Indian Economic Development

Infrastructure

Question:

What do you mean by transmission and distribution losses? How can they be reduced?

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Transmission and Distribution (T&D) losses refer to theft of power which has not been controlled.
Nation’s average loss is 23%.
T&D losses can be reduced by having:

  1.  Appropriate size of conductors
  2. Proper load management
  3.  Meter supply
  4.  Privatisation of distribution work
  5.  Introduction of energy audits.  Some steps have already been initiated in this direction.
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Questions and Answers

Infrastructure

Q 1.

Discuss the main drawbacks of our health care system.

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Q 2.

What are the various non-commercial sources of energy?

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Q 3.

Describe the meaning of public health. Discuss the major public health measures undertaken by the state in recent years to control diseases.

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Q 4.

How has women’s health become a matter of great concern?

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Q 5.

What is the significance of ‘energy’? Differentiate between commercial and non-commercial sources of energy.

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Q 6.

List out the six systems of Indian medicine.

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Q 7.

What do you mean by transmission and distribution losses? How can they be reduced?

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Q 8.

How can we increase the effectiveness of health care programmes?

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Q 9.

How has the consumption pattern of energy changed over the years?

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Q 10.

What are the three basic sources of generating power?

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Q 11.

How are the rates of consumption of energy and economic growth connected?

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Q 12.

Explain the term ‘infrastructure’.

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Q 13.

What is the state of rural infrastructure in India?

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Q 14.

What problems are being faced by the power sector in India?

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Q 15.

Justify that energy crisis can be overcome with the use of renewable sources of energy.

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Q 16.

What are the main characteristics of health of the people of our country?

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Q 17.

Infrastructure contributes to the economic development of a country. Do you agree? Explain.

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Q 18.

Discuss the reforms which have been initiated recently to meet the energy crisis in India.

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Q 19.

What is a ‘global burden of disease’?

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Q 20.

How do infrastructure facilities boost production?

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Q 21.

Explain the two categories into which infrastructure is divided. How are both interdependent?

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