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    ISAS Briefs

    Quick analytical responses to occurrences in South Asia

    249 : India’s Infrastructure Needs

    Ishraq Ahmed, Research Associate at the ISAS

    27 August 2012

    The recent power blackout in India has shed light on the poor condition of the country's infrastructure. Government spending on infrastructure has been long overdue even before the blackout took place in much of north India. For India to sustain its economic growth and development, spending has to be stimulated, both in quantitative and qualitative terms.