“Our nation's infrastructure needs are tremendous, and they're growing.”

Infrastructure

This presentation deals with

What is it?

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What is It?

Health

Energy

Relevance

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infrastructure

State of

infrastructure

What is infrastrucure?

Infrastructure is basic physical and organizational structures needed for the operation of a society or enterprise, or the services and facilities necessary for an economy to function.It can be generally defined as the set of interconnected structural elements that provide framework supporting an entire structure of development.

infrastructure

Social

e.g.Education and health.

Improves

quality of life

Economical

e.g.Energy, transport communication.

Increases

productivity

Infrastructure development and economic development go hand in hand.

If attention is isn't paid in this sector it can act as a deterent to economic growth.

AMOUNT SPENT ON

INRASTRUCTURE

INFRASTUCTURE IS A SUPPORT SYSTEM ON WHICH THE EFFICENCY OF MODERN INDUSTRIAL ECONOMY DEPENDS.

Amount spent on infrastructre in different countries

• INDIA INVESTS ONLY 5% OF GDP IN INFRASTRUCTURE.THIS IS VERY LESS WHEN WE COMPARE WITH INVESTMENT MADE BY OUR NEIGHBOURS IN THIS SECTOR

Traditionally, the government has been solely responsible for developing the country’s infrastructure. But it is found that the government in infrastructure is inadequate.

Today , the private sector has started playing a very important role in infrastructure development

INVESTEMENT IN KEY AREAS

Source of energy

energy

commercial

coal

petroleum

electricity

Noncommercial

firewood

Dried dung

agro wastes

Consumption pattern of commercial energy in India

SPLIT UP OF SOURCES OF POWER

POWER

▣ Critical for development

▣ Growth rate of power is higher than growth rate of GDP

Challenges of power sector

• Electicity generated isn’t sufficent to feed growth rate
• We suffer losses due to wrong pricing, distribution and inefficeny of management
• Public unrest due to high tariffs
• Thermal stations which are the mainstay of India’s power sector face shortage of raw materials.
• Population growth and economic development are driving demand for energy faster

HEALTH INFRASTRUCTURE

Health

• Health is not only absence of disease but also the ability to realize one’s potential.
• Health is holistic process related to development of a nation
• What the government spends is inadequate

• How is health assesed?

Life expectancy rate

Nutrition

levels

Life expectancy rates

Maternal mortality rate

Importance of health infrastructure

Development of health infrastructure ensures healthy manpower for production of goods and services.

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Health infrastrucutre includes

• Doctors, nurses,profeessionals
• Beds and equipment
• Well established pharmaceutical industry

Role of govt in health infrastructure

Government keeps an eye

and regulates the following through broad policies:

• Medical education
• Adulteration
• Drugs and poisons
• Medical profession
• Lunacy

▣ Private sector’s control two-fifth of total population

▣ 70% of hospitals are run by private people

▣ 60% dispenseries run by private players

▣ 80% health care for out-patients provided by them

▣ 13 lakh enterprises employ 22 lakh people

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Since LPG many private players have come in to set up state of the art health centers to promote heath tourism

Indian systems of medicine

• AYURVEDA
• YOGA
• UNANI
• SIDDHA
• NATUROPATHY
• HOMEOPATH

Facts that need to be taken into consideration

1. We spend only 1.4% of GDP on infrastrucuture which is inadequate
2. India has 17% of worlds population but 20% of diseases.
3. Half the diseases are accounted for by communicable diseases
4. 20% of population uses public health care facilities which aren’t staffed properly..

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