An inter-district analysis of physical infrastructure in Assam Bhattacharjee Saurish* Ph.D. Student, Department of Economics, Dibrugarh University, Dibrugarh, Assam, India, 786001 *Author correspondence: Saurish Bhattacharjee Ph.D. Student, Department of Economics, Dibrugarh University, Dibrugarh, Assam, India, 786001, Email: saurishbhattacharjee02@gmail.com
Online published on 26 March, 2021. Abstract Infrastructure helps in the development of an economy both directly and indirectly. Infrastructure can be broadly divided into two- physical and social. Both physical and social infrastructures are important for sustainable development of an economy but physical infrastructure plays an important role because it helps in the development of social infrastructure. Regional disparity in infrastructure is one major issue in India and Assam is no exclusion to it. Disparities in infrastructural facilities have been one of the major reasons of imbalance in development in India. Assam is a State in the North-Eastern Region (NER) of India. The infrastructural development of the NER is lagging far behind in comparison to the other regions of the country.Both physical and social infrastructure provision are not up to the mark in the region. It must be noted that infrastructure which is the backbone of any economy is lagging behind in NER of India including Assam which may be one reason that has put North-East as one of the low rung region in the country. Thus, the present study focuses basically on the physical infrastructural facilities among the different districts in Assam considering the year 2016. Assam is the centre State which connects with the other NE States.In order to assess the infrastructural facilities, a total number of 9 indicators were considered for the study. The States are divided into four different categories viz., highly developed, medium level developed, developing and low developed categories on the basis of constructed development index. Top Keywords Physical Infrastructure, Development index, Infrastructure Development. Top |