This case study is meant to be an overview of the considerations taken into account by government officials while determining where to supply water and estimating costs for infrastructure provision and maintenance. Our study finds in addition to the ...

Niranjan Rajadhyaksha makes a case for revisiting the economic discourse of the 1970s that proved seminal for later reforms and could help us address current problems

This article on the Business Standard discusses how spending on infrastructure should be directed to have the most impact on India's current jobs scenario. ...

Building roads has the largest impact on employment generation for firms involved in agro-allied and services activities. For industrial firms, investing in resolving water supply issues has the greatest impact on job creation. 

Approximately 84% of industrial firms, 64.5% of services firms and 61.4% of agro-allied firms, reported that the major infrastructure hindrance to their business was related to roads. 

The Infrastructure Priorities for Job Creation in India report attempts to understand the impact of infrastructure investment on economic activity. It is an extension of IDFC Institute's work on India's socio-economic transition: from rural to urba...