Against the backdrop of socio-economic crisis and declining role of the state in infrastructure development, this article evaluates the inter-district disparities in social infrastructure (SI) and physical infrastructure (PI), and consequently attempts to examine the impact of SI and PI on economic growth in Punjab at two points in time, that is, 2004–2005 and 2016–2017. For this purpose, a district level social infrastructure index (SII) and a district level physical infrastructure index (PII) encapsulating 12 and 10 indicators, respectively, have been computed employing principal component analysis. The findings of the study revealed that PI acts as a pivotal catalyst to accelerate economic growth, whereas SI does not demonstrate any significant association with economic growth in Punjab. Furthermore, it is observed that pervasive inter-district disparities exist in SI and PI development and the majority of the districts depict a gloomy picture of infrastructure development in Punjab.

在社会经济危机和国家在基础设施发展中的作用下降的背景下，本文评估了社会基础设施 (SI) 和物质基础设施 (PI) 的地区间差异，并因此尝试检验 SI 和 PI 的影响2004-2005 年和 2016-2017 年两个时间点旁遮普省的经济增长情况。为此，已使用主成分分析计算了分别包含 12 和 10 个指标的区级社会基础设施指数 (SII) 和区级物理基础设施指数 (PII)。研究结果表明，PI 是加速经济增长的关键催化剂，而 SI 并未证明与旁遮普省的经济增长有任何显着关联。此外，