INDIAN TRANSPORTATION: A SECTORAL APPROACH TO DEVELOPMENTAL CONSTRAINTS,
Abstract
The mode-by-mode analysis of Indian transportation has turned up two principal problems, the likelihood of unnecessary investment in the railroads due to an inappropriate rate structure and discrimination against highway transportation. Generalizations can be made as to the underlying reasons for these and other transportation problems discussed. Perhaps two themes can be discerned. One is the continuing position of dominance that the Railways have been able to maintain in many areas by virtue of the fact that they are a well established government ministry rather than the economic merits of their services. The other is the conflicting transportation policies pursued by different branches of the Indian Government. While the general country constraints have a role to play in formulating broad development strategy, there is sufficient difference between them and the more specific problems brought out to suggest the importance of sectoral analyses of constraints. The importance of such a sectoral analysis for developing a policy for administering foreign aid to transportation is evidence; studies of a number of sectors will also greatly aid in reaching valid conclusions about the more general constraints on Indian development. (Author)
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Apr 01, 1966
- Accession Number
- AD0632270
Entities
People
- Alan Carlin
Organizations
- RAND Corporation