General Figures

• India lost $123 million in black money during 2001-2010 , a US based organisation said.But China lost $2.74 trillion in the same period.
• India 2012 :
  Repo rate unchanged at 8 percent.Reverse repo stays at 7 percent.Cash reserve ratio stays at 4.25 percent.
• 3rd quarter Monetary policy of RBI : Repo rate : 7.75 % and CRR = 4%
• For 2011-12 : 

Agriculture

ChickPea(चना )

• Second largest cultivated grain food legume in the world.
• Cultivated in about 11.5 million hectares mostly by resource poor farmers in the semi-arid tropics
• India is the largest producer of chickpea.
• Important from both commercial as well as nutritional point of view for India as it provides cheap and rich source of protein which can address the problem protein malnutrition.
• Legumes are notable in that most of them have symbiotic nitrogen-fixing bacteria in structures called root nodules.

Legume Crops

• Legumes are grown agriculturally, primarily for their food grain seed (e.g. beans and lentils, or generally pulse), for livestock forage and silage, and as soil-enhancing green manure
• Provide proteins
• Legumes are notable in that most of them have symbiotic nitrogen-fixing bacteria in structures called root nodules
• Well-known legumes include alfalfa, clover, peas, beans, lentils(masoor pulse), lupins, mesquite, carob, soybeans, peanuts and the woody climbing vine wisteria