Some Rapid fire on Indian Infrastructure

Q) Name 13 major ports of India.

Ans) Kolkata ( Kolkata dock and Haldia Dock), Paradip, Vizag, Chennai, Tuticorin,Cochin, New Mangalore, Mormugao, Mumbai, JNPT, Ennore ( only this is under central govt; rest are with port trusts),Ennore and Port Blair. In addition to these 187 minor ports.

Q) How many shipyards in India?

Ans) 7 under central govt , 2 under state govt, 19 private.

Q) How many airports in India?

Ans) 125 airports ( 11 international). Domestic airlines carry 24.5 million passengers.

Q) How much freight is carried by road in India?

Ans) 60 % of total. We have 3.34 million Km roads, 66000 KM are NH, 1,30,000 are state highways.

Q) What is breakup of power capacity in India?

Ans) State 48%, Centre 30 % and Private 22 %

A note on construction industry

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  Construction is the 2nd largest industry in India after agriculture.
• It contributes 11 % to GDP, employs 32 million people.
• Market size is 2.5 lakh Crore.

Some Rapid Fire on Business GK

Q) What is the size of direct selling industry in India?

Ans) Rs 4120/- Crore ( likely to reach Rs.7,120/- Crore in 2013)

Q) How much is AMWAY's share ?

Ans) Amway's turnover is Rs.1800/- crore ( approx 40 %)

Q) Who are other players?

Ans) Tupperware, Oriflame,Herbalife,AVM, K-Link, DXN,Modicare.

Export/Import Basket of India

We have compared 1984-85 status with 1998-99:-
Export Basket:-(Exports contribute about 10 % of GDP )
Agro:- Share has decreased from 24 % in 1984-84 to 18 % today.
Ores+Minerals:- Share has decreased from 5 % to 3 % today.
Manuf. Goods *:- Share has increased from 45 % to 77 % today.
Crude Oil+ Petro Products :- Share has decreased from 2 % to 0.3 %.
* Includes leather anf leather products, gems & jewellary, cotton yarn ytc.

Now coming to Import Basket:-
Food & Food products:- Share has decreased from 7% in 1984-84 to 5% today.
Petro ( POL):- Share has decreased from 30% to 15% today.
Coal:- Share has increased from 0% to 2% today.
Fertiliser:- Share has decreased from 2 % to 0.3 %.
Chemical :- Share has increased from 5 % to 8 %
M/C & equipment:- Share has almost remained same to 17 %
Iron & Steel :- Share has decreased from 4 % to 3 %
Stones & Pearls:- Share has increased from 6 % to 9 %.