The Tamil Nadu Industrial Investment Corporation Ltd, popularly known as TIIC is intended to provide low-cost financial support for both setting up new units and also for expansion of existing units.

SIPCOT (State Industries Promotion Corporation of Tamil Nadu) 1971
TANSIDCO (Tamil Nadu Small Industries Development Corporation) 1970
TIDCO (Tamil Nadu Industrial Development Corporation ) 1965

a) The trilateral agreement was signed between India, Afghanistan and Iran.
b) It has led to the establishment of transit and transport corridor among three countries using Chabahar port.
c) This port is seen as golden gateway for India to access landlocked markets of Afghanistan and Central Asia bypassing Pakistan.

i) Some congressmen were not satisfied with dominion status and wanted to demand complete independence.
ii) In the congress session held in Lahore in December 1929 with Jawaharlal Nehru as the President Poorna Swaraj was declared as the goal. Poorna Swaraj means complete independence.

i) India was economically subjugated and transformed into a supplier of raw material to the British industries.
ii) It became a market to dump English manufactures and for the investment of British capital.
iii) The colonial economy was a continuous transfer of resources from India to Britain without any favourable returns back to India.
iv) This is called "the drain of wealth".

Trade carried on between two or more countries is called international trade. It is also called as external trade or foreign trade.

S.No	Waterways	Airways
1.	Waterway is the oldest and cheapest means of transport.	Airways are the quickest, costliest, most modern and comfortable means of transport.
2.	It is most suitable for carrying heavy and bulky materials from one country to another.	They carry passengers, freight and mail.
3.	It is a fuel efficient and eco-friendly mode of transport	It is not fuel efficient.
4.	The two types of waterways are inland waterways and ocean waterways.	Domestic Airways and International Airways are the two types of airways.

S.No	Print Media	Electronic Media
1.	We get information through printed materials.	We get information through electronic gadgets.
2.	It includes newspapers, journals, books, flyers and magazines	It includes radio, television and internet,
3.	Newspapers carry information on local, national and international events to the people.	It broadcasts programmes related to education, information and entertainment.

OPEC:
i) It is a group of oil producing nations (i.e. Iraq, Iran, Kuwait, Saudi Arabia).
ii) Its membership is open to any country that exports crude oil.
OPEC'S mission:
i) To co-ordinate oil policies in its member countries.
ii) Help stabilise oil markets.
iii) To secure fair and stable income to petroleum producers.
iv) An efficient, economic and regular supply of oil to consuming nations.
v) A fair return on capital to those investing in the petroleum industry.
Helps other countries:
i) It helps finance projects with low interests loans.
ii) It provides grants to social and humanitarian projects.
iii) It has an Information centre with over 20,000 volumes including books, reports map and conference proceedings related to petroleum, energy and the oil market.
iv) It is open to the public and for the rescarchers and students.

Lahore Congress:
i) The Congress Session was held in Lahore in December 1929 with Jawaharlal Nehru as the president. Poorna Swaraj was declared as the goal.
ii) It was also decided to boycott the Round Table conference and launch a Civil Disobedience Movement.
Civil Disobedience Movement:
A charter of demands was presented to the Viceroy Lord Irwin with an ultimatum to comply by 31 January 1930. When the Viceroy did not respond Gandhi launched the Civil Disobedience movement.
Salt Satyagraha Movement:
i) The inclusion of abolition of Salt tax was a brilliant tactical decision.
ii) It transformed Civil Disobedience Movement into a mass movement drawing all sections of the population including women in the streets.
iii) On 12 March 1930 Gandhi set out from Sabarmati Ashram with 78 of its inmates and reached Dandi on 5 April, 1930.
iv) The next morning he took a lump of salt breaking the salt law.
v) In Tamil Nadu C. Rajaji, led a similar salt march from Tiruchirappalli to Vedaranyam.
vi) In the North West frontier province Khan Abdul Ghaffar Khan led the movement..
vii) Gandhi was arrested at midnight and sent to Yerawada jail.
viii) Jawaharlal Nehru, Khan Abdul Ghaffar Khan and other leaders were swiftly arrested.
ix) It was the biggest mass movement India had ever witnessed. But no violence was reported anywhere.

Classification of Roads:
i) National Highways (NH): National Highways form the most important system of road transportation in India.
ii) These highways are connect capitals of states, major Ports, rail junctions, industrial and tourist centres.
iii) The longest National highway is NH - 44, which runs from Srinagar in Jammu Kashmir to Kanniyakumari in Tamil Nadu.
iv)The shortest national highway is NH-47A, which runs, from Ernakulum to Kochi port (Willington Island) covering a distance of 6 km.
State Highways:
The state highways are usually roads that link important cities, towns and district headquarters within the state and connect them with national highways or highways of neighboring states. These roads are administered and financed by state governments.
District Roads:
i) District Roads provide connectivity between the district and taluk headquarters with the state highways and national highways.
ii) District Roads are constructed and maintained by the Public Works Department of the states.
Rural Roads:
i) Rural roads connectivity is a key component of rural development. These roads are vital for providing links in the rural areas. It links the different villages with their neighboring towns.
ii) They are maintained by Village Panchayats.
Border Roads:
i) These are the roads of strategic importance in border areas.
ii) They are constructed and maintained by Border Roads Organization. It was established in 1960 for the development of the roads in the northern and northeastern border areas.
iii) Border Roads Organization has constructed world's highest road joining Chandigarh and Leh in Ladakh.
Golden Quadrilateral Roads:
Golden Quadrilateral 5,846 km long road of 4/6. lanes connects, India's the four metropolitan
cities Delhi, Kolkata, Chennai and Mumbai.
Expressways:
i) These roads are multilane good quality road for high speed traffic.
Eg: Mumbai - Pune road.
International Highways:
These roads link India with neighboring countries for promoting harmonious relationship with them.