Question

The Central Location Of India At The Head Of The Indian Ocean Is Considered Of Great Significance Why

Answer 1

• India is strategically located as it connects to the West Asia and Europe from the West coast of India and it can easily connect through maritime routes with Southeast Asian nations and East Asian nations and Australia.
• A large part of the world’s trade passes through the Indian Ocean.
• India’s energy sources are located in West Asia, the location of India, making it easy to carry out trade with oil rich countries.
• India is blessed with a long coastline of around 7516 Km.
• Due to such a long coastline, India has many ports.
• Major ports of India handle 95% of India’s foreign trade.
• India has 187 notified ports (intermediate or minor ports), and has 12 major ports. India’s coastline is around 7,516 Km long.
• Jawaharlal Nehru Port was built for decongesting the Mumbai port. Mumbai port is the biggest port, and it is a well-sheltered harbour.
• Some of the important ports which are used to carry out India’s trade activities are Mormugao (Goa), Mangalore (Karnataka), Kandla (Gujarat), and Kochi in the West Coast of India apart from the ports at Mumbai and Navi Mumbai.
• On the East coast, ports located in Kolkata, Visakhapatnam (Andhra Pradesh), Paradip (Odisha), Chennai, Tuticorin (Tamil Nadu) are used for trade purposes.