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India has
an impressive network of transport system comprising
of rail, road, ship, inland waterway, air etc. |
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The network
has expanded rapidly since independence (1947) |
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Today, India
a network of 63,518 km Railways, 3,319,644 Km highways,
and 16,180 Km waterways |
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The growth,
though impressive, could not keep pace with India's
rapidly growing domestic and international trade, leading
to bottleneck in infrastructure sector |
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As a result,
growth of Indian foreign trade suffered to some extent,
particularly in the 1990s |
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Govt of
India, aware of the shortcoming, has taken a number
of steps including a liberal regime for foreign multinational
investment in infrastructure sector |
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An ambitious
plan to connect all major Indian cities through a national
grid of 4-lane interstate highways (Golden Quadrilateral)
is under implementation |
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Another
highlight is Govt incentive for massive private and
and multinational investment in port development |
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The new
millennium signals a new era in Indian export when increasing
liberalization and globalization, advent of Internet
and e-commerce, helpful Govt Policy, entry of large
number of multinational companies, foreign investment
and host of other favourable factors are going to make
India surge ahead in international trade |
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who have an active interest in Indian business and industry
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