What is Infrastructure?

1. It refers to basic facilties which help an economy to run
2. It refers to network of physical facilties like roads, bridges, airports, ports etc
3. It also includes social infrastructure like healthcare, Sanitation, Education
4. Hence, all support structures which facilitate development of a country is called infrastructure

Infrastructure can be categorized into 2 types:

1. Economic Infrastructure
2. Social infrastructure

1 Economic infrastructure

These have direct impact on production of goods and services

They include:

Energy, Transportation & Communication

Example

Better the Roads, easier it is to transport the goods, so there can be more production

Hence, Making Roads is Economic infrastructure

2 Social Infrastructure

They indirectly support the production by building social sector of economy

They include:

Education, Health and housing

Example

More Educated and skilled the labour

More will be their productivity in work

Hence, both Economic infrastructure and Social infrastructure are interdependent on each other

Infrastructure facilities supports the industrial development and agriculture production of the country

1 Helps In Industrial Development

Infrastructure is support system of Modern Industrial Economy

Infrastructure provides Roads, Ports, Airports, bridges which help in Industrial Development

It also provides energy which is required in industrial production

2 Helps in Agriculture

It helps in transporting seeds, pesticides, fertilizers as well as finished goods

Agriculture also depends upon insurance and banking facilities

Example - Farmers require crop insurance as well as loans from banks

Infrastructure development and economic development go hand in hand.

1 Infrastructure is the support system of Modern Industrial Economy

It provides Roads, Ports, Airports, bridges and the energy required in industrial production

2 Infrastructure provides assistance in Agriculture

It helps in transporting seeds, pesticides, fertilizers as well as finished goods.

3 Improves Quality of Life

Good Sanitation and Education helps in improving quality of life of people

Also good communication facilities like internet, post and telegraph help people to contact with each other

4 Reduces Morbidity

Morbidity means proneness to fall ill

Clean Drinking Water and Good medical facilities help in preventing many diseases

As, Infrastructure contributes in the following ways by improving quality of lives and improving production economic development

is automatically achieved

Infrastructure includes the following:

Energy Electricity, Hydroelectricity, Wind Energy, Thermal Energy

Transportation Roads, Bridges, Rail Transport

Communication Internet, Telecommunication (2G,3G,4G,5G)

Education School, Colleges, Training Centers

Health Hospitals, Mohalla Clinics

housing Houses, Apartments, Colonies