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1. The Largest Producer of Cotton in the World : China2. The Largest Producer of Wheat in the World : China3. The Largest Producer of Gold in the World : China4. The Largest Producer of Rice in the World : China5. The Largest producer of Tobacco in World : China6. The Largest Producer of Tea in the World : China7. The Largest Producer of Aluminum in the World : China8. The Largest Producer of Steel in the World : China9. The Largest producer of Cement in World : China10. The Largest Producer of Milk in the world: India11. The Largest producer of Butter & Ghee in World : India12. The Largest producer of groundnut in World :India13. The Largest Cattle production in World : India14. The Largest producer of Automobiles in World : USA15. The Largest Producer of Coffee in the World : Brazil16. The Largest Producer of Sugar in the World : Brazil17. The Largest Producer of Rubber in the World : Thailand18. The Largest Producer of Silver in the World : Peru19. The Largest Producer of Copper in the World : Chile20. The Largest producer of Mercury in World : Spain21. The Largest producer of Uranium in World : Canada

Limit of FDI inflows in various sectors in India:1. Defense: 26%.2. Insurance: 49%.3. PSU: 49%4. Single brand Retail: 51%.5. Telecom: 74%.6. Private Banking: 74%.7. Civil Aviation: 74%.8. Power: 100%.9. Education: 100%.10. Hospitals: 100%11. Trading Companies: 100%.12. Housing & Real Estate: 100%.13. Drugs & Pharmaceuticals: 100%.14. Roads, Highways, Ports & Harbors: 100%.15. Pollution Control: 100%.16. Call Centers & BPOs: 100%.17. Small scale industries: 100%.

18. Oil Exploration: 100%.19. Hotel & Tourism: 100%.

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State Chief minster Political party governor

Andhra Pradesh Konijeti Rosaiah Indian National Congress E.S.L. Narsihmhan

Arunachal Pradesh

Dorjee Khandu Indian National Congress Joginder Jaswant Singh

Assam Tarun Kumar Gogoi Indian National Congress J.B.Patnaik

Bihar Nitish kumar Janata Dal (United) Devanand Konwar

Chhattisgarh Raman Singh Bharatiya Janata Party Mohsina Kidwai

Delhi† Sheila Dikshit Indian National Congress

Goa Digambar Kamat Indian National Congress Shivinder Singh Sidhu

Gujarat Narendra Modi Bharatiya Janata Party Smt kamla

Haryana Bhupinder Singh Hooda

Indian National Congress Jagannath Pahadia

Himachal Pradesh

Prem Kumar Dhumal Bharatiya Janata Party Urmila Singh

Jammu and Kashmir

Omar Abdullah Jammu & Kashmir National Conference

Narinder Nath Vohra

Jharkhand Shibu soren Jharkhand mukti morcha M O H Farook

Karnataka B. S. Yeddyurappa Bharatiya Janata Party Hans Raj Bhardwaj

Kerala V. S. Achuthanandan Communist Party of India (Marxist)

R S Gavai

Madhya Pradesh Shivraj Singh Chauhan

Bharatiya Janata Party Rameshwar Thakur

Maharashtra Ashok Chavan Indian National Congress K.Shankaranarayan

Manipur Okram Ibobi Singh Indian National Congress Gurbachan Jagat

Meghalaya D.D. lapang Indian National Congress Ranjit Shekhar Mooshahary

Mizoram Lal Thanhawla Indian National Congress Lt. Gen. M.M. Lakhera

Nagaland Neiphiu Rio Nagaland People's Front Nikhil Kumar

Orissa Naveen Patnaik Biju Janata Dal Murlidhar Chandrakant Bhandare

Pondicherry† V. Vaithilingam Indian National Congress Iqbal sing

Punjab Parkash Singh Badal Shiromani Akali Dal Shivraj Patel

Rajasthan Ashok Gehlot Indian National Congress Prabha Rao

Sikkim Pawan Kumar Chamling

Sikkim Democratic Front Balmiki Prasad Singh

Tamil Nadu M Karunanidhi Dravida Munnettra Kazhagam Surjit Singh Barnala

Tripura Manik Sarkar Communist Party of India (Marxist)

D.Y.Patil

Uttarakhand Ramesh Pokhriyal Bharatiya Janata Party Margaret Alva

Uttar Pradesh Mayawati Bahujan Samaj Party Banwari Lal Joshi

West Bengal Buddhadeb Bhattacharya

Communist Party of India (Marxist)

M.K Narayanan

The main highlights of the 2010-11 railway budget include: -- No increase in passenger fares -- Rs.100 reduction in freight per wagon for fertilisers and kerosene -- Free travel for cancer patients in 3rd AC classes -- Cost-sharing in public-private-partnership (PPP) mode in some gauge-conversion projects -- Further extension of Kolkata Metro on priority basis; stations to be named after Bahadur Shah Zafar, Tagore family -- Karmabhoomi trains to be introduced for migrant labour -- New Janmabhoomi train between Ahmedabad and Udhampur -- Special "Bharat Teertha" train to be run around India to commemorate Rabindranath Tagore's 150th birth anniversary -- Railway line to be extended from Bilaspur in Himachal Pradesh to Leh in Jammu and Kashmir -- Andaman and Nicobar Islands to get railway line from Port Blair to Diglipur -- Sikkim capital Gangtok to be connected by rail from Rangpo -- 2011 being 150th anniversary of Rabindranath Tagore, special train to be run from West Bengal to Bangladesh -- Gross earnings in 2009-10 estimated at Rs.88,281 crore -- Working expenditure in 2009-10 estimated at Rs.83,440 crore -- Expenses during 2010-11 estimated at Rs.87,100 crore -- Thrust on expansion in 2010-11 with allocation of Rs.4,411 crore -- Kashmir rail link to be extended to Sopore in the north of the valley -- Net profit of Rs.1,328 crore in 2009-10 -- 10 automobile ancillary hubs to be created -- Twenty-two million energy saving CFLs for lighting distributed already -- Policy decision to employ one member of family whose land is requisitioned for railway projects -- North-south, east-west dedicated freight corridors to be created -- Construction of high-speed passenger rail corridors envisaged -- More multi-functional hospitals to be set up -- Educational facilities to be set up for children of 80,000 women families -- Special facilities to be established for gangmen -- Insurance facilities for licensed porters as part of railway's corporate social responsibility -- Centre for railway research to be established with Indian Institutes of Technology and Defence Research and Development Organisation -- Will involve unions in policy making -- Integral Coach Factory Chennai to be further modernised -- New wagon repair shop in Mumbai -- Design, development and testing centre for railway wheels at Bangalore -- Within five years, all unmanned level crossings to be manned -- Construction of more underpasses, besides road overbridges -- Greater coordination with state governments to protect railway property -- Security of women passengers to be improved -- Ex-servicemen to be employed in Railway Protection Force -- Five sports academies to be set up -- Astroturf to be provided for development of hockey -- Employment opportunities for sports persons -- Railways to be lead partner for Commonwealth Games -- Special drive to increase passenger amenities -- Upgrade of 94 stations -- Six new drinking water bottling plants in PPP mode -- Modern toilets at railway stations -- More ticketing centres to help the public -- Acquisition of cutting edge safety technology -- 1,000 route km to be created -- Special task force for clearing investment proposals in 100 days -- New business model to be created -- No privatisation of railways -- But greater participation of private sector -- 117 of 120 new trains for current fiscal to be flagged off