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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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