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                                June 16, 2025 at 02:59 PM
                               
                            
                        
                            🔆 Transport Sector – Key Facts
📍 Transport sector contribution to GDP ~ 4.5%
✅ Source: Economic Survey 2023
📍 Freight transport share – Road > 60%, Railways 30%, Waterways 10%
✅ Source: National Logistics Policy
📍 Passenger transport share – Road & others 85%, Railways 15%
✅ Source: Economic Survey 2023
📍 Transport sector accounts for ~ 14% of India’s total emissions
✅ Source: NITI Aayog
📍 Cost of transport (tonne per km) – Road ₹2.5, Railways ₹1.3, Waterways ₹1
✅ Source: Economic Survey 2023
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