01266pab a2200193 454500 180718b1999 xxu||||| |||| 00| 0 eng d Kundu, Amitabh Regional distribution of infrastructure and basic amenities in urban India: issues concerning empowerment of local bodies 1999 p.1893-1906 10 Jul 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. - Reproduced Local government - India Local government Kundu, Debolina Bagchi, Soumen Economic and Political Weekly 41643 41643 41643 0 0 0 0 IIPA IIPA 2018-07-19 Volume no: 34, Issue no: 28 AR42019 2018-07-19 2018-07-19 AR