Indian road network years despite significant barriers and inefficiencies in inter-state freight and passenger movement compared to railways and air. The government of India considers road network as critical to the country's development, social integration and security needs of the country. India's road network carries over 65 percent of its freight and about 85 percent of passenger traffic. Indian road network is administered by various government authorities, given India's federal form of government. The following table shows the total length of India's road network by type of road as on 31 March 2016. In general, roads in India are primarily bitumen-based macadamised roads.
The Lucky Country Australia". Lowe's book addresses Horne's stance, and states that due to poor leadership, little has changed since "The Lucky Country". With regard to economic innovation, Australia still ranks low: in 2014 "The Economist"'s Economic Innovation Index ranked Australia 22nd, behind Japan, the US, Germany and Sweden. The Lucky Country The Lucky Country is a 1964 book by Donald Horne. The title has become a nickname for Australia and is generally used favourably, although the origin of the phrase was negative in the context of the book. Among other things, it has been used in reference to Australia's natural resources, weather,