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Cover Story
India Moving Towards Permanent Solution

AN IMPORTANT STEP

TOWARDS RAIL-ROAD
CONNECTIVITY

The Central Government has taken
an important step towards modern
infrastructure by increasing the
budget allocation for road transport
and highways by 500% since 2014.
All trains have been fitted with bio-
toilets, permanently ending the years-
old problem of filth on the railway
tracks.
Unmanned crossings have been
abolished to prevent train accidents due
to human error. At the same time, the
trial of the indigenous system 'Kavach'
has been completed to prevent face-to-
face train accidents. The 2000 km of rail
network will be brought under 'Kavach'
by March 2023.
'FLIGHT' OF SMALL-TOWN With km per day of highway construction,
work has been done in the direction
DREAMS 37 of high-speed connectivity, and road

The aviation industry, which was connectivity work has been completed
in 99 percent of the villages.
previously limited to major cities, is
now expanding to include smaller
towns. The Regional Connectivity
Scheme (RCS) was established as part 400
of the country's first aviation policy,
which was announced in 2016.
new Vande Bharat trains
RCS has begun operations on 423 are an important step
air routes with 67 airports, including toward world-class
8 heliports and 2 water aerodromes. infrastructure. This has
This plan calls for 100 airports to be received special attention
operational by 2024. in the budget this year.

India has progressed to the point where, in addition to encourage natural farming in villages along the
to providing health-care cards to the general public, Ganges and to build a corridor in this year's general
it also provides soil health cards for agricultural budget. Previously, there was talk of an industrial
purposes. A large network of soil testing stations corridor, but no one imagined an agricultural
has been established. Farmers now use fertilisers corridor. India has also set a target of cultivating
and micronutrients based on their understanding 26 million hectares of barren land by 2030.
of soil health. Farming costs have been reduced by
8 to 10% as a result of this, and yield has increased TRANSPARENCY AND CHANGE THROUGH
by 5-6 percent. TECHNOLOGY
Similarly, natural farming will be a long-term The importance of technology in the new century
solution to the agriculture sector's current can be seen in the person standing in the last
challenges. The central government has decided line of the society who becomes a beneficiary of

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