Issues Regarding Infrastructure Provisions in Formal Private Sector Housing (FPSH) in Amritsar, Punjab, India

By : Gursharan Kaur, Ashwani Luthra

Page No: 21-40

Abstract
During 1991, India pursued economic reforms and liberalised various economic sectors, housing was also one of them. The continued increment of urban population and limited public sector resources to fulfill the ever rising needs of the urbanites has been the mother land of private sector participation in the housing and infrastructure sector in the global and Indian  market. The role of government started shifting from producer to enabler, facilitating and encouraging private sector participation in housing by enacting legislations and framing rules and regulations for the same. The primary objective behind an enabling strategy was to improve the performance of the housing sector as a whole. By the year 2020, 91 private sector approved housing colonies came up over 776.20 hectare area in the Amritsar city. More than two decades old Formal Private Sector Housing (FPSH) needs appreciation and appraisal for the kind of infrastructure that has been provided in the colonies of Amritsar city. The present paper helps to demarcate the success of FPSH in provision of infrastructure as per the 
Act and guidelines of the state government as well as the evaluation of infrastructure existing in the formal private sector colonies both in quantitative and qualitative terms specific to Amritsar city. 

Authors :
Gursharan Kaur : Assistant Professor, Guru Ramdas School of Planning, Guru Nanak Dev University, Amritsar, Punjab, India.
Ashwani Luthra : Professor, Guru Ramdas School of Planning, Guru Nanak Dev University, Amritsar, Punjab, India.