India Facts - Part IV  

Communication		1950-51	1960-61	1970-71	1980-81	1990-91	1991-92	1992-93	1993-94	1994-95	1995-96	1996-97
Post Offices	'000 nos	36.09	76.8	109	139	149.0	150.34	152.037	**	152.792	N.A
Telegraph Offices	'000 nos	8.2	11.7	15	31	40	42.2	**	**	44,054	N.A
Telephones installed	'000 nos	168	46.3	1,293	2,785	6,021	6,438	6,796	8025.6	9,795	9817.35
Mass Media
Newspapers and Periodicals	nos	6,752 (for 1952)	8,305	10,281	19,144	30,214	**	31,957	36,474	38,800	40,047
Radio Centres	nos	26	34	69	87	124	**	160	**	180	185	187 (10.12.96)
TV Transmitters	nos	**	1	1	19	528	**	553	**	692	743 (31.3.96)	834 (31.12.96)
Educational Institutions
Primary	'000	210	330	408	495	561	565	572	573	581.3(P)	N.A
Middle	'000	13.6	49.7	90.6	119	151	152	153.9	155.7	163.6(P)	N.A
High/Higher Sec.	'000	7.3	17.3	37.1	51.6	79.8	81.7	84.7	88.41	92.253	N.A
Colleges
General Education	nos	370	967	2,285	3,421	4,862	5,058	5,334	5,639	6,089	N.A
Engineering & Technology	nos	208	852	992	1317	886	950	989	1,125	1230	N.A
Medical (Including Dental)	nos	28	60	98	111	128	146	146	N.A	155	N.A
Universities	nos	27	45	82	110	184 @	196 @	207 @	213 @	219 @	N.A
Health
Hospitals	nos	2,694	3,094	3,862	6,804	11,174	13,692	N.A	N.A	N.A	N.A
Dispensaries	nos	6,515	9,406	12,180	16,751	27,431	27,403	N.A	N.A	N.A	N.A
Primary Health Centres	nos	725	2,565	5,112	5,740	20,450	20,719	21,030	21,206	21,536	21,853
No. of beds	'000	117	230	349	569	811	N.A	N.A	N.A	N.A	N.A
Tourism
Tourists	'000 nos	16.8	139.8	301.0	1,279	1,614.0	1,764.83	1,886.433	N.A	N.A
Foreign Exchange earned	Rs. million	**	**	**	11,660	24,440	33,000	39,155.61	42,508.21	N.A
Banking
Bank Branches Scheduled, Non Scheduled Foreign Banks (All Commercial Banks ) nos.					June (1969) 8262	( June 1990) 59,388	(June 1991 ) 60,190	( June 1992 ) 60,649	( June 1993 ) 61,792	(June 1994) 61,792	(June 1995) 62,346	(June 1996) 62,881

Sources:  Ministry of Finance; Press Information Bureau, Ministries and Departments of India concerned.