Based on primary data collected through a nationwide survey, the report aims to. resolve some of the contradictions that have stymied the expansion of infrastructure. in rural India with the aim of encouraging balanced regional growth of rural infrastructure. It proposes. - Forming public-private partnerships. - Greater decentralisation of regulation and ownership. - Greater reliance on user fees to recover costs. Greater use of microfinance. This is a definitive report on the state of rural infrastructure in the four. major sectors of power, telecommunications, roads and transport, and water and. sanitation. Given that the solutions to rural infrastructure problems are necessarily. going to be unique in rural areas, where people are already underserved, this. study focusing on rural infrastructure is valuable in that it advocates for. new financing methods; attracting new players to provide services; adopting. new policies to support privatisation and decentralisation of infrastructure. services. In sum, it outlines a financially sustainable and inventive new approach.