Mains Paper II · 1 Indian Economy · 1.14 Infrastructure and services

1.14.3 Roads and railways: Golden Quadrilateral, Bharatmala, PMGSY and dedicated freight corridors

India's road and rail backbone is being built through national highway programmes (NHDP, then Bharatmala), a rural road programme (PMGSY) and dedicated freight corridors that free passenger lines of freight traffic.

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Key terms

  • NHAI
  • NHDP
  • Golden Quadrilateral
  • Bharatmala
  • PMGSY
  • dedicated freight corridor
  • DFCCIL
  • Vande Bharat
  • Kavach
  • high speed rail

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