India is the second most populous country and seventh largest country by area. It has the fourth highest GDP in the world. India has a national government and 29 states along with 7 union territories. It has over 82,000 newspapers in circulation and 798 TV stations and 245 private radio stations. The literacy rate is 62.8% and only 3.2% of GDP is spent on education, with over 61 million internet users. The Indian constitution protects certain fundamental rights regarding freedom of speech and expression.
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1. -India is the 2nd most populated
country on the planet.
-7th largest country in the
world
- 4th highest GPD (ppp) in the
world
8. One of the objects of a newspaper is to understand
popular feeling and to give expression to it; another
is to arouse among the people certain desirable
sentiments; and the third is fearlessly to expose
popular defects. Mahatma Gandhi
10. PART III
FUNDAMENTAL RIGHTS
Right to Freedom
19. Protection of certain rights
regarding freedom of speech, etc.-
(1) All citizens shall have the right-
(a) to freedom of speech and
expression;
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