By Yashvi Modi

Communication
Geography L-7: Lifelines of National
Economy
A brief history
A brief history
Types of Communication

Personal Communication: Mass Communication:

-messages, mails, voice, video calls -television, radio, newsapapers etc
-provides entertainment & creates
awareness about policies and
programmes
 Personal
Communicatio
n
1. Indian Postal Network
2. Indian Telecom Network
Indian Postal
Network

• Largest postal network

in the world
• Handles parcels as well
as written
communications
 First Class: air-
lifted; cards &
envelopes

Two classes
Indian Postal of Indian
Network Postal
Second Class:
Network
surface
mail; book
packets,
newspapers &
periodicals
 6 main channels – to facilitate quick delivery

•
Indian Postal
Rajdhani
• Metro

Network •
•
Green
Business
• Bulk Mail
• Periodical
Indian Telecom
Network

• Largest telecom network in Asia

• 2/3rds of villages have STD (Subscriber Trunk Dialling) facility​
 Government provisions:

Indian
To extend 24 hour STD
Telecom facility to every village
Network
Uniform rate of STD
facilities all over India
Indian Telecom Network

Success is due:

Integrating the development in

space technology with
communication technology
 Mass
Communicatio
n
1. All India Radio – Akashwani
2. National Television – Doordarshan
3. Newspapers & Periodicals
4. Indian Film Industry
All India Radio -
Akashwani

• Broadcasts a variety of
programmes in national,
regional and local languages
• Provides special weather for
farmers and gives tips about
marketing of the harvest
National Television -
Doordarshan
• One of the largest terrestrial
networks in the world
• Broadcasts a variety of programmes
from entertainment, educational to
sports etc.
 Periodicity means the time
Newspapers & interval after which each new
Periodicals edition of the periodical is
released.

• India publishes a large number of newspapers and periodicals annually

• Different types depending on periodicity
• Newspapers are published in about 100 languages and dialects
• The largest number of newspapers in our country are published
in Hindi, English and Urdu.
 • India is the largest
producer of films in the
world
The Indian Film Industry on an
average produces 3 times the
number of films produced by
Hollywood in a year!
• The Central Board of
Indian Film Film Certification is the
Industry authority to certify both
Indian and foreign films
 By Yashvi Modi

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