This is why school infrastructure is important for a child's growth. As regards minor ports which come under State governments, there has been good progress in the Eleventh Plan period. It is therefore urgently needed that infrastructure projects be given environment clearance quickly and investment in them be speeded up if the Indian economy is to be brought back on the fast growth trajectory. It may be noted that with large investment in infrastructure during the last decade (2003-04 to 2013-14) India has become the second fastest growing economy of the world but in the two years (2012- March 2014) economic growth slowed down and this has been mainly due to the stalled infrastructure projects which held back economic development. Airport development is a basic infrastructure requirement for international connectivity, especially because the demand for air travel is projected to grow rapidly in India. The adequate infrastructure in the form of road and railway transport system, ports, power, airports and their efficient working is also needed for integration of the Indian economy with other economies of the world. Road transport is another important infrastructure which is essential for movement of goods, raw materials and fuel. For example, micro, small and medium enterprises (MSME) are dispersed throughout the economy and production by them and their growth require access to quality and reliable infrastructure services to compete efficiently with large-scale enterprises which can often build some of their own infrastructure such as installing their own small power plants or generators. In the last few years there has been some progress in the development of national highways and in rural roads but much more needs to the done. Governments around the world have realized that investing in and maintaining a healthy infrastructure is an important government function. Besides, transport development helps to open up more regions and resources for production. Power or energy is a crucial input into all economic activities and therefore rapid economic growth is possible only if adequate power is made available everywhere. "The Road Taken: The History and Future of America's Infrastructure." A distinguishing feature of infrastructure is that while the demand-supply gap in case of other factors can be met by importing some of them, the deficiency of infrastructure cannot be made up through imports. Consumption of energy by the various countries of the world varies significantly. The infrastructure challenge won't be solved overnight, but the National Infrastructure Plan is an important step in the right direction. The infrastructure is important for faster economic growth and alleviation of poverty in the country. The broad objective of Indian Railways should be to develop a strategy to be a part of an effective multi-modal transport system and to ensure an environment- friendly and economically-efficient transport system. That is, the greater the energy used per capita of a country, the higher the per capita income and productivity levels of a country. President’s Commission on Critical Infrastructure Protection, October 1997, pp. It is mainly through these that the goods are exported to other countries and the goods and raw materials are imported. To expand airport infrastructure in India, modernisation of airport infrastructure in metro and non-metro cities and construction of Greenfield airports are under consideration of the government. To meet the growing demand for carrying goods and passengers the current focus of Indian Railway should be the creation of additional capacity, modernisation of its existing network, improvement in asset utilisation and productivity. Infrastructure is the foundation upon which the structure of the economy is built, often times quite literally. Development of 35 non-metro airports which have been identified based on regional connectivity, development of regional hubs etc. However, due to arbitrariness and irregularities in the allocation of 2G Spectrum in 2008, 2G licenses and associated spectrum were cancelled by the Supreme Court in 2011 and ordered for reallocation of the spectrum through auction.