INFRASTRUCTURE

AN INTRODUCTION…
MEANING
It includes all those facilities and services
which are needed for supporting and
enhancing the production capacity of an
economy.
It includes both economic infrastructure
and social infrastructure.
1. ECONOMIC INFRASTRUCTURE
 Also known as physical infrastructure.
 Refers to all such elements like power,
transport and communication which
serve as a foundation for the process
of economic growth.
 It helps in increasing the living
standards of the people.
2. SOCIAL INFRASTRUCTURE
 It refers to core elements of social change
like schools, colleges and hospitals which
serve as the foundation for the process of
social development of a country.
 It helps in increasing the quality of human
resources as it focuses on human
resource development, implying the
development of skilled personnel as well
as healthy and efficient human beings.
ROLE OF INFRASTRUCTURE
1. Raises production and productivity;
2. Induces investment;
3. Generates linkages in production;
4. Enhances size of the market;
5. Enhances ability to work;
6. Facilitates outsourcing;
7. Promotes employment;
8. Induces FDI.
INFRASTRUCTURE-
A CHALLENGE IN INDIA
 Low priority in plans;
 Huge requirement of investment;
 Long gestation period;
 Exclusion of private sector;
 Regional imbalance;
 Poor maintenance;
 Less expenditure on research and
development.
 INFRASTRUCTURE

ECONOMIC SOCIAL
INFRASTRUCTURE INFRASTRUCTURE

TRANSPORT HEALTH

ENERGY EDUCATION

COMMUNICATION

IRRIGATION

SCIENCE AND
TECHNOLOGY
 COMPONENTS OF ECONOMIC
INFRASTRUCTURE
 TRANSPORT
ROLE OF TRANSPORT IN ECONOMIC
DEVELOPMENT OF INDIA
 Agricultural development
 Industrial development
 Facilitates large scale production
 Development of rural and remote areas
 Importance for employment generation
 Importance for national defense
 Optimum utilization of resources
 Backbone of trade
 Importance in natural calamity
 Facilitates specialisation
 Social transformation
MEANS OF TRANSPORT