TRANSPORTATION, COMMUNICATION AND TRADE. — Social Science STD 10 — Question
Gujarat BoardEnglish MediumSTD 10Social ScienceTRANSPORTATION, COMMUNICATION AND TRADE.3 Marks
Question
India's communication has become extremely modern and far reaching. Explain.
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Answer
In India, PrasarBharati runs the All India Radio - AIR $($Akashwani$)$ for radio broadcasting and Doordarshan for television broadcasting.
The All India Radion $(AIR)$ runs $415$ radio stations spread all over India covering even the most remote locations
Through these stations, the AIR broadcast programmes in $23$ languages.
AIR does an extremely important function of spreading the news especially in times of nation calamities or natural disasters and broadcasting other day to day news and entertainment.
By making use of satellites, Doordarshan channel broadcasts news, weather reports and programme on entertainment and education.
All the wireless communication such as radio, TV, mobile, Internet takes place only due to satellites.
The Indian National Satellite System $(INSAT)$ is a series of multipurpose satellites which provide the services of telecommunications, broadcasting, meteorology services such as weather report cyclone, tsunami, etc. and research.
Over and above several satellites India has also developed Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle $(P.S.L.V)$ to launch satellites in space.
India has also developed Indian Remote Sensing Satellite $(I.R.S.)$ for working in the fields of agriculture, identifying water resources, etc.
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