3. INTRODUCTION ON SIKKIM
• Sikkim is a state in northeast India, bordered by Bhutan, Tibet and Nepal. Part of the Himalayas, the area has a
dramatic landscape that includes India’s highest mountain, 8,586m Kangchenjunga. Sikkim is also home to glaciers,
alpine meadows and thousands of varieties of wildflowers. Steep paths lead to hilltop Buddhist monasteries such as
Pemayangtse, which dates to the early 1700s.
4. INTRODUCTION ON DELHI
• Delhi, city and national capital territory, north-central India. The city of Delhi actually consists of two
components: Old Delhi, in the north, the historic city; and New Delhi, in the south, since 1947 the
capital of India, built in the first part of the 20th century as the capital of British India.
6. COMPOSITION OF ECONOMY
Sikkim
The state's economy is
largely agrarian based on the
terraced farming of rice and
the cultivation of crops such
as maize, millet, wheat,
barley, oranges, tea, and
cardamom. Sikkim produces
more cardamom than any
other Indian state and is
home to the largest
cultivated area of
cardamom.
Delhi
The economy of Delhi is
the 13th largest among states
and union territories of India.
The nominal GSDP of the NCT
of Delhi for 2017-18 was
estimated at ₹6.86 lakh
crore (US$96 billion) recording
an annual growth of 8.1%.
Growth rate in 2014-15 was
9.2%.In 2017-18, the tertiary
sector contributed 85% of
Delhi's GSDP followed by
the secondary and primary secto
rs at 12% and 3% respectively.
The services sector recorded an
annual growth of 7.3%.
7. CLIMATE CHANGES
Sikkim
Climate change is one of the
major environmental threats
facing the world. Studies have
shown that Indian sub-continent is
likely to experience a warming of
over 3-5°C, increased flood and
drought frequency and intensity
Delhi
The climate of Delhi is an overlap between
monsoon-influenced humid subtropical
(Köppen climate classification Cwa) and
semi-arid (Köppen climate classification
BSh), with high variation between summer
and winter temperatures and precipitation.
... Delhi is notorious for its heavy fogs and
haze during the winter season
8. BIRTH RATE
Sikkim
Child population forms 10.77
percent of total rural population. In
rural areas of Sikkim, literacy
rate for males and female stood at
84.62 % and 62.97 %.
Average literacy rate in Sikkim for
rural areas was 78.95 percent. Total
literates in rural areas were 321,930
Delhi
• 16.4 births per 1000
inhabitants
• In 2015, birth rate for NCT of
Delhi was 16.4 births per
1000 inhabitants. Birth rate
of NCT of Delhi fell gradually
from 18.1 births per 1000
inhabitants in 2009 to 16.4
births per 1000 inhabitants
in 2015.