01383pab a2200205 454500008004000000100001900040245012600059260000900185300001600194362001100210520070100221650002900922650002100951700002000972700001900992773003401011909001001045999001701055952010501072180718b1999   xxu||||| |||| 00| 0 eng d  aKundu, Amitabh  aRegional distribution of infrastructure and basic amenities in urban India: issues concerning empowerment of local bodies  c1999  ap.1893-1906  a10 Jul  aA 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  aLocal government - India  aLocal government  aKundu, Debolina  aBagchi, Soumen  aEconomic and Political Weekly  a41643  c41643d41643  00104070aIIPAbIIPAd2018-07-19hVolume no: 34, Issue no: 28pAR42019r2018-07-19w2018-07-19yAR