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of India, is one of the largest terrestrial networks in the world. It broadcasts a variety Digital India is an umbrella programme of programmes from entertainment, to prepare India for...

of India, is one of the largest terrestrial networks in the world. It broadcasts a variety Digital India is an umbrella programme of programmes from entertainment, to prepare India for a knowledge based transformation. The focus of Digital India educational to sports, etc. for people of different Programme is on being transformative to age groups. realise – IT (Indian Talent) + IT (Information India publishes a large number of Technology)=IT (India Tomorrow) and is newspapers and periodicals annually. They on making technology central to enabling are of different types depending upon their change. periodicity. Newspapers are published in about 100 languages and dialects. Did you know that the largest number of newspapers published in the country are in Hindi, followed by English and Urdu? India is the largest producer of feature films in the world. It produces short films; video feature films and video short films. The Central Board of Film Certification is the authority to certify both Indian and foreign films. International Trade The exchange of goods among people, states and countries is referred to as trade. The Fig.7.10 : Emergency call box on NH-48 market is the place where such exchanges take place. Trade between two countries is India has one of the largest telecom called international trade. It may take place networks in Asia. Excluding urban places more through sea, air or land routes. While local than two-thirds of the villages in India have trade is carried in cities, towns and villages, already been covered with Subscriber Trunk state level trade is carried between two or more Dialling (STD) telephone facility. In order to states. Advancement of international trade of strengthen the flow of information from the a country is an index to its economic grassroot to the higher level, the government prosperity. It is, therefore, considered the has made special provision to extend twenty- economic barometer for a country. four hours STD facility to every village in the As the resources are space bound, no country. There is a uniform rate of STD country can survive without international facilities all over India. It has trade. Export and import are the components been made possible by integrating the of trade. The balance of trade of a country is development in space technology with the difference between its export and import. communication technology. When the value of export exceeds the value Mass communication provides of imports, it is called a favourable balance entertainment and creates awareness among of trade. On the contrary, if the value of people about various national programmes imports exceeds the value of exports, it is and policies. It includes radio, television, termed as unfavourable balance of trade. newspapers, magazines, books and films. All India has trade relations with all the major India Radio (Akashwani) broadcasts a variety trading blocks and all geographical regions of programmes in national, regional and local of the world. The commodities exported from languages for various categories of people, India to other countries include gems and spread over different parts of the country. jewellery, chemicals and related products, Doordarshan, the national television channel agriculture and allied products, etc. 80 CONTEMPORARY INDIA – II Reprint 2024-25