Ports: Calcutta, Cochin, Jawaharal Nehru, Kandla, Madras, Mumbai
(Bombay), Vishakhapatnam
Merchant marine:
total: 310 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 6,787,834
GRT/11,296,222 DWT
ships by type: bulk 133, cargo 65, chemical tanker 10, combination
bulk 2, combination ore/oil 3, container 11, liquefied gas tanker 6,
oil tanker 73, passenger-cargo 5, roll-on/roll-off cargo 1,
short-sea passenger 1 (1995 est.)
Airports:
total: 288
with paved runways over 3 047 m: 11
with paved runways 2 438 to 3 047 m: 48
with paved runways 1 524 to 2 437 m: 59
with paved runways 914 to 1 523 m: 68
with paved runways under 914 m: 62
with unpaved runways 2 438 to 3 047 m: 2
with unpaved runways 1 524 to 2 437 m: 2
with unpaved runways 914 to 1 523 m: 36 (1995 est.)
Heliports: 15 (1995 est.)
Communications ———————
Telephones: 9.8 million (1995)
Telephone system: probably the least adequate telephone system of any of the industrializing countries; three of every four villages have no telephone service; only 5% of India's villages have long-distance service; poor telephone service significantly impedes commercial and industrial growth and penalizes India in global markets; slow improvement is taking place with the recent admission of private and private-public investors, but demand for communication services is also growing rapidly domestic: local service is provided mostly by open wire and obsolete electromechanical and manual switchboard systems; within the last 10 years a substantial amount of digital switch gear has been introduced for local service; long-distance traffic is carried mostly by open wire, coaxial cable, and low-capacity microwave radio relay; since 1985, however, significant trunk capacity has been added in the form of fiber-optic cable and a domestic satellite system with over 100 earth stations international: satellite earth stations - 8 Intelsat (Indian Ocean) and 1 Inmarsat (Indian Ocean Region); submarine cables to Malaysia and UAE
Radio broadcast stations: AM 96, FM 4, shortwave 0
Radios: 70 million (1992 est.)
Television broadcast stations: 274 (government controlled)