Geography Optional 300+ Score Pack · Model answer
Discuss the strategies of integrated development of island territories in India.
- UPSC 2018
- Regional Development and Planning
Both Union Territories are structurally narrow economies: Andaman and Nicobar has 8,249 sq km and 572 islands, 38 inhabited, only 5.9 per cent of land cultivated and no major industry; Lakshadweep has 32 sq km, 10 inhabited islands and a household economy of coir, copra and fishing.
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