Question

structure and distribution of transport in India​

Answer 1

Transport in India consists of transport by land, water and air. Freight transport by waterways is highly under-utilised in India with the total cargo moved (in tonne kilometres) by inland waterways being 0.1 percent of the total inland traffic in India. ...

Answer 2

Answer:

Transport system is an important component of an infrastructure system in the economy. An efficient system of the transport is a pre-requisite condition for other infrastructure development of a country. It is playing very important role in generation of national in­come and employment. Transport sector facilitates the entire movement of production and consumption system of modern economy.

Goods produced are of no economic value unless they are taken to consumption centres. An efficient, speedy and economical trans­port system helps the economy in adding value to its produced goods. It also expanded the geographical coverage of the markets for goods and thereby acts to their effective avail­ability. Supply of raw materials and other inputs also facilitates efficient and uninter­rupted production activity. Thus, it helps in development of input-output relationship between different production activities.