Transport Management in India: Issues and Policies

Running head: Transport Management 1
Research Proposal
Transport management (ROAD) in India.

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Executive summary
The main aim of this paper is to emphasize the road transport in India. Road transport is the
second vital mode of transport in India that provides the facilities to the people of every corner
which the railway transport even could not give. It provides the basic facilities of infrastructural
to not only agricultural but also industrial sector of the country. The report has entailed the issues
related to the road transport in which it has been found that the national transport development
Policy Committee (nTdPC) was comprised through the Government of India in 2010 in order to
develop a long-term transport policy.

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Contents
Executive summary.....................................................................................................................................2
Background of the research.........................................................................................................................4
Research objectives.....................................................................................................................................4
Literature review.........................................................................................................................................5
Source of information..................................................................................................................................7
References.................................................................................................................................................10

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Background of the research
The road network in India has the second largest network that across the world at 5.4 million km.
The importance of the road network is great in India as more than 60% of all goods in India and
85% of total passenger traffic. Road transportation has steadily amplified over the years with the
development of connectivity between cities in India. It has been analyzed that Indian roads take
around 90% of the passenger traffic of the country and around 65% of its freight. It has been
found that the road traffic accident is increased in India which is a great issue for the country
(Pont, Ziviani, Wadley, Bennett and Abbott, 2009). It has been estimated that each year around 1
million people are killed and more than 40 million people injured on roads around the world. It
has been analyzed that progress is not going on in India where investment in protecting and
decreasing the major loss of health from road traffic injury is not equal with its high socio-
economic cost. It has been found with the help of the ESCAP secretariat that around 700,000
people were killed in road accidents. The main aim of this research proposal is to identify the
issue which has happened due to road transport whether it is road accident or improper policies
of handling infrastructure.
Research objectives
The main objective of this research is to identify the reason behind conducting this research. The
research objective for this research proposal is defined below:
 To explore the functions and the reliability of the transport management in India.
 To analyze the severity rate of accidents through road transport in India.
 To find out the role of the road transport in the economy of India.