In Search Of Alternatives Video Lecture - Social Studies (SST) Class 8

public facilities in India
you
there are some facilities which a person
cannot buy or arrange on an individual
level
they are usually provided or insured by
the government such facilities are
called public facilities
CAIR sanitation electricity public
transport roads schools and colleges are
some of the essential public facilities
provided for everyone availability of
good public facilities is essential for
Public Welfare and better quality of
life
the advantage of public facility is that
once it is provided its benefits can be
shared by many people for instance a
school in the village will enable the
children to get educated supply of
electricity and water to an area can be
useful for many people like farmers and
shopkeepers people can benefit from
hospitals by using them for health care
the Indian Constitution recognizes the
right to education electricity water and
held as being a part of the right to
life
public welfare is one of the prime
responsibilities of the government one
of the most important functions of the
government is to ensure that public
facilities are made available to
everyone
ensuring their welfare and well-being
public facilities relate to people's
basic needs
the responsibility to provide adequate
public facilities therefore must be that
of the government it is the government's
obligation to spend part of their budget
for public facilities
a private company is a business company
owned by individuals and is a
non-governmental organization
private companies can be hired on
contract by the government to provide
public facilities to the people however
such undertakings are not always
profitable to the private companies
public facilities like keeping the
trains clean or running anti malaria
campaigns do not accrue much profit
however private companies can be
selectively engaged in providing public
facilities such as water supply through
tankers and filled bottles schools
healthcare or transport the main
objective of a private company is to
earn profit private companies provide
public facilities at a price that only
some people can afford private
facilities are not available to all at
an affordable rate many people who
cannot afford to pay for such facilities
will be deprived of the opportunity to
live a decent life on the other hand
privatization can also lead to
competition and thus improve the quality
of public facilities stiff competition
can bring prices down
in the annual budget the government
announces various ways in which it plans
to meet the expenses for providing
public facilities the main source of
revenue for the government is the taxes
collected from the people there are
different types of taxes like income tax
sales tax corporate tax etc the
government is empowered to collect these
taxes and use them for providing public
facilities government meets the expenses
partly by charging a price for providing
public facilities for example a nominal
price is charged so that most people can
afford a certain minimum amount of water
for daily use the present condition of
the acces to public facilities in India
is far from satisfactory there is a
shortage in supply and there are
inequalities in distribution compared to
the metros and large cities for areas
and villages are under provided compared
to wealthy localities the poorer
localities are under serviced it is
important that the government takes into
account that all citizens of the country
have a right to these facilities which
should be provided to them in an
equitable manner
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a summary of all the important points we
have covered in this lesson on public
facilities in India