Figures may not add up exactly to 100 due to rounding off.} (Source: India Rural Development Report, 2012–13)  9. Looking at the state of physical infrastructure in rural areas, we see that it has certainly improved but it still leaves a lot to be desired.
It is estimated that rural roads have connected around 69 per cent of habitations that were planned to be covered by 2013, but the smaller and more remote ones are yet to be connected.