INTER DISCIPLINARY PROJECT

INTER DISCIPLINARY PROJECT. 200,' Indian Education School, Kuwait Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan.

Contents. The Great Depression What was the Great Depression?and its effects. Causes of The Great Depression India and the Great Depression The Early post war years – Role of Roadways, Railways, Waterways and Airways in building the national economy. Impact of Globalization in India.

The Great Depression. What was The Great Depression? And Its effects..

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The Great Depression was a period of hard times for the U.S from 1929 to 1941and has cause many economic conditions of the late 1920s..

There was a significant drop in consumer spending and investments that cause major decline in industrial output and laid of employees from companies..

Causes and Effects of The Great Depression. Tight monetary policies adapted by the Central Bank of America..

As a retaliation for the same, trade markets imposed high taxes made in the USA which resulted in the decline of the World Trade centre by Two-Thirds..

Historians disagree as to the causes Of the Great Depression. Most scholars Mzould include: MONETARY POLICY UNEQUAL DISTRIBUTION OF WEALTH IGH TARIFF AND WAR DEBTS CAUSES OF THE GREAT DEPRESSION TOCK MARKE CRASH AND NANCIAL PAN Farm Crisis NDUSTR 1928 Presidential Election OVER RODUCTIO GRICULTUR.

India and The Great Depression. The Great Depression immediately affected Indian trade. Indias exports and imports nearly halved between 1928 and 1934. As international prices crashed, prices in India also plunged..

The depression proved less grim for urban India. Because of falling prices, those with fixed incomes such as urban landowners who received rents and middle-class salaried employees, now found themselves better off as everything cost less..

The Early Post War Years-. Roadways. India has 2nd largest road network in the world (after the USA). The importance of roadways can be gauged from the fact that 65% of freight traffic and 85% of passenger traffic is carried through roads.

In India Roadways are classified into 6 :-. Golden Quadilateral Super Highways:-.

National Highways:-. It links extreme parts of India and is the primary road system.

Border Roads:-. The Border Roads Organization (Government of India undertaking) builds and keeps up with roadways in the lining spaces of India..

District Roads:-. These roads associate the central area command with different spots of the region.

Importance of Roadways. Low construction cost. Ease of movement, easily navigable.

Railways. The Indian Railways is the country's lifeline. It is not just a passenger and freight transporter, but also a social welfare organization, thanks to its extensive network spanning the length and width of India. The Indian Railways started operating on April 16, 1853. Indian Railways (IR) operates the world's fourth-longest rail network. It has a 1,23,236 kilometer network and around 21,000 trains that transport 23 million passengers and 3 million tonnes of freight per day..

Lord Dalhousie dedicated the country's first passenger train, which traveled between Bombay's Bori Bunder station and Thane on April 16, 1853. Three steam locomotives, the Sahib, Sindh, and Sultan, pulled the 14-car train..

Waterways. Waterways are the cheapest mode of transport, and it is also eco-friendly, as does minimum pollution..

National Waterways and Sea Ports. The Ganga river between Allahabad and Haldia (1620 km).

AirWays. The air transport was nationalised in 1953. On the operational side, Indian Airlines, Alliance Air (subsidiary of Indian Airlines), private scheduled airlines and non- scheduled operators provide domestic air services..

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Impact of Globalization in India. India is one of the countries that succeeded significantly after the initiation and implementation of globalization.