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Industry and transport in India
Industry and transport in India for UPSC Prelims and Mains, taught in 4 parts. Each part has tables, exam traps, a recap and practice questions, and every paragraph is explained in Marathi.
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Parts of this chapter
Location of industry and the major industries
Why industries settle where they do: raw materials, markets, power, labour, policy and Weber's least-cost idea; agglomeration and footloose industries; how industries are classified; and the location of iron and steel, cotton textiles, cement, aluminium, fertilisers, automobiles and information technology.Industrial regions and corridors
The eight major industrial regions and what first drew industry to each, minor regions and why industry stays concentrated, the industrial corridors and NICDC, export zones, SEZs, parks and clusters, and the pollution cost of industry from Bhopal (1984) to the Red–Orange–Green–White categories.Roads and railways
How roads are classified and divided between the Union and the states, the National Highways Act (1956) and NHAI, the Golden Quadrilateral, Bharatmala, expressways, the BRO and PMGSY; then railways from the first train of 1853, zones, gauges and Project Unigauge, the Konkan Railway, the dedicated freight corridors, Vande Bharat, high-speed rail and the mountain railways on the World Heritage List.Water, air and pipeline transport
Major and non-major ports and where they sit in the Constitution, the major ports of each coast, the Major Port Authorities Act (2021), Sagarmala and Vadhavan; inland waterways, IWAI (1986), the National Waterways Act (2016) and NW-1, 2 and 3; air transport, the Airports Authority of India (1995) and UDAN (2016); oil and gas pipelines; and how transport shapes regional development, with PM Gati Shakti.Study this in the Upscore app to keep notes, save it for revision, track your practice scores and follow a plan to the exam date. It's free.
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