india ruralinfrastructure report fundedby sirratantatatrust nationalcouncilofappliedeconomicresearch parisilabhawan 11indraprasthaestate newdelhi110002 phoneno 2339861 66 faxno 23370164 email dbgupta ncaer org foreword the rural infrastructure sponsored by sir ratan tata trust and prepared national council of applied economic research new delhi documents status in makes policy recommendations on different aspects need to undertake this study stems from empirically established fact that access can have very important positive implications for development poverty reduction given areas differ their urban counterparts terms per capita income population density average size agglomeration related problems are those thus example complicated expensive piped water supply sewerage systems inappropriate solutions would necessarily be somewhat a focusing specifically is appropriate it also reason bulk poor improved contribute necessary evidence documented introductory chapter