India Facts - Part III  

Foreign Trade		1950-51	1960-61	1970-71	1980-81	1990-91	1991-92	1992-93	1993-94	1994-95	1995-96	1996-97
Exports	Rs. Crore	606	642	1,535	6,711	32,553	44,041	53,688	69,751	82,674	1,06,353	85,623
Imports	Rs. Crore	608	1,122	1,634	12,549	43,198	47,851	63,375	73,101	89,971	1,22,678	97,111
Roads and Road Transport  Length of Roads
Total Length	'000 kms	400	524	918	1,491	2,037	2,350	2,486	2,716	2,919	3,015
Surfaced Roads	'000 kms	157	263	398	684	1,001	1,001	1159.7	1283.2	1341.9	1379.3
Registered Motor Vehicles	'000 kms	306	665	1,865	5,336	21,374	23,507	25,505	27,660	30,287	NA
Railways		1950-51	1960-61	1970-71	1980-81	1990-91	1991-92	1992-93	1993-94	1994-95(P)	1995-96(P)	1996-97(P)
Electrified	'000 kms	0.4	0.8	3.7	5.4	10.0	10.7	11.3	11.8	11.8	12.3
Total	'000 kms	53.6	56.3	59.8	61.2	62.4	62.5	62.5	62.5	62.7	62.9
Passengers Originating	'000 kms	1,284	1,594	2,431	3,613	3,858	4,049	3,749	3,708	3,915	4,038
Goods  Originating	'000 kms	93.0	156.2	196.5	220.0	341.4	360	370.9	377.5	N.A.
Airlines Passengers carried
Air India	'000	**	125	487	1,418	2,161	2,004	2,200	1,990	2,275	2,853
Indian Airlines	'000	**	790	2,130	5,410	7,866	8,886	7,844	7,883	7,635	7,740
Vayudoot	'000	**	**	**	19	553	504	227	**	**	**
Revenue Tonne Kilometres
Air India	million	**	75.6	275.2	980.1	1,381.0	1,140.5	1,090.5	1093.8	1384.9	1619.0
Indian Airlines	million	**	100.0	200.0	400.0	699.2	761.0	685.3	695.2	686.3	722.8
Vayudoot	million	**	**	**	0.3	19.9	18.7	11.0	**	**	**
Merchant Shipping
Vessels	number	**	**	255	403	418	441	440	N.A	N.A	479
Total Tonnage	'000 GRT	**	901	2,500	5,889	6,027	6,288	6,277	N.A	N.A	7,016
Transport Ministry coastal trade	'000 GRT	**	174	218	300	560	640	644	N.A	N.A	702
Tonnage in Overseas trade	'000 GRT	**	727	2,282	5,589	5,378	5,648	5,633	N.A	N.A	6,314

India Facts - Part IV