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Force-Funding of Infrastructure Off-budget and Off-key?

Partha Mukhopadhyay

Economic and Political Weekly

October 2, 2004

It is easy to force-fund infrastructure by persuading the banks and the RBI to lend money, but this is only likely to result in a fragile banking system. The gains will be greater if the projects are first made viable. Investors will channel resources into infrastructure once a market has been created, regulation put in place, and tariff reform implemented.

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