Lifelines of National Economy Test - 12

Special arrangements exist in all major cities for expeditious delivery of local mail through this system. Unregistered first-class mail emanating from a town and meant for delivery within that town are delivered the next day of posting. Green coloured letter boxes are installed at selected post offices for local mail.

Indian Postal service  with 155333 post offices is the most widely distributed post office system in the world.

A state-owned enterprise in India is called a public sector undertaking (PSU) or a public sector enterprise. Those companies are owned by the union government of India or one of the many state or territorial governments or both.  The indian railway is the largest public sector in the country.

National Highway 7 is renamed as National Highway 44, The 2,369 km long road is the longest National Highway of India and one of the major road network between south and north India. The National Highway 44 cross 6 Indian states and connects major Indian cities like Varanasi,Nagpur, Hyderabad,Bangalore and Madurai. Some of the part of NH7 or NH44 is selected as North-South Corridor and Golden Quadrilateral highway projects.

Kandla in Kuchchh was the first port developed soon after Independence to ease the volume of trade on the Mumbai port, in the wake of loss of Karachi port to Pakistan after the Partition. Kandla is a tidal port. 

At present, it is one of the largest and busiest railway networks in the world, transporting over 1.8 crore passengers and more than 20 lakh tonnes of freight daily. It is the world's largest employer, with more than 14 lakh employees. 

Kerala has the highest road density in India followed by Tripura. Kerala has a road network of 5,268.69 km per 1,000 sq km.

North-South corridor would connect Srinagar in Jammu and Kashmir with Kanyakumari in Tamil Nadu with a 4,076 km long road. The major objective of these Super Highways is to reduce the time and distance between the mega cities of India. These highway projects are being implemented by the National Highway Authority of India (NHAI).

It is the biggest ultra-modern sea-port off Mumbai. It is equipped with modern facilities having mechanised container berths for handling dry cargo and service berths.

There are total 13 major sea ports of India,out of 12 are government and one, Ennore port of Chennai is the corporate one. Ennore Port is one of the major port of India located at Coromandel Coast of Tamil Nadu state along with Kakinada Port and private Krishnapatnam Port and Mundra Port. Other 12 major ports of India are listed as follows:

Kandla Port – Gujarat

Nhava Sheva – Maharashtra

 

Mumbai Port – Selected for Cruise Tourism in India

Marmagao Port – Goa

Panambur Port – Karnataka

Cochin Port – Kerala

Port Blair – Andaman

Tuticorin Port – Tamil Nadu

Chennai Port

Vizag Port – Andhra Pradesh

Paradip Port – Orissa

Haldia Port – West Bengal