Abstract
Infrastructure development plays a vital role in achieving Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and poverty reduction. The government of India has initiated many rural development schemes from time to time to enhance infrastructure, but after seven decades of independence, there is inadequate basic infrastructure in rural India, where 70% of the Indian population live and provide food security. The study is a part of Bihar State in India covering four districts, Bhojpur, Buxar, Bhabhua and Rohtas, which were selected for green revolution. According to the Census of India (Primary census abstract for Uttaranchal, Bihar and Jharkhand. Office of the Registrar General, India, Government of India, New Delhi, 2001), there were 7,385,362 people constituting 8.9% of the total population of Bihar State and among these 89% of the population are rural. The basic infrastructure was analysed spatially with the help of spatial information techniques to determine the distribution pattern as well as the level of infrastructure development. The results show that infrastructure facilities are not uniformly available. The analysis reveals that there was large regional disparity in infrastructure development.
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Kumar, D., Singh, R.B., Kaur, R. (2019). SDG 9: Case Study – Infrastructure Assessment for Sustainable Development. In: Spatial Information Technology for Sustainable Development Goals . Sustainable Development Goals Series. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-58039-5_12
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