Question

The government gave a contract to a private company to build a school where only student living below poverty line were given admission.

Identify which characteristics of public facilities are applicable here.

• A. Public facilities are to be shared by everyone.
• B. Public facilities should be offered at affordable rates.
• C. The government may hire private players to build public facilities.
• D. Public facilities should help in improving living standards of the people.

Answer 1

Answer: (B), (C)

The government may hire private players to build public facilities.

The government undertakes many activities like public transport, water, electricity, sanitation facilities, schools, and hospitals for public welfare. All these are called public facilities. The benefits of public facilities are shared by all the people. Here, students living above poverty line are denied the public facility. Public facilities should be offered at affordable rates so that the poor people can use them.