiki/West_Bengal" title="West Bengal">West Bengal</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Gangetic_Delta" class="mw-redirect" title="Gangetic Delta">Gangetic Delta</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Royal_Bengal_tiger" class="mw-redirect" title="Royal Bengal tiger">Royal Bengal tiger</a></td> <td align="right">9630 </td></tr> <tr> <td>6 </td> <td>1989</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Manas_National_Park" title="Manas National Park">Manas</a></td> <td>Part of <a href="/wiki/Kokrajhar_district" title="Kokrajhar district">Kokrajhar</a>, <a href="/wiki/Bongaigaon_district" title="Bongaigaon district">Bongaigaon</a>, <a href="/wiki/Barpeta_district" title="Barpeta district">Barpeta</a>, <a href="/wiki/Nalbari_district" title="Nalbari district">Nalbari</a>, <a href="/wiki/Kamrup_district" title="Kamrup district">Kamrup</a> and <a href="/wiki/Darrang_District" class="mw-redirect" title="Darrang District">Darrang Districts</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Assam" title="Assam">Assam</a></td> <td><a href="/w/index.php?title=Eastern_Hills&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Eastern Hills (page does not exist)">Eastern Hills</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Asiatic_elephant" class="mw-redirect" title="Asiatic elephant">Asiatic elephant</a>, tiger, <a href="/wiki/Assam_roofed_turtle" title="Assam roofed turtle">Assam roofed turtle</a>, <a href="/wiki/Hispid_hare" title="Hispid hare">hispid hare</a>, <a href="/wiki/Golden_langur" class="mw-redirect" title="Golden langur">golden langur</a>, <a href="/wiki/Pygmy_hog" title="Pygmy hog">pygmy hog</a></td> <td align="right">2837 </td></tr> <tr> <td>7 </td> <td>1989</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Great_Nicobar_Biosphere_Reserve" title="Great Nicobar Biosphere Reserve">Great Nicobar Biosphere Reserve</a></td> <td>Southernmost of the <a href="/wiki/Andaman_and_Nicobar_Islands" title="Andaman and Nicobar Islands">Andaman and Nicobar Islands</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Andaman_and_Nicobar_Islands" title="Andaman and Nicobar Islands">Andaman and Nicobar Islands</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Islands" class="mw-redirect" title="Islands">Islands</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Saltwater_crocodile" title="Saltwater crocodile">Saltwater crocodile</a></td> <td align="right">885 </td></tr> <tr> <td>8 </td> <td>1994</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Similipal_National_Park" class="mw-redirect" title="Similipal National Park">Simlipal</a></td> <td>Part of <a href="/wiki/Mayurbhanj_district" title="Mayurbhanj district">Mayurbhanj district</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Odisha" title="Odisha">Odisha</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Deccan_Peninsula" class="mw-redirect" title="Deccan Peninsula">Deccan Peninsula</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Gaur" title="Gaur">Gaur</a>, <a href="/wiki/Royal_Bengal_tiger" class="mw-redirect" title="Royal Bengal tiger">royal Bengal tiger</a>, <a href="/wiki/Asian_elephant" title="Asian elephant">Asian elephant</a></td> <td align="right">4374 </td></tr> <tr> <td>9 </td> <td>1998</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Dihang-Dibang_Biosphere_Reserve" title="Dihang-Dibang Biosphere Reserve">Dihang-Dibang</a></td> <td>Part of <a href="/wiki/Siang_Valley" class="mw-redirect" title="Siang Valley">Siang</a> and <a href="/wiki/Dibang_Valley" class="mw-redirect" title="Dibang Valley">Dibang Valley</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Arunachal_Pradesh" title="Arunachal Pradesh">Arunachal Pradesh</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Eastern_Himalaya" class="mw-redirect" title="Eastern Himalaya">Eastern Himalaya</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Mishmi_takin" title="Mishmi takin">Mishmi takin</a>, <a href="/wiki/Musk_deer" title="Musk deer">musk deer</a></td> <td align="right">5112 </td></tr> <tr> <td>10 </td> <td>1997</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Dibru-Saikhowa" class="mw-redirect" title="Dibru-Saikhowa">Dibru-Saikhowa</a></td> <td>Part of <a href="/wiki/Dibrugarh_district" title="Dibrugarh district">Dibrugarh</a> and <a href="/wiki/Tinsukia_district" title="Tinsukia district">Tinsukia districts</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Assam" title="Assam">Assam</a></td> <td><a href="/w/index.php?title=Eastern_Hills&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Eastern Hills (page does not exist)">Eastern Hills</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/White-winged_wood_duck" class="mw-redirect" title="White-winged wood duck">White-winged wood duck</a>, <a href="/wiki/Water_buffalo" title="Water buffalo">water buffalo</a>, <a href="/wiki/Black-breasted_parrotbill" title="Black-breasted parrotbill">black-breasted parrotbill</a>, tiger, <a href="/wiki/Capped_langur" title="Capped langur">capped langur</a></td> <td align="right">765 </td></tr> <tr> <td>11 </td> <td>1999</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Pachmarhi_Biosphere_Reserve" title="Pachmarhi Biosphere Reserve">Pachmarhi Biosphere Reserve</a></td> <td>Parts of <a href="/wiki/Betul_District" class="mw-redirect" title="Betul District">Betul District</a>, <a href="/wiki/Hoshangabad_District" class="mw-redirect" title="Hoshangabad District">Hoshangabad District</a> and <a href="/wiki/Chhindwara_District" class="mw-redirect" title="Chhindwara District">Chhindwara District</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Madhya_Pradesh" title="Madhya Pradesh">Madhya Pradesh</a></td> <td><a href="/w/index.php?title=Semi-Arid&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Semi-Arid (page does not exist)">Semi-Arid</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Giant_squirrel" class="mw-redirect" title="Giant squirrel">Giant squirrel</a>, <a href="/wiki/Flying_squirrel" title="Flying squirrel">flying squirrel</a></td> <td align="right">4981.72 </td></tr> <tr> <td>12 </td> <td>2000</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Khangchendzonga_National_Park" title="Khangchendzonga National Park">Khangchendzonga National Park</a></td> <td>Parts of <a href="/wiki/Kangchenjunga" title="Kangchenjunga">Kangchenjunga</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Sikkim" title="Sikkim">Sikkim</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/East_Himalayas" class="mw-redirect" title="East Himalayas">East Himalayas</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Snow_leopard" title="Snow leopard">Snow leopard</a>, <a href="/wiki/Red_panda" title="Red panda">red panda</a></td> <td align="right">2620 </td></tr> <tr> <td>13 </td> <td>2001</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Agasthyamalai_Biosphere_Reserve" class="mw-redirect" title="Agasthyamalai Biosphere Reserve">Agasthyamalai Biosphere Reserve</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Neyyar_Wildlife_Sanctuary" title="Neyyar Wildlife Sanctuary">Neyyar</a>, <a href="/wiki/Peppara" class="mw-redirect" title="Peppara">Peppara</a> and <a href="/wiki/Shenduruny_Wildlife_Sanctuary" class="mw-redirect" title="Shenduruny Wildlife Sanctuary">Shenduruny Wildlife Sanctuary</a>, <a href="/wiki/Kalakkad_Mundanthurai_Tiger_Reserve" title="Kalakkad Mundanthurai Tiger Reserve">Kalakkad Mundanthurai Tiger Reserve</a> and their adjoining areas</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Kerala" title="Kerala">Kerala</a>, <a href="/wiki/Tamil_Nadu" title="Tamil Nadu">Tamil Nadu</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Western_Ghats" title="Western Ghats">Western Ghats</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Nilgiri_tahr" title="Nilgiri tahr">Nilgiri tahr</a>, <a href="/wiki/Asian_elephant" title="Asian elephant">Asian elephant</a></td> <td align="right">3500.08 </td></tr> <tr> <td>14 </td> <td>2005</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Achanakmar-Amarkantak_Biosphere_Reserve" title="Achanakmar-Amarkantak Biosphere Reserve">Achanakmar-Amarkantak Biosphere Reserve</a></td> <td>Part of <a href="/wiki/Anuppur_District" class="mw-redirect" title="Anuppur District">Annupur</a>, <a href="/wiki/Dindori_District" class="mw-redirect" title="Dindori District">Dindori</a> and <a href="/wiki/Bilaspur_District,_Chhattisgarh" class="mw-redirect" title="Bilaspur District, Chhattisgarh">Bilaspur</a> districts</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Madhya_Pradesh" title="Madhya Pradesh">Madhya Pradesh</a>, Chhattisgarh</td> <td><a href="/w/index.php?title=Maikala_Hills&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Maikala Hills (page does not exist)">Maikal Hills</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Four-horned_antelope" title="Four-horned antelope">Four-horned antelope</a>, <a href="/wiki/Indian_wild_dog" class="mw-redirect" title="Indian wild dog">Indian wild dog</a>, <a href="/wiki/Sarus_crane" title="Sarus crane">sarus crane</a>, <a href="/wiki/White-rumped_vulture" title="White-rumped vulture">white-rumped vulture</a>, <a href="/wiki/Raorchestes_sanctisilvaticus" title="Raorchestes sanctisilvaticus">sacred grove bush frog</a></td> <td align="right">3835 </td></tr> <tr> <td>15 </td> <td>2008</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Great_Rann_of_Kutch" title="Great Rann of Kutch">Great Rann of Kutch</a></td> <td>Part of <a href="/wiki/Kutch_district" title="Kutch district">Kutch</a>, <a href="/wiki/Morbi_district" title="Morbi district">Morbi</a>, <a href="/wiki/Surendranagar" class="mw-redirect" title="Surendranagar">Surendranagar</a> and Patan districts; the largest biosphere reserve in India.</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Gujarat" title="Gujarat">Gujarat</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Desert" title="Desert">Desert</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Indian_wild_ass" title="Indian wild ass">Indian wild ass</a></td> <td align="right">12454 </td></tr> <tr> <td>16 </td> <td>2009</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Cold_Desert" class="mw-redirect" title="Cold Desert">Cold Desert</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Pin_Valley_National_Park" title="Pin Valley National Park">Pin Valley National Park</a> and surroundings; Chandratal and Sarchu & Kibber Wildlife Sanctuary</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Himachal_Pradesh" title="Himachal Pradesh">Himachal Pradesh</a></td> <td>Western <a href="/wiki/Himalayas" title="Himalayas">Himalayas</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Snow_leopard" title="Snow leopard">Snow leopard</a></td> <td align="right">7770 </td></tr> <tr> <td>17 </td> <td>2010</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Seshachalam_Hills_biosphere" title="Seshachalam Hills biosphere">Seshachalam Hills biosphere</a></td> <td>Seshachalam Hill Ranges covering parts of Chittoor and Kadapa districts</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Andhra_Pradesh" title="Andhra Pradesh">Andhra Pradesh</a> </td> <td><a href="/w/index.php?title=Eastern_Hills&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Eastern Hills (page does not exist)">Eastern Hills</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Slender_loris" title="Slender loris">Slender loris</a></td> <td align="right">4755.997<sup id="cite_ref-envis_8-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-envis-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td>18 </td> <td>2011<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Panna_National_Park" title="Panna National Park">Panna</a></td> <td>Part of Panna and Chhattarpur districts in Madhya Pradesh</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Madhya_Pradesh" title="Madhya Pradesh">Madhya Pradesh</a> </td> <td>Moist deciduous forest </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Bengal_tiger" title="Bengal tiger">Bengal tiger</a>, <a href="/wiki/Chinkara" title="Chinkara">Chinkara</a>, <a href="/wiki/Nilgai" title="Nilgai">Nilgai</a>, Sambhar <a href="/wiki/Sambar_deer" title="Sambar deer">sambar deer</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Sloth_bear" title="Sloth bear">Sloth bear</a> </td> <td align="right">2998.98<sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Key_fauna">Key fauna</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Biosphere_reserves_of_India&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Key fauna"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable" style="vertical-align:bottom;"> <tbody><tr style="font-weight:bold;"> <th>Name </th> <th>Key fauna </th></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Nilgiri_Biosphere_Reserve" title="Nilgiri Biosphere Reserve">Nilgiri Biosphere Reserve</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Lion-tailed_macaque" title="Lion-tailed macaque">Lion Tailed Macaque</a> (EN), <a href="/wiki/Nilgiri_tahr" title="Nilgiri tahr">Nilgiri Tahr</a> (EN), <a href="/wiki/Indian_giant_squirrel" title="Indian giant squirrel">Malabar Giant Squirrel</a> (LC), <a href="/wiki/Nilgiri_langur" title="Nilgiri langur">Nilgiri Langur</a> (VU) </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Nanda_Devi_National_Park" title="Nanda Devi National Park">Nanda Devi</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Snow_leopard" title="Snow leopard">Snow Leopard</a> (VU), <a href="/wiki/Musk_deer" title="Musk deer">Musk Deer</a> (EN), <a href="/wiki/Bharal" title="Bharal">Bharal</a> Or <a href="/wiki/Bharal" title="Bharal">Blue Sheep</a> (LC) </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Nokrek_National_Park" title="Nokrek National Park">Nokrek</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Red_panda" title="Red panda">Red Panda</a> (EN), <a href="/wiki/Hoolock_gibbon" title="Hoolock gibbon">Hoolock Gibbons</a> (EN), <a href="/wiki/Red_giant_flying_squirrel" title="Red giant flying squirrel">Red Giant Flying Squirrel</a> (LC) </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Great_Nicobar_Biosphere_Reserve" title="Great Nicobar Biosphere Reserve">Great Nicobar</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Dugong" title="Dugong">Dugong</a> (VU), <a href="/wiki/Saltwater_crocodile" title="Saltwater crocodile">Saltwater Crocodile</a> (LC) </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Gulf_of_Mannar_Marine_National_Park" title="Gulf of Mannar Marine National Park">Gulf of Mannar</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Dugong" title="Dugong">Dugong</a> (VU), <a href="/wiki/Olive_ridley_sea_turtle" title="Olive ridley sea turtle">Olive Ridley turtles</a> (VU) </td></tr> <tr> <td>Manas </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Assam_roofed_turtle" title="Assam roofed turtle">Assam Roofed Turtle</a> (EN), <a href="/wiki/Hispid_hare" title="Hispid hare">Hispid Hare</a> (EN), <a href="/wiki/Gee%27s_golden_langur" title="Gee's golden langur">Golden Langur</a> (EN), <a href="/wiki/Pygmy_hog" title="Pygmy hog">Pygmy Hog</a> (EN), <a href="/wiki/Wild_water_buffalo" title="Wild water buffalo">Wild Water Buffalo</a> (EN), <a href="/wiki/Bengal_florican" title="Bengal florican">Bengal florican</a> (CR) </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Sundarbans_National_Park" title="Sundarbans National Park">Sunderbans</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Bengal_tiger" title="Bengal tiger">Royal Bengal Tiger</a> (EN) </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Simlipal_National_Park" title="Simlipal National Park">Simlipal</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Bengal_tiger" title="Bengal tiger">Royal Bengal Tigers</a>, <a href="/wiki/Indian_elephant" title="Indian elephant">Wild Elephants</a> (EN), <a href="/wiki/Gaur" title="Gaur">Gaurs</a> (VU – <a href="/wiki/Gaur" title="Gaur">Indian Bison</a>), <a href="/wiki/Four-horned_antelope" title="Four-horned antelope">Chausingha</a> (VU) </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Dibru-Saikhowa_National_Park" title="Dibru-Saikhowa National Park">Dibru-Saikhowa</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Bengal_tiger" title="Bengal tiger">Bengal Tiger</a>, <a href="/wiki/Clouded_leopard" title="Clouded leopard">Clouded Leopard</a> (VU), <a href="/wiki/South_Asian_river_dolphin" title="South Asian river dolphin">Gangetic Dolphin</a> (EN) </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Dihang-Dibang_Biosphere_Reserve" title="Dihang-Dibang Biosphere Reserve">Dehang-Dibang</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Takin" title="Takin">Takin</a> (VU), <a href="/wiki/Red_panda" title="Red panda">Red Panda</a> (EN) </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Pachmarhi" title="Pachmarhi">Pachmarhi</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Tiger" title="Tiger">Tiger</a>, <a href="/wiki/Gaur" title="Gaur">Gaur</a>, <a href="/wiki/Indian_giant_flying_squirrel" title="Indian giant flying squirrel">Indian Giant Flying Squirrels</a> (LC) </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Khangchendzonga_National_Park" title="Khangchendzonga National Park">Khangchendzonga</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Red_panda" title="Red panda">Red Panda</a> (EN), <a href="/wiki/Snow_leopard" title="Snow leopard">Snow Leopard</a> (VU), <a href="/wiki/Musk_deer" title="Musk deer">Musk Deer</a> (EN), <a href="/wiki/Argali" title="Argali">Great Tibetan Sheep</a> (Argali – NT) </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Agasthyamala_Biosphere_Reserve" title="Agasthyamala Biosphere Reserve">Agasthyamalai</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Nilgiri_tahr" title="Nilgiri tahr">Nilgiri Tahr</a> (EN) </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Achanakmar-Amarkantak_Biosphere_Reserve" title="Achanakmar-Amarkantak Biosphere Reserve">Achanakamar - Amarkantak</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Four-horned_antelope" title="Four-horned antelope">Four Horned Antelope</a> (<a href="/wiki/Four-horned_antelope" title="Four-horned antelope">Chausingha</a> (VU)), <a href="/wiki/Ussuri_dhole" title="Ussuri dhole">Indian Wild Dog</a> (VU) </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Great_Rann_of_Kutch" title="Great Rann of Kutch">Great Rann of Kutch</a> (Kachchh) </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Great_Indian_bustard" title="Great Indian bustard">Great Indian Bustard</a> (CR), <a href="/wiki/Indian_wild_ass" title="Indian wild ass">Indian Wild Ass</a> (NT) </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Cold_Desert_(biosphere_reserve)" title="Cold Desert (biosphere reserve)">Cold Desert</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Snow_leopard" title="Snow leopard">Snow Leopard</a> (VU), <a href="/wiki/Siberian_ibex" title="Siberian ibex">Himalayan Ibex</a> (also referred to as Siberian Ibex – LC) </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Seshachalam_Hills" title="Seshachalam Hills">Seshachalam Hills</a> </td> <td>Red Sanders (NT), <a href="/wiki/Golden_gecko" title="Golden gecko">Golden Gecko</a> (LC – Endemic To Tirumala Hills) </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Panna_National_Park" title="Panna National Park">Panna</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Tiger" title="Tiger">Tiger</a> (EN), <a href="/wiki/Chital" title="Chital">Chital</a> (LC), <a href="/wiki/Chinkara" title="Chinkara">Chinkara</a> (LC), <a href="/wiki/Sambar_deer" title="Sambar deer">Sambar</a> (VU) </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Potential_sites">Potential sites</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Biosphere_reserves_of_India&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Potential sites"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The following is a list of potential sites for <a href="/wiki/Biosphere_Reserve" class="mw-redirect" title="Biosphere Reserve">Biosphere Reserves</a> as selected by Ministry of Forests and Environment:<sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Abujmarh" class="mw-redirect" title="Abujmarh">Abujmarh</a>, Chhattisgarh</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Andaman_and_Nicobar" class="mw-redirect" title="Andaman and Nicobar">Andaman and Nicobar</a>, North Islands</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chintapalle,_Visakhapatnam" class="mw-redirect" title="Chintapalle, Visakhapatnam">Chintapalli</a>, <a href="/wiki/Visakhapatnam" title="Visakhapatnam">Visakhapatnam</a> <a href="/wiki/Andhra_Pradesh" title="Andhra Pradesh">Andhra Pradesh</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kanha_National_Park" class="mw-redirect" title="Kanha National Park">Kanha</a>, Madhya Pradesh</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kovalam" title="Kovalam">Kovalam</a>, Kerala</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lakshadweep_Islands" class="mw-redirect" title="Lakshadweep Islands">Lakshadweep Islands</a>, Lakshadweep</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Little_Rann_of_Kutch" title="Little Rann of Kutch">Little Rann of Kutch</a>, Gujarat</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Phawngpui" title="Phawngpui">Phawngpui</a> (Blue Mountain), <a href="/wiki/Mizoram" title="Mizoram">Mizoram</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Namdapha" class="mw-redirect" title="Namdapha">Namdapha</a>, Arunachal Pradesh</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Singhbhum" class="mw-redirect" title="Singhbhum">Singhbhum</a>, Jharkhand</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tawang" title="Tawang">Tawang</a> and <a href="/wiki/West_Kameng" class="mw-redirect" title="West Kameng">West Kameng</a>, Arunachal Pradesh</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Thar_Desert" title="Thar Desert">Thar Desert</a>, Rajasthan</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tadoba_National_Park" class="mw-redirect" title="Tadoba National Park">Tadoba National Park</a> and <a href="/wiki/Sanjay_Gandhi_National_Park" title="Sanjay Gandhi National Park">Sanjay Gandhi National Park</a>, Maharashtra</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Biosphere_reserves_of_India&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: See also"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Bodhi_Tree" title="Bodhi Tree">Bodhi Tree</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Banyan_trees_in_India" class="mw-redirect" title="List of Banyan trees in India">List of Banyan trees in India</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_national_parks_of_India" title="List of national parks of India">List of national parks of India</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sacred_groves_of_India" title="Sacred groves of India">Sacred groves of India</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sacred_tree" title="Sacred tree">Sacred trees</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wildlife_sanctuaries_of_India" class="mw-redirect" title="Wildlife sanctuaries of India">Wildlife sanctuaries of India</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Biosphere_reserves_of_India&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist .references{font-size:100%;margin-bottom:0;list-style-type:inherit}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-2{column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-3{column-width:25em}.mw-parser-output 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famine</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/India_in_World_War_II" title="India in World War II">World War II</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Partition_of_India" title="Partition of India">Partition</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Republic</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Political_integration_of_India" title="Political integration of India">Integration</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/India_and_the_Non-Aligned_Movement" title="India and the Non-Aligned Movement">Non-Aligned Movement</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Five-Year_Plans_of_India" title="Five-Year Plans of India">Five-Year Plans</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sino-Indian_War" title="Sino-Indian War">Sino-Indian War</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Indo-Pakistani_wars_and_conflicts" title="Indo-Pakistani wars and conflicts">Indo-Pakistani wars</a></li> <li><a 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href="/wiki/History_of_India_(1947%E2%80%93present)" title="History of India (1947–present)">History of India (1947–present)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Economic_liberalisation_in_India" title="Economic liberalisation in India">Economic liberalisation</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pokhran-II" title="Pokhran-II">Pokhran-II</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/COVID-19_pandemic_in_India" title="COVID-19 pandemic in India">COVID-19 pandemic</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks mw-collapsible mw-collapsed navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="col" class="navbox-title" colspan="2"><div id="Geography" style="font-size:114%;margin:0 4em"><a href="/wiki/Geography_of_India" title="Geography of India">Geography</a></div></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Category:Geology_of_India" title="Category:Geology of India">Geology</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Fossil_Parks_of_India" class="mw-redirect" title="Fossil Parks of India">Fossil Parks</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Geology_of_India" title="Geology of India">Geology of India</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Indian_Plate" class="mw-redirect" title="Indian Plate">Indian Plate</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Heritage</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/National_Geological_Monuments_of_India" title="National Geological Monuments of India">National Geological Monuments of India</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sacred_groves_of_India" title="Sacred groves of India">Sacred groves of India</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sacred_mountains#India" title="Sacred mountains">Sacred mountains of India</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/River#Sacred" title="River">Sacred rivers of India</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Stones_of_India" title="Stones of India">Stones of India</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Environment_of_India" title="Environment of India">Environment</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Biogeographic_classification_of_India" title="Biogeographic classification of India">Biogeographic classification</a></li> <li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">Biosphere reserves</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Climate_of_India" title="Climate of India">Climate</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Climate_change_in_India" title="Climate change in India">Climate change</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_earthquakes_in_India" title="List of earthquakes in India">Earthquakes</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_ecoregions_in_India" title="List of ecoregions in India">Ecoregions</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Environmental_issues_in_India" title="Environmental issues in India">Environmental issues</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fauna_of_India" title="Fauna of India">Fauna</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_forests_in_India" title="List of forests in India">Forests</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Flora_of_India" title="Flora of India">Flora</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Geology_of_India" title="Geology of India">Geology</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_national_parks_of_India" title="List of national parks of India">National parks</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Protected_areas_of_India" title="Protected areas of India">Protected areas</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wildlife_of_India" title="Wildlife of India">Wildlife</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_wildlife_sanctuaries_of_India" title="List of wildlife sanctuaries of India">sanctuaries</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Landforms</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_beaches_in_India" title="List of beaches in India">Beaches</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_canals_in_India" title="List of canals in India">Canals</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Coastal_India" title="Coastal India">Coasts</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Thar_Desert" title="Thar Desert">Desert</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Exclusive_economic_zone_of_India" title="Exclusive economic zone of India">ECZ</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_extreme_points_of_India" title="List of extreme points of India">Extreme points</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_glaciers_of_India" class="mw-redirect" title="List of glaciers of India">Glaciers</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Indian_states_and_union_territories_by_highest_point" title="List of Indian states and union territories by highest point">Highest point by states</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_islands_of_India" title="List of islands of India">Islands</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_lakes_of_India" title="List of lakes of India">Lakes</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_mountains_in_India" title="List of mountains in India">Mountains</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_mountain_passes_of_India" title="List of mountain passes of India">Mountain passes</a></li> <li>Plains <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Indo-Gangetic_Plain" title="Indo-Gangetic Plain">Indo-Gangetic</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Eastern_Coastal_Plains" title="Eastern Coastal Plains">Eastern coastal</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Western_Coastal_Plains" title="Western Coastal Plains">Western coastal</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_rivers_of_India" title="List of rivers of India">Rivers</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_valleys_in_India" title="List of valleys in India">Valleys</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_volcanoes_in_India" title="List of volcanoes in India">Volcanoes</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_waterfalls_of_India" class="mw-redirect" title="List of waterfalls of India">Waterfalls</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Administrative_divisions_of_India" title="Administrative divisions of India">Regions</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Central_India" title="Central India">Central</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/East_India" title="East India">East</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/North_India" title="North India">North</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Northwest_India" title="Northwest India">Northwest</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Northeast_India" title="Northeast India">Northeast</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/South_India" title="South India">South</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Southwest_India" class="mw-redirect" title="Southwest India">Southwest</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Southeast_India" class="mw-redirect" title="Southeast India">Southeast</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Western_India" title="Western India">West</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Administrative_divisions_of_India" title="Administrative divisions of India">Subdivisions</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Autonomous_administrative_divisions_of_India" title="Autonomous administrative divisions of India">Autonomous administrative divisions</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Template:Borders_of_India" title="Template:Borders of India">Borders</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_towns_in_India_by_population" title="List of towns in India by population">Towns</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_cities_in_India_by_population" title="List of cities in India by population">Cities</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_districts_in_India" title="List of districts in India">Districts</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Municipal_governance_in_India" title="Municipal governance in India">Municipalities</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/States_and_union_territories_of_India" title="States and union territories of India">States and union territories</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">See also</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Monuments_of_National_Importance_of_India" class="mw-redirect" title="Monuments of National Importance of India">National monuments of India</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_national_parks_of_India" title="List of national parks of India">National parks of India</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nature_worship" title="Nature worship">Nature worship</a> in <a href="/wiki/Indian_religions" title="Indian religions">Indian-origin religions</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/World_Heritage_Sites_in_India" class="mw-redirect" title="World Heritage Sites in India">World Heritage Sites in India</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Culture_of_India" title="Culture of India">Culture of India</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/History_of_India" title="History of India">History of India</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tourism_in_India" title="Tourism in India">Tourism in India</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks mw-collapsible mw-collapsed navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="col" class="navbox-title" colspan="2"><div id="Politics" style="font-size:114%;margin:0 4em"><a href="/wiki/Politics_of_India" title="Politics of India">Politics</a></div></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Government_of_India" title="Government of India">Government</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_agencies_of_the_government_of_India" title="List of agencies of the government of India">Agencies</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Energy_policy_of_India" title="Energy policy of India">Energy policy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Foreign_relations_of_India" title="Foreign relations of India">Foreign relations</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Parliament_of_India" title="Parliament of India">Parliament</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Lok_Sabha" title="Lok Sabha">Lok Sabha</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rajya_Sabha" title="Rajya Sabha">Rajya Sabha</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/President_of_India" title="President of India">President</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vice_President_of_India" title="Vice President of India">Vice President</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Prime_Minister_of_India" title="Prime Minister of India">Prime Minister</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Union_Council_of_Ministers" title="Union Council of Ministers">Union Council of Ministers</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Civil_Services_of_India" title="Civil Services of India">Civil Services</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cabinet_Secretary_(India)" title="Cabinet Secretary (India)">Cabinet Secretary</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/State_governments_of_India" title="State governments of India">State governments</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/State_legislative_assemblies_of_India" title="State legislative assemblies of India">State legislative assemblies</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/State_legislative_councils_of_India" title="State legislative councils of India">State legislative councils</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Governor_(India)" title="Governor (India)">Governors, Lieutenant Governors and Administrators</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chief_minister_(India)" title="Chief minister (India)">Chief Ministers</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chief_secretary_(India)" title="Chief secretary (India)">Chief Secretaries</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Law_of_India" title="Law of India">Law</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Constitution_of_India" title="Constitution of India">Constitution</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Indian_Penal_Code" title="Indian Penal Code">Penal Code</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fundamental_Rights,_Directive_Principles_and_Fundamental_Duties_of_India" title="Fundamental Rights, Directive Principles and Fundamental Duties of India">Fundamental rights, principles and duties</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Human_rights_in_India" title="Human rights in India">Human rights</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/LGBT_rights_in_India" class="mw-redirect" title="LGBT rights in India">LGBT</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Supreme_Court_of_India" title="Supreme Court of India">Supreme Court</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chief_Justice_of_India" title="Chief Justice of India">Chief Justice</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/High_courts_of_India" title="High courts of India">High Courts</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/District_courts_of_India" title="District courts of India">District Courts</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;padding-left:0.5em;padding-right:0.5em;font-weight:normal;"><a href="/wiki/Law_enforcement_in_India" title="Law enforcement in India">Enforcement</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;padding-left:0.5em;padding-right:0.5em;font-weight:normal;">Federal</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Border_Security_Force" title="Border Security Force">Border Security Force (BSF)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Central_Industrial_Security_Force" title="Central Industrial Security Force">Central Industrial Security Force (CISF)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Central_Reserve_Police_Force" title="Central Reserve Police Force">Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Indo-Tibetan_Border_Police" title="Indo-Tibetan Border Police">Indo-Tibetan Border Police (ITBP)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/National_Security_Guard" title="National Security Guard">National Security Guard (NSG)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Railway_Protection_Force" title="Railway Protection Force">Railway Protection Force (RPF)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sashastra_Seema_Bal" title="Sashastra Seema Bal">Sashastra Seema Bal (SSB)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Special_Protection_Group" title="Special Protection Group">Special Protection Group (SPG)</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;padding-left:0.5em;padding-right:0.5em;font-weight:normal;"><a href="/wiki/List_of_Indian_intelligence_agencies" title="List of Indian intelligence agencies">Intelligence</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Bureau_of_Police_Research_and_Development" title="Bureau of Police Research and Development">Bureau of Police Research and Development (BPR&D)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Central_Bureau_of_Investigation" title="Central Bureau of Investigation">Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Directorate_of_Revenue_Intelligence" title="Directorate of Revenue Intelligence">Directorate of Revenue Intelligence (DRI)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Enforcement_Directorate" title="Enforcement Directorate">Enforcement Directorate (ED)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Intelligence_Bureau_(India)" title="Intelligence Bureau (India)">Intelligence Bureau (IB)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/National_Security_Council_(India)" title="National Security Council (India)">Joint Intelligence Committee (JIC)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Narcotics_Control_Bureau" title="Narcotics Control Bureau">Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/National_Investigation_Agency" title="National Investigation Agency">National Investigation Agency (NIA)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Research_and_Analysis_Wing" title="Research and Analysis Wing">Research and Analysis Wing (R&AW)</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Indian_Armed_Forces" title="Indian Armed Forces">Military</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Indian_Army" title="Indian Army">Army</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Indian_Navy" title="Indian Navy">Navy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Indian_Air_Force" title="Indian Air Force">Air Force</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Politics_of_India" title="Politics of India">Politics</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Censorship_in_India" title="Censorship in India">Censorship</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Indian_nationality_law" title="Indian nationality law">Citizenship</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Elections_in_India" title="Elections in India">Elections</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Democracy_in_India" title="Democracy in India">Democracy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Indian_nationalism" title="Indian nationalism">Nationalism</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_political_parties_in_India" title="List of political parties in India">Political parties</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Reservation_in_India" title="Reservation in India">Reservations</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_scandals_in_India" title="List of scandals in India">Scandals</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Scheduled_Castes_and_Scheduled_Tribes" title="Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes">Scheduled groups</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Secularism_in_India" title="Secularism in India">Secularism</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Women%27s_political_participation_in_India" title="Women's political participation in India">Women in politics</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks mw-collapsible mw-collapsed navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="col" class="navbox-title" colspan="2"><div id="Economy" style="font-size:114%;margin:0 4em"><a href="/wiki/Economy_of_India" title="Economy of India">Economy</a></div></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/List_of_companies_of_India" title="List of companies of India">Companies</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/BSE_SENSEX" title="BSE SENSEX">BSE SENSEX</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/NIFTY_50" title="NIFTY 50">NIFTY 50</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Governance</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Ministry_of_Finance_(India)" title="Ministry of Finance (India)">Ministry of Finance</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Minister_of_Finance_(India)" title="Minister of Finance (India)">Finance ministers</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ministry_of_Commerce_and_Industry_(India)" title="Ministry of Commerce and Industry (India)">Ministry of Commerce and Industry</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Finance_Commission" title="Finance Commission">Finance Commission</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Economic_Advisory_Council" title="Economic Advisory Council">Economic Advisory Council</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Central_Statistics_Office_(India)" title="Central Statistics Office (India)">Central Statistical Office</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Securities_and_Exchange_Board_of_India" title="Securities and Exchange Board of India">Securities and Exchange Board of India</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Enforcement_Directorate" title="Enforcement Directorate">Enforcement Directorate</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/External_debt_of_India" title="External debt of India">External debt</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Foreign_trade_of_India" title="Foreign trade of India">Foreign trade</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Foreign_direct_investment_in_India" title="Foreign direct investment in India">Foreign direct investment</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Foreign-exchange_reserves_of_India" title="Foreign-exchange reserves of India">Foreign exchange reserves</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Remittances_to_India" title="Remittances to India">Remittances</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Taxation_in_India" title="Taxation in India">Taxation</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Subsidies_in_India" title="Subsidies in India">Subsidies</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Industrial_licensing_in_India" title="Industrial licensing in India">Industrial licensing</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/National_Voluntary_Guidelines_on_Social,_Environmental_and_Economic_Responsibilities_of_Business" title="National Voluntary Guidelines on Social, Environmental and Economic Responsibilities of Business">Voluntary guidelines</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/NITI_Aayog" title="NITI Aayog">NITI Aayog</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Make_in_India" title="Make in India">Make in India</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Atmanirbhar_Bharat" title="Atmanirbhar Bharat">Atmanirbhar Bharat</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Currency</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Indian_rupee" title="Indian rupee">Indian rupee</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Indian_rupee_sign" title="Indian rupee sign">Sign</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/History_of_the_rupee" title="History of the rupee">History</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Exchange_rate_history_of_the_Indian_rupee" title="Exchange rate history of the Indian rupee">Historical Forex</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Digital_rupee" title="Digital rupee">Digital rupee</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Coinage_of_India" title="Coinage of India">Coinage</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Indian_paisa" title="Indian paisa">Paisa</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Reserve_Bank_of_India" title="Reserve Bank of India">Reserve Bank of India</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_governors_of_the_Reserve_Bank_of_India" title="List of governors of the Reserve Bank of India">Governor</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/India_Government_Mint" title="India Government Mint">Mint</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Inflation_in_India" title="Inflation in India">Inflation</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Financial services</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Banking_in_India" title="Banking in India">Banking</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Insurance_in_India" title="Insurance in India">Insurance</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Multi_Commodity_Exchange" title="Multi Commodity Exchange">Multi Commodity Exchange</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/The_Gold_(Control)_Act,_1968" title="The Gold (Control) Act, 1968">Bullion</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Indian_black_money" title="Indian black money">Black money</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Bombay_Stock_Exchange" title="Bombay Stock Exchange">Bombay</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/National_Stock_Exchange_of_India" title="National Stock Exchange of India">National</a></li></ul></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Economic_history_of_India" title="Economic history of India">History</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Economic_impact_of_the_COVID-19_pandemic_in_India" title="Economic impact of the COVID-19 pandemic in India">COVID-19 impact</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Economic_development_in_India" title="Economic development in India">Economic development</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Economic_liberalisation_in_India" title="Economic liberalisation in India">Liberalisation</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Licence_Raj" title="Licence Raj">Licence Raj</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Green_Revolution_in_India" title="Green Revolution in India">Green revolution</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_schemes_of_the_government_of_India" title="List of schemes of the government of India">Government initiatives</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Indian_numbering_system" title="Indian numbering system">Numbering system</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">People</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Indians_by_net_worth" title="List of Indians by net worth">By net worth</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Demographics_of_India" title="Demographics of India">Demography</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Income_in_India" title="Income in India">Income</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Poverty_in_India" title="Poverty in India">Poverty</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Indian_labour_law" title="Indian labour law">Labour law</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pensions_in_India" title="Pensions in India">Pensions</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Employees%27_Provident_Fund_Organisation" title="Employees' Provident Fund Organisation">EPFO</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/National_Pension_Scheme" class="mw-redirect" title="National Pension Scheme">NPS</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Public_Provident_Fund_(India)" title="Public Provident Fund (India)">PPF</a></li></ul></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">States</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Economy_of_Andhra_Pradesh" title="Economy of Andhra Pradesh">Andhra Pradesh</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Economy_of_Assam" title="Economy of Assam">Assam</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Economy_of_Bihar" title="Economy of Bihar">Bihar</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Economy_of_Delhi" title="Economy of Delhi">Delhi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Economy_of_Goa" class="mw-redirect" title="Economy of Goa">Goa</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Economy_of_Gujarat" title="Economy of Gujarat">Gujarat</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Economy_of_Haryana" title="Economy of Haryana">Haryana</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Economy_of_Himachal_Pradesh" title="Economy of Himachal Pradesh">Himachal Pradesh</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Economy_of_Jammu_and_Kashmir" class="mw-redirect" title="Economy of Jammu and Kashmir">Jammu and Kashmir</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Economy_of_Jharkhand" class="mw-redirect" title="Economy of Jharkhand">Jharkhand</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Economy_of_Karnataka" title="Economy of Karnataka">Karnataka</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Economy_of_Kerala" title="Economy of Kerala">Kerala</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Economy_of_Ladakh" class="mw-redirect" title="Economy of Ladakh">Ladakh</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Economy_of_Madhya_Pradesh" title="Economy of Madhya Pradesh">Madhya Pradesh</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Economy_of_Maharashtra" title="Economy of Maharashtra">Maharashtra</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Economy_of_Mizoram" title="Economy of Mizoram">Mizoram</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Economy_of_Odisha" title="Economy of Odisha">Odisha</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Economy_of_Punjab,_India" title="Economy of Punjab, India">Punjab</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Economy_of_Rajasthan" title="Economy of Rajasthan">Rajasthan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Economy_of_Tamil_Nadu" title="Economy of Tamil Nadu">Tamil Nadu</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Economy_of_Telangana" title="Economy of Telangana">Telangana</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Economy_of_Uttarakhand" title="Economy of Uttarakhand">Uttarakhand</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Economy_of_Uttar_Pradesh" title="Economy of Uttar Pradesh">Uttar Pradesh</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Economy_of_West_Bengal" title="Economy of West Bengal">West Bengal</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Sectors</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Agriculture_in_India" title="Agriculture in India">Agriculture</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Animal_husbandry_in_India" title="Animal husbandry in India">Livestock</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fishing_in_India" title="Fishing in India">Fishing</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Automotive_industry_in_India" title="Automotive industry in India">Automotive</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chemical_industry_in_India" title="Chemical industry in India">Chemical</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Construction_industry_of_India" title="Construction industry of India">Construction</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Defence_industry_of_India" title="Defence industry of India">Defence</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Education_in_India" title="Education in India">Education</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Energy_in_India" title="Energy in India">Energy</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Electricity_sector_in_India" title="Electricity sector in India">Electricity</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Nuclear_power_in_India" title="Nuclear power in India">Nuclear</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Oil_and_gas_industry_in_India" title="Oil and gas industry in India">Oil and gas</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Solar_power_in_India" title="Solar power in India">Solar</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wind_power_in_India" title="Wind power in India">Wind</a></li></ul></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Electronics_and_semiconductor_manufacturing_industry_in_India" title="Electronics and semiconductor manufacturing industry in India">Electronics and semiconductor</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Entertainment_industry_in_India" class="mw-redirect" title="Entertainment industry in India">Entertainment</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Forestry_in_India" title="Forestry in India">Forestry</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gambling_in_India" title="Gambling in India">Gambling</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Healthcare_in_India" title="Healthcare in India">Healthcare</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_hospitals_in_India" title="List of hospitals in India">Hospitals</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Information_technology_in_India" title="Information technology in India">Information technology</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Media_of_India" class="mw-redirect" title="Media of India">Media</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Cinema_of_India" title="Cinema of India">Cinema</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/FM_broadcasting_in_India" title="FM broadcasting in India">FM Radio</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Television_in_India" title="Television in India">Television</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Printing_industry_in_India" title="Printing industry in India">Printing</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mining_in_India" title="Mining in India">Mining</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Coal_in_India" title="Coal in India">Coal</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Iron_and_steel_industry_in_India" title="Iron and steel industry in India">Iron and Steel</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pharmaceutical_industry_in_India" title="Pharmaceutical industry in India">Pharmaceuticals</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pulp_and_paper_industry_in_India" title="Pulp and paper industry in India">Pulp and paper</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Retailing_in_India" title="Retailing in India">Retail</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Science_and_technology_in_India" title="Science and technology in India">Science and technology</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Biotechnology_in_India" title="Biotechnology in India">Biotechnology</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Space_industry_of_India" title="Space industry of India">Space</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Telecommunications_in_India" title="Telecommunications in India">Telecommunications</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Textile_industry_in_India" title="Textile industry in India">Textiles</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tourism_in_India" title="Tourism in India">Tourism</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Transport_in_India" title="Transport in India">Transport</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Aviation_in_India" title="Aviation in India">Aviation</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Civil_aviation_in_India" title="Civil aviation in India">Civil</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_ports_in_India" title="List of ports in India">Ports</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rail_transport_in_India" title="Rail transport in India">Rail</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Roads_in_India" title="Roads in India">Roads</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_electricity_organisations_in_India" title="List of electricity organisations in India">Electricity</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Water_supply_and_sanitation_in_India" title="Water supply and sanitation in India">Water</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Power_sector_in_India" class="mw-redirect" title="Power sector in India">Power</a></li></ul></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Regulator</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Insurance_Regulatory_and_Development_Authority" title="Insurance Regulatory and Development Authority">IRDAI</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Reserve_Bank_of_India" title="Reserve Bank of India">RBI</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/SEBI" class="mw-redirect" title="SEBI">SEBI</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Insolvency_and_Bankruptcy_Board_of_India" title="Insolvency and Bankruptcy Board of India">IBBI</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pension_Fund_Regulatory_and_Development_Authority" title="Pension Fund Regulatory and Development Authority">PFRDA</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Other</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/National_Company_Law_Tribunal" title="National Company Law Tribunal">NCLT</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/National_Company_Law_Appellate_Tribunal" title="National Company Law Appellate Tribunal">NCLAT</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Board_for_Industrial_and_Financial_Reconstruction" title="Board for Industrial and Financial Reconstruction">BIFR</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Insolvency_and_Bankruptcy_Board_of_India" title="Insolvency and Bankruptcy Board of India">IBBI</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Insolvency_and_Bankruptcy_Code,_2016" title="Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code, 2016">IBC</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Securitisation_and_Reconstruction_of_Financial_Assets_and_Enforcement_of_Security_Interest_Act,_2002" title="Securitisation and Reconstruction of Financial Assets and Enforcement of Security Interest Act, 2002">SARFESI Act</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Income-tax_Act,_1961" class="mw-redirect" title="Income-tax Act, 1961">Income Tax Act</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Companies_Act,_2013" class="mw-redirect" title="Companies Act, 2013">Companies Act</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Banking_Regulation_Act,_1949" title="Banking Regulation Act, 1949">Banking Act</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Insurance_Act,_1938" title="Insurance Act, 1938">Insurance Act</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Foreign_Exchange_Management_Act" title="Foreign Exchange Management Act">FEMA</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mumbai_Consensus" title="Mumbai Consensus">Mumbai Consensus</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks mw-collapsible mw-collapsed navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="col" class="navbox-title" colspan="2"><div id="Society_and_culture" style="font-size:114%;margin:0 4em"><div class="hlist"><ul><li>Society and <a href="/wiki/Culture_of_India" title="Culture of India">culture</a></li></ul></div></div></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Society</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Caste_system_in_India" title="Caste system in India">Caste system</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Corruption_in_India" title="Corruption in India">Corruption</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Crime_in_India" title="Crime in India">Crime</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Demographics_of_India" title="Demographics of India">Demographics</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Indian_people" title="Indian people">Indians</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Education_in_India" title="Education in India">Education</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_universities_in_India" title="List of universities in India">Universities in India</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_medical_colleges_in_India" title="List of medical colleges in India">Medical colleges in India</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_law_schools_in_India" title="List of law schools in India">Law colleges in India</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Engineering_education_in_India" title="Engineering education in India">Engineering colleges in India</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ethnic_relations_in_India" title="Ethnic relations in India">Ethnic relations</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Health_in_India" title="Health in India">Health</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Languages_of_India" title="Languages of India">Languages</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Indian_states_by_life_expectancy_at_birth" title="List of Indian states by life expectancy at birth">Life expectancy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Literacy_in_India" title="Literacy in India">Literacy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Poverty_in_India" title="Poverty in India">Poverty</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Prisons_in_India" title="Prisons in India">Prisons</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Religion_in_India" title="Religion in India">Religion</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Social_issue#India" title="Social issue">Socio-economic issues</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Standard_of_living_in_India" title="Standard of living in India">Standard of living</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Water_supply_and_sanitation_in_India" title="Water supply and sanitation in India">Water supply and sanitation</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Women_in_India" title="Women in India">Women</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sexuality_in_India" title="Sexuality in India">Sexuality</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Youth_in_India" title="Youth in India">Youth</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Culture_of_India" title="Culture of India">Culture</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Arts_and_entertainment_in_India" title="Arts and entertainment in India">Arts and entertainment</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Architecture_of_India" title="Architecture of India">Architecture</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Indian_blogosphere" title="Indian blogosphere">Blogging</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cinema_of_India" title="Cinema of India">Cinema</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Indian_comics" title="Indian comics">Comics</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Webcomics_in_India" title="Webcomics in India">Webcomics</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Indian_cuisine" title="Indian cuisine">Cuisine</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Indian_wine" title="Indian wine">wine</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Indian_classical_dance" title="Indian classical dance">Dance</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Clothing_in_India" title="Clothing in India">Dress</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Folklore_of_India" title="Folklore of India">Folklore</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_festivals_in_India" title="List of 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