Saturday, November 11, 2006

What is Infrastructure?

An often used term in the Indian Business and economic meets, seminars, discussions, newspapers and magazines, Infrastructure is one of the fastest growing sectors in India today , one which is going to be a key driver of the economy in the years to come. I have set out on a journey to explore the concepts and the opportunities present in this sector. My journey will be a collation of data from various sources. I hope this eclectic excercise will be useful not just for me but also for other like minded readers.

An Introduction:

Infrastructure is a set of interconnected structural elements that provide the framework supporting an entire structure. Nowadays, this term is used in a variety of applications such as infrastructure of a city or region, information technology, informal and formal channels of communication, software development tools etc. What I am going to talk about in my future articles is the civil infrastructure which is the backbone of our economy. A comprehension of infrastructure spans not only these public infrastructure facilities, but also the operating procedures, management practices, and development policies that interact together with societal demand and the physical world to facilitate the transport of people and goods, provision of water for drinking and a variety of other uses, safe disposal of society's waste products, provision of energy where it is needed, and transmission of information within and between communities.

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

"Nothing so interesting that you'll want to know".....iska kya matlab hai?