Regional distribution of infrastructure and basic amenities in urban India: issues concerning empowerment of local bodies

Type Working Paper - Economic and Political Weekly
Title Regional distribution of infrastructure and basic amenities in urban India: issues concerning empowerment of local bodies
Author(s)
Volume 34
Issue 28
Publication (Day/Month/Year) 1999
Page numbers 1893-1906
URL http://www.jstor.org/stable/4408183
Abstract
A state and size class wise analysis of the level of urban basic amenities reveals that disparities are extremely high in the nineties. The government and para-statal institutions have not exhibited sensitivity in favour of backward states, small and medium towns and the poor. Presently, privatisation, partnership arrangements and promotion of community-based projects have emerged as the only options for undertaking investments in basic amenities due to resource crunch in the government. This changed perspective and a consequent decline in public investment, however, are likely to accentuate the disparity in the levels of amenities across the size class of urban settlements.

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