Talk:India/sandbox
Infrastructure[edit]
Transport[edit]
The aggregate length of roadways in India is 4,236,000 kilometres (2,632,000 mi).[1] The National Highways Network of India, maintained by the central government, is 70,934 kilometres (44,076 mi); state highways constitute 154,522 kilometres (96,016 mi).[1] The share of road traffic in total traffic has grown from 13.8 per cent of freight traffic and 15.4 per cent of passenger traffic in 1950-51, to an estimated 60 per cent of freight traffic and 87 per cent of passenger traffic by the end of 2005-06.[1]
Indian Railways is a public sector undertaking, and maintains a railway network of 64,460 kilometres (40,050 mi),[2] the fourth largest in the world. Suburban rail, often called "local train", is the major form of commuting in many large cities, such as Mumbai and Kolkata.
Health care[edit]
Education[edit]
Power[edit]
Media and communication[edit]
Television broadcasting began in India in 1959 as a state-run medium of communication, and had slow expansion for more than two decades.[3] The state monopoly on television broadcast ended in 1990s and, since then, satellite channels have increasingly shaped popular culture of Indian society.[4] Today, television is the most penetrative media in India; industry estimates indicate that as of 2012 there are over 554 million TV consumers, 462 million with satellite and/or cable connections, compared to other forms of mass media such as press (350 million), radio (156 million) or internet (37 million).[5]
Footnotes[edit]
- ^ a b c Ministry of Road Transport 2011.
- ^ Ministry of Railways 2011.
- ^ Kaminsky & Long 2011, pp. 684–692.
- ^ Mehta 2008, pp. 1–10.
- ^ Media Research Users Council 2012.
References[edit]
- Annual Report 2010–11 (PDF), Ministry of Road Transport and Highways, Government of India, p. 1, retrieved 3 April 2013
- Indian Railways Yearbook 2010–11 (PDF), Ministry of Railways, Government of India, p. 3, retrieved 3 April 2013
- "Indian Readership Survey 2012 Q1 : Topline Findings" (PDF). Media Research Users Council. Growth: Literacy & Media Consumption. Retrieved 12 September 2012.
- Kaminsky, Arnold P.; Long, Roger D. (30 September 2011), India Today: An Encyclopedia of Life in the Republic: An Encyclopedia of Life in the Republic, ABC-CLIO, ISBN 978-0-313-37462-3, retrieved 12 September 2012
- Mehta, Nalin (30 July 2008), Television in India: Satellites, Politics and Cultural Change, Taylor & Francis US, ISBN 978-0-415-44759-1, retrieved 12 September 2012