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100			_aKundu, Amitabh
245			_aRegional distribution of infrastructure and basic amenities in urban India: issues concerning empowerment of local bodies
260			_c1999
300			_ap.1893-1906
362			_a10 Jul
520			_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
650			_aLocal government - India
650			_aLocal government
700			_aKundu, Debolina
700			_aBagchi, Soumen
773			_aEconomic and Political Weekly
909			_a41643
999			_c41643 _d41643