• A REFLECTION ON DISPARITIES IN LEVEL OF INFRASTRUCTURAL DEVELOPMENT AMONG THE DISTRICTS OF ASSAM

Abstract

This paper documents the disparities in the infrastructural development among the districts of Assam spanning the data of the year 2015. The development in infrastructure is estimated with the help of composite index based on optimum combination of different developmental indicators. The main objective of the study is to classify the districts into different stages of development such as high level, medium level, developing and low level developed. The composite indicators are obtained with the help of three different methods. The district-wise data in respect of forty one indicators are used for twenty seven districts of the State. Irrespective of the indicators used, the district of Kamrup Metro stands out as the most uniform in terms of the development of infrastructure. However, the district Chirang stands at the bottom of the list in this regard. For bringing about uniform development in this sector among all the districts of Assam, model districts have been identified for fixing up the potential targets of different developmental indicators for low developed districts. These districts require improvements of various dimensions in some of the indicators for enhancing the level of overall socio-economic development of the entire State