Write 10 points on how the Indian Railways promotes National Integration in India
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The Indian Railways have become a symbol of national integration.
1. The Indian Railways help to integrate the fragmented markets and stimulate the emergence of a modern market economy.
2. They connect industrial production centres with the markets and the sources of raw materials.
3. They provide rapid, reliable and cost effective bulk transportation to the energy sector.
4. They link places and enable large scale, rapid and low cost movement of people across the length and breadth of the country.
5. They help in promoting national integration and serve as a strategic instrument for enhancing our defence preparedness.
6. They play an important role in resource development and provide 6% of the total employment in the organised sector and an additional 2.5% indirect employment.
7. They help in the exchange of culture between the inhabitants of different parts of the country.
8. They help to carry ideas and provide exposure to the wide and expansive heritage of India. It provides an approach to the remotest areas of the country.
9. They fulfil the dual role of commercial organisation and social obligations.
10. In times of national emergency they help to take relief materials to the disaster stricken regions.