{"id":2027,"date":"2024-04-03T09:46:55","date_gmt":"2024-04-03T04:16:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lotusarise.com\/qna\/?p=2027"},"modified":"2024-04-03T09:46:55","modified_gmt":"2024-04-03T04:16:55","slug":"q-with-reference-to-indias-projects-on-connectivity-consider-the-following-statements","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lotusarise.com\/qna\/upsc\/q-with-reference-to-indias-projects-on-connectivity-consider-the-following-statements","title":{"rendered":"Q. With reference to India\u2019s projects on connectivity, consider the following statements :"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>East-West Corridor under Golden Quadrilateral Project\u00a0<strong>connects Dibrugarh and Surat.<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Trilateral Highway connects Moreh in Manipur and\u00a0<strong>Chiang Mai in Thailand<\/strong>\u00a0via Myanmar.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Bangladesh-China-India-Myanmar Economic Corridor connects\u00a0<strong>Varanasi in Uttar Pradesh<\/strong>\u00a0with<br>Kunming in China.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">How many of the above statements are correct?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"mcq wp-block-list\">\n<li>Only one<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Only two<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>All three<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>None<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Answer: (d) None<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<h5 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"eastwest-corridor\">East-West Corridor:<\/h5>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>The East-West Corridor is a\u00a0<strong>part of the National Highways Development Project (NHDP)<\/strong>\u00a0in India, which aims to\u00a0<strong>connect Silchar in Assam to Porbandar in Gujarat.\u00a0<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>East-West Corridor is a\u00a0<strong>3,300 kilometres corridor via NH 27<\/strong>\u00a0(Porbandar\u2013Rajkot-Samakhiali\u2013Radhanpur\u2013Kota\u2013Jhansi\u2013Kanpur-Lucknow\u2013Ayodhya-Gorakhpur-Muzaffarpur\u2013Darbhanga-Supaul-Purnia\u2013 Dalkhola-Kishanganj, Islampur\u2013Sonapur- Ghoshpukur-Jalpaiguri Alipurduar- Bongaigaon \u2013 Nalbari Bijni\u2013Guwahati\u2013Nagaon\u2013Dabaka\u2013Silchar).<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/lotusarise.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/North%E2%80%93South-and-East%E2%80%93West-Corridor-.jpeg\" alt=\"North\u2013South and East\u2013West Corridor\" class=\"wp-image-50458\" title=\"Upsc prelims research: international relations 2023 10\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h5 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"golden-quadrilateral-project\">Golden Quadrilateral Project<\/h5>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>The\u00a0<strong>Golden Quadrilateral<\/strong>\u00a0is a national highway network that connects the majority of India\u2019s main economic, agricultural, and cultural centers.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>It comprises a quadrilateral linking India\u2019s four largest metropolises:\u00a0<strong>Delhi (north), Kolkata (East), Mumbai (west), and Chennai (south)<\/strong>.<strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>The National Highways Authority of India (NHAI),<\/strong>\u00a0which is part of the Ministry of Road, Transport, and Highways, is in charge of the Golden Quadrilateral project.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>The fundamental goal of these superhighways is to shorten the distance and time connecting India\u2019s four megacities.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>This project includes the\u00a0<strong>North-South corridor<\/strong>\u00a0connecting Srinagar (Jammu and Kashmir) and Kanyakumari (Tamil Nadu),\u00a0<strong>as well as the East-West corridor\u00a0<\/strong>connecting Silchar (Assam) and Porbandar (Gujarat).<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>The network also connects other key metropolises such as\u00a0<strong>Pune, Ahmedabad, Jaipur, Kanpur, Surat in the north and Bengaluru, Visakhapatnam,<\/strong>\u00a0and Bhubaneswar in the south.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/lotusarise.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Golden-Quadrilateral-Project-1024x1020.png\" alt=\"Golden Quadrilateral Project\" class=\"wp-image-50457\" title=\"Upsc prelims research: international relations 2023 11\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h5 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"indiamyanmarthailand-trilateral-highway\"><a href=\"https:\/\/lotusarise.com\/india-myanmar-relations-upsc\/\">India-Myanmar-Thailand Trilateral Highway<\/a><\/h5>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>It is a significant regional connectivity project that aims to\u00a0<strong>establish a road link between India, Myanmar, and Thailand.<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>The highway will span a distance of approximately 1,360 kilometers (845 miles),\u00a0<strong>starting from Moreh in Manipur, India, and passing through Myanmar before reaching Mae Sot in Thailand.<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>It is an important infrastructure project to enhance trade, connectivity, and people-to-people ties among the three countries.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>It was\u00a0<strong>first proposed by former Prime Minister Atal Behari Vajpayee<\/strong>\u00a0and was approved at a ministerial-level meeting between India, Myanmar and Thailand in April 2002.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>The construction of the India-Myanmar-Thailand Trilateral Highway began in 2012 and is being implemented in several phases.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>The India-Myanmar Friendship Road forms the first segment of the IMT Highway. It runs from the border at Tamu\/Moreh to Kalemyo and Kalewa.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Implementing agencies:<\/strong>\u00a0On the Indian side, the project is being implemented by the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) with the cooperation of its counterparts in Myanmar and Thailand and budgetary allocation from the Ministry of Finance.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/lotusarise.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/india-myanmar-thailand-trilateral-highway-965x1024.png\" alt=\"india-myanmar-thailand trilateral highway\" class=\"wp-image-50460\" title=\"Upsc prelims research: international relations 2023 12\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h5 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"bangladeshchinaindiamyanmar-economic-corridor\">Bangladesh-China-India-Myanmar Economic Corridor<\/h5>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>The Bangladesh-China-India-Myanmar Economic Corridor (BCIM)<\/strong>\u00a0is a proposed connectivity project that aims to enhance economic cooperation and trade between Bangladesh, China, India, and Myanmar.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>The corridor is expected to run from\u00a0<strong>Kunming in China, through Myanmar, and Bangladesh, and eventually reach Kolkata<\/strong>\u00a0in India.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/lotusarise.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Bangladesh-China-India-Myanmar-Economic-Corridor.jpeg\" alt=\"Bangladesh-China-India-Myanmar Economic Corridor\" class=\"wp-image-50459\" title=\"Upsc prelims research: international relations 2023 13\"\/><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>How many of the above statements are correct? Answer: (d) None East-West Corridor: Golden Quadrilateral Project India-Myanmar-Thailand Trilateral Highway Bangladesh-China-India-Myanmar Economic Corridor<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_kad_blocks_custom_css":"","_kad_blocks_head_custom_js":"","_kad_blocks_body_custom_js":"","_kad_blocks_footer_custom_js":"","_kad_post_transparent":"","_kad_post_title":"","_kad_post_layout":"","_kad_post_sidebar_id":"","_kad_post_content_style":"","_kad_post_vertical_padding":"","_kad_post_feature":"","_kad_post_feature_position":"","_kad_post_header":false,"_kad_post_footer":false,"_kad_post_classname":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1,3],"tags":[47],"years":[50],"class_list":["post-2027","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-upsc","category-prelims","tag-international-relations","years-50"],"acf":[],"taxonomy_info":{"category":[{"value":1,"label":"UPSC"},{"value":3,"label":"Prelims"}],"post_tag":[{"value":47,"label":"International Relations"}],"years":[{"value":50,"label":"2023"}]},"featured_image_src_large":false,"author_info":{"display_name":"LotusArise","author_link":"https:\/\/lotusarise.com\/qna\/author\/team-lotusarise"},"comment_info":0,"category_info":[{"term_id":1,"name":"UPSC","slug":"upsc","term_group":0,"term_taxonomy_id":1,"taxonomy":"category","description":"","parent":0,"count":1269,"filter":"raw","cat_ID":1,"category_count":1269,"category_description":"","cat_name":"UPSC","category_nicename":"upsc","category_parent":0},{"term_id":3,"name":"Prelims","slug":"prelims","term_group":0,"term_taxonomy_id":3,"taxonomy":"category","description":"","parent":1,"count":1251,"filter":"raw","cat_ID":3,"category_count":1251,"category_description":"","cat_name":"Prelims","category_nicename":"prelims","category_parent":1}],"tag_info":[{"term_id":47,"name":"International Relations","slug":"international-relations","term_group":0,"term_taxonomy_id":47,"taxonomy":"post_tag","description":"","parent":0,"count":79,"filter":"raw"}],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lotusarise.com\/qna\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2027","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lotusarise.com\/qna\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lotusarise.com\/qna\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lotusarise.com\/qna\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lotusarise.com\/qna\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2027"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lotusarise.com\/qna\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2027\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lotusarise.com\/qna\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2027"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lotusarise.com\/qna\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2027"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lotusarise.com\/qna\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2027"},{"taxonomy":"years","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lotusarise.com\/qna\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/years?post=2027"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}