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  Why are public facilities needed for the development of the country? Explain any four public facilities.    Or What do you mean by public facilities? Why are they important? Name two public facilities available in India.

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                  Public facilities are those facilities which are not possible for any individual to access at economic cost so government provides such facilities to the public to ensure quality of life. There are many public facilities those government provides in day to day life and Four major facilities are as follow Basic Education Government provides school and other educational facilities like chair, books, etc to be used by the public. But its use and performance is depended on collective response and community cooperation. (ii) Basic Health Facilities Government provides hospitals, vaccine programmes to maintain basic quality of life. (iii) Law and Order Facility/Security Government provides police outposts, police stations for maintaining security to the public by which people may live peacefully. (iv) Provide for Public Distribution System Government opens PDS shops or ration shops through which it supplies basic food items like ricegrain, wheat, pulses, etc at very low price/subsidised rate to the lower income group or poor people. But functioning of these facilities are depend on the community awareness and public cooperation. Other facilities are infrastructure facilities like road, irrigation projects, etc, drinking water supplies in urban areas, etc.