Economy of Uttarakhand

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How Economy of Uttarakhand connects to the ideas, people and events around it.

1. Uttarakhand

   Uttarakhand, is a state in northern India. It shares international boundaries with Tibet to the north and Nepal to the east, while the Indian states of Himachal Pradesh and Uttar Pradesh are the states that border it to the west and south, respectively.

2. Reserve Bank of India

   The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) is the central bank of the Republic of India and the regulatory organisation for the Indian banking & financial system and Indian currency.

3. Basmati

   Basmati is a variety of long, slender-grained aromatic rice which originates from the Indian subcontinent, mainly in the regions of Haryana, Punjab, Sindh and many other states and provinces of India, Pakistan and Nepal.

4. Vegetable oil

   Vegetable oils, or vegetable fats, are oils extracted from seeds or from other parts of edible plants. Like animal fats, vegetable fats are mixtures of triglycerides.

5. Food processing

   Food processing is the transformation of agricultural products into food, or of one form of food into other forms.

6. Watt

   The watt is the unit of power or radiant flux in the International System of Units (SI), equal to 1 joule per second or 1 kg⋅m2⋅s−3. It is used to quantify the rate of energy transfer.

7. Haridwar

   Haridwar is a city and municipal corporation in the Haridwar district of Uttarakhand, India. With a population of 228,832 according to 2011 census, it is the second-largest city in the state and the largest in the district.

8. Pantnagar

   Pantnagar is a town and a university campus in Udham Singh Nagar District, Uttarakhand. Nainital, Kashipur, Rudrapur, Kiccha, Lalkuan, Shaktifarm and Haldwani are the major cities surrounding Pantnagar.

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