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Dr. Sunita Chitkara Deputy Director General Central Statistics Office India
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What is Infrastructure ? The Dictionary defines infrastructure as “ the basic physical and organizational structures and facilities (e.g. buildings, roads, power supplies) needed for the operation of a society or enterprise”
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What is Infrastructure ? Infrastructure helps to deliver essential services for the functioning of an organization or society Infrastructure helps achieve economic and social objectives Infrastructure is the base upon which society and its activities rest
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Role of infrastructure Infrastructure is instrumental in promoting economic growth Infrastructure also plays a role in alleviating poverty
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How Infrastructure Contribute to Development Infrastructure Benefit households Benefit enterprises Improve welfare Enlarge markets Lower costs Growth
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How To Define Infrastructure ? Describe infrastructure through a set of characteristics that are attributed to it.
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Characteristics of Infrastructure Natural Monopoly High sunk costs or asset specificity Non tradability Non rivalness in consumption Possibility of price exclusion Presence of externalities
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Natural monopoly Single provider High entry barriers
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High sunk cost Huge initial investment No alternative use
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Asset specificity Network is specific to one type of use only Road network, pipelines, electricity transmission cables
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Non tradability Can only be used in the economy where produced Can not be imported or exported
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Non rival-ness in consumption Consumption of one individual does not effect the consumption of other
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Possibility of price exclusion Prices not regulated by market forces
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Presence of externalities External benefits
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Harmonization of Definition and Coverage Rangarajan Commission Cabinet Committee on Infrastructure, Planning Commission Ministry of Finance, Department of Economic Affairs Standing Committee on Infrastructure Statistics (SCINS)
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Coverage of Infrastructure Sector Economic Infrastructure Transport Communication Energy Water & Sanitation Storage Social and Commercial Infrastructure Health Education
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Infrastructure Statistics why ? Assess the condition of the existing assets Evaluate the extent to which the infrastructure meets current demand Assess whether infrastructure is likely to be able to meet demand in the future Benchmarking: to compare our infrastructure availability with others
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Infrastructure Statistics Access indicators Quality indicators Fiscal costs & revenue indicators Utilization indicators. Affordability indicators.
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Access indicators Availability of infrastructure over Geographic area To the proportion of population
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Quality indicators Quantitative indicators like surfaced road, number of lanes etc Qualitative indicators through surveys
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Fiscal cost and revenue indicators Budget outlay Expenditure Investment Revenue generated
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Utilization indicators Freight carried Passengers carried
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Affordability indicators people’s ability to make use of infrastructure item
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ENERGY INFRASTRUCTURE Coal Mining and Quarrying Infrastructure Access Indicators Coal Reserves Grade wise reserves Lignite Quality Indicators Accidents in coal mining Fatalities in coal mining employment Fiscal and revenue Indicators Capital outlay Expenditure Utilization Indicators Coal production Affordability IndicatorsPrices of selected grades of coal
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ENERGY INFRASTRUCTURE Petroleum and Natural gas Access Indicators Crude oil reserves Natural gas reserves Refining capacity Oil wells Gas wells Retail outlets LPG distributers LPG consumers Oil tanker fleets Length of pipelines Production capacity Installed capacity of refineries Oil and gas storage terminals Quality Indicators Gas flared Persons employed Fiscal and revenue Indicators Capital outlay Expenditure Investment Utilization Indicators Crude oil production Natural gas production Affordability IndicatorsPrice of natural gas Retail selling price
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ENERGY INFRASTRUCTURE Electricity Access Indicators Installed Generating capacity Electricity consumption Length of transmission lines transformers Quality Indicators Share of source wise energy in total production Hydro Thermal Nuclear RES Energy loss in transformation, transmission & distribution Peak demand Peak met Fiscal and revenue Indicators Capital outlay Expenditure Investment Utilization Indicators Actual generation of electricity Affordability IndicatorsAverage cost of electricity supply
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