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Introductory Research on South Asia : Governmental Information

Indian Statistics

Indiastat.com provides socio-economic statistical data primarily from Indian government sources in electronic formats (both HTML and Excel files). Data includes statistics on demographics, health, higher education, agricultural and industrial production information, economic statistics, etc. Information from specific sectors such as bank and financial institutions, companies, co-operatives, crime and law, population, foreign trade, labor and workforce, housing, media, power, and transportion are also included.

Governmental Information

Governments on the WWW provides comprehensive lists of websites from South Asian governments:

Bangladesh
India , including

Doordarshan
Election Commission of India
Indian Parliament
Ministry of Finance
Ministry of Home Affairs , including the Census
National Human Rights Commission
Supreme Court of India

Nepal
Pakistan , including:

Lahore High Court
National Commission on Status of Women

Sri Lanka

The U.S. Government also publishes information about South Asia online:

CIA Factbooks: Afghanistan , Bhutan , India , Nepal , Pakistan , Sri Lanka .
LC Country Studies: Bhutan , India , Nepal , Pakistan , Sri Lanka .

Subject Guide

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Todd Michelson-Ambelang
Librarian for Scandinavian Humanities and South Asia; Liaison to the Center for the Humanities and Institute for Research in the Humanities; GLS ADA Accessibility Liaison for Public Services
Contact:
Memorial Library, 416
728 State Street
Madison, WI 53706
(608) 262-3475