Lifelines of National Economy Test - 11

According to GSMA (Global System for Mobile Communications Association) Intelligence’s 2015 operator rankings, China Mobile had 886 million connections at the end of 2015 compared with Vodafone’s 461 million. The China giant, with networks in China and Pakistan, had revenue of £69.4 billion last year, while Vodafone’s turnover was £40.2 billion.

Roads linking a state capital with different district headquarters are known as State Highways. These roads are constructed and maintained by the State Public Works Department (PWD) in State and Union Territories. 

 

1. National Highway 8 (NH 8) is a 4-lane (6-lane in most parts of Gujarat and between Delhi-Jaipur) National Highway in India.
2. It connects the national capital Delhi to the financial capital Mumbai, as well as important cities Gurgaon, Jaipur, Ajmer, Udaipur, Ahmedabad, Vadodara, surat and Khedia. 
3. Under the new numbering, it has become part of the NH48.

 

Kandla port is in Gujarat and was the first port developed soon after Independence to ease the volume of trade on the Mumbai port, when we lost Karachi port to Pakistan after partition.

• Railways were first introduced to India in the year 1853from Mumbai to Thane
• Indian Railways Nationalized in 1951
• The country’s first railway, built by the Great Indian Peninsula Railway
• The Indian railway system is the largest in Asia and fourth in the world based on rail transport network size after the USA, China, and Russia
• It is a single undertaking in the country
• It has the second biggest electrified system in the world after Russia
• The number of stations at present is in between 8000 to 8500
• The total length of the Indian railway is 115,000 km
• At present Indian railway have 9549 locomotives 55,339 passenger services  vehicle 6560 other coaching vehicles and 239321 wagons
• Indian Railways is divided into 17 zones, which are further sub-divided into 68 divisions
• Each zone is headed by a general manager.

National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) was constituted by an Act of Parliament, namely the National Highways Authority of India Act , 1988, to develop, maintain and manage the National Highways vested or entrusted to it by the Central Government. It became operational in February, 1995.

Railways were first introduced to India in 1853, when a line was constructed from Mumbai to Thane covering a distance of 34 km.

Pradhan Mnatri Gram Sadak Yojna (PMGSY) or the Prime Minister's Rural Roads Scheme was launched in December 2000 by the Government of India to provide connectivity to rural areas as part of a poverty eradication measure.

National Highway 7 or NH 7, is major North-South National Highway in India that runs through the states of Uttar Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka, and Tamil Nadu. NH-7 was laid and is maintained by Central Public Works Department (CPWD). This highway starts from the area Hyderabad Gate in Varanasi and ends Near Kanyakumari Railway Station with junction of Tamil Nadu State highway no. 179.