Question

Why are the means of transportation and communication called the lifelines of a nation and its economy?

Answer 1

• Different services and materials are used in our daily life.
• Although some of these requirements can be found in our immediate surroundings, many things are brought from different places.
• Services and goods do not move to demand locales from supply locales on their own.
• Transportation is required to move services and goods to demand location from supply location.
• Traders are involved in facilitating the movement of goods and services. They make sure that final goods reach its consumers at different destinations.
• Hence the speed with which a nation develops is not only dependent on the services and goods produced in the country but also depends on the movement of goods and services.
• Therefore to achieve faster development, transportation is an important prerequisite.
• With the help of fast moving and efficient transportation, the world has been converted into a big village.
• Equally developed communication system helped the transportation and economy to develop faster.
• Trade, communication and transportation are complementary to each other.
• Rest of the world is well-linked with India despite its socio-cultural plurality, linguistic diversity, and its vast size.
• In many ways socio-economic progress has been taking place with the help of Internet, cinema, television, radio, newspapers, water ways, airways, railways.