A. K. Jain

Making Infrastructure Work A. K. Jain

Infrastructure is the underlying foundation of economic development and social transformation. It is usually referred to the transportation, communications, roads, water supply, sewer, power, telecommunications, etc. which enable a business, industry or economy to function. Today, infrastructure has assumed a wider connotation and includes agriculture, public administration, governance, banking, finance, land, human resource, markets, tourism, healthcare, education, etc. Thus, infrastructure is the lifeline of economic, physical, social and ecological development.