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Revision note: Transport Infrastructure: Roads, Railways, Ports and Aviation

  • Logistics cost ~7.8–8.9% of GDP (NCAER 2023); LPI rank 38 (2023); Gati Shakti Oct 2021; NLP Sept 2022
  • Roads: ~63 lakh km (2nd largest); NH ~1.46 lakh km; Bharatmala 2017; PMGSY 2000; HAM 2016 (40:60); FASTag 2021; ~1.7 lakh deaths/year
  • Rail: ~68,000 route km; Rail Budget merged 2017 (Debroy); DFCs (Eastern done; Western); MAHSR 508 km (JICA); Kavach; USBRL & Chenab Bridge June 2025
  • Ports: 12 major; Major Port Authorities Act 2021; Sagarmala 2015; Vadhavan (2024), Vizhinjam (2025); NW Act 2016 (111 NWs); NW-1 Haldia–Prayagraj
  • Aviation: UDAN 2016; ~160 airports; AI-171 crash June 2025
Revision card summarising Transport Infrastructure: Roads, Railways, Ports and Aviation
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