Summary
More drivers used electronic tolls, which grew 24%.
India’s internet fibre network now covers over 7.5 lakh kilometres.
Air cargo volume rose 12%, moving more packages by plane.
Renewable energy makes up about 42% of total power capacity.
Key Points
5 points1
National Highway projects awarded rose to 2,236 km, up 62.9%.
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Electronic toll transactions reached 225.2 crore, up 24.1%.
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Broadband subscribers grew about 12%.
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Air cargo reached 1.86 million tonnes, a 12% rise.
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Renewable energy capacity increased 29.5% to 2.23 lakh megawatts.
New Words to Learn
6 wordsmegawatt
a unit that measures a lot of electricity, like the power of many light bulbs
cumulative
total amount added together
optical fibre
thin glass threads that carry internet signals fast
lakh
a word used in India for 100,000
percentage
a way to show part of a whole, out of 100
renewable energy
energy from the sun, wind, or water that does not run out
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