Amartya Sen has been talking about wide socioeconomic injustice particularly in developing countries. Unequal and unjust distribution of infrastructure has been the cause of socioeconomic imbalances in rural and urban areas. In India only 40% of the urban and semi-urban population is provided with good infrastructure. Rural India is largely deprived of adequate infrastructure. Despite continuous efforts at the center and state for providing infrastructure, the achievement has not been rewarding. It is high time to think over the Gandhian model of sustained rural economy and A P J Abdul Kalam’s model of Providing Urban Amenities in Rural Areas (PURA), regarding the provision of infrastructure to achieve faster economic development. The Gandhian model stressed on rural development for which infrastructure is a must. Kalam’s model talks about physical, electronic, knowledge and economic connectivities, which go a long way in the development of Indian villages and unplanned cities. The present paper is an evaluation of Pradhan Mantri Gram Sadak Yojana (PMGSY) in Karnataka. The paper stresses more on physical connectivity and offers a few suggestions depending on the secondary sources.

Equal distribution of infrastructural facilities makes countries achieve higher growth. Inadequate rural infrastructure and unequal distribution of basic amenities are the characteristic features of the developing countries. Physical infrastructure comprises roads, sanitation, electricity, irrigation, marketing, telecommunication, drinking water and so forth. The transport sector being wide and broad, plays a significant role in promoting rapid economic development in any region. Broadly, transport infrastructure consists of roads, railways, air, and water transport. It is the road transport which caters to closely 87% of passenger traffic and 61% of freight movements in India. It is a fact that the villages in India depend largely on rural roads and other district roads both for passenger and goods transport. High degree of investment in transport infrastructure will place the industrial environment in high position. As on 2007, the total length of rural roads in India stood at 26.50 lakh km, which constitute 80% of the total road network in the country. Efficient interstate, intercity and rural transport systems will help reduce the economic losses, improve connectivity network and make provision for more economic opportunities to the people at large to equip them meet the global competition. Here, much attention has to be paid to rural transport, without which the all round development in any economy cannot be a reality.

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