Abstract Paper

Journal of Social Sciences and Management Research

Title	: A STUDY ON TRANSPORTATION AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT IN INDIA
Author(s)	: Dr. J. Jothi Krishnan & M. Thanikachalam
Article Information	: Volume 05 - Issue 01 (July - 2020) , 9-15
Affiliation(s)	: Lecturer, Thiruvalluvar University College of Arts and Science, Arakkonam.
	: Lecturer, Thiruvalluvar University College of Arts and Science, Arakkonam.

Abstract :

The development of transportation systems is embedded within the scale and context in which they take place; from the local to the global and from environmental, historical, technological and economic perspectives. Development can be defined as improving the welfare of a society through appropriate social, political and economic conditions. The expected outcomes are quantitative and qualitative improvements in human capital as well as physical capital such as infrastructures, utilities, transport, and telecommunications. Creation of road transport infrastructure, through its direct and indirect effects, has a bearing on sustainability of growth and overall development of a country. It provides knowledge spillovers resulting from the whole agglomerated area via network dynamic externalities.

Keywords	: Economic importance of transportation, Economic opportunities, Economic returns of transport investments, Transportation of economic factors, Overall growth infrastructure.
Document Type	: Research Paper
Publication date	: July 02, 2020