The state of public services has deteriorated in recent times in many parts of the world. This leads to a general belief that government should invest more in satisfying necessities of people instead of spending money on arts, music and theatre. This essay will argue why governments should continue to invest in arts, music and theatre though investments in public welfare is important.
Maintaining and growing public infrastructure is very important for development of people and in turn development of every nation. Governments should make sure that necessities of the population are satisfied by not only maintaining but also growing the existing infrastructure. In many countries, especially the developing nations governments have failed to keep up the state of public services. With growing population the situation has even worsened where public infrastructure is just not enough to even meet the basic needs of the citizens. For example, in few of the cities in India the state basic necessities like public transport, water etc. has reached alarming levels and there’s growing dissatisfaction among the people against the governments. This leads people to believe that government is not making enough investments and is not giving enough importance towards improvement of public services.
Though people are right in expecting that governments should focus more on improving public services, it’s completely inappropriate to suggest that development of public infrastructure should be done at the cost of maintaining and growing cultural heritage like arts, music and theatre. All of these are not just modes of entertainment but they also preserve cultural values. Since last few years, they are also looked upon as career opportunities as this sector has started generating jobs. For example, in a developing country like India where job creation is a challenge, entertainment industry has proved to be one of the major contributors to the nations GDP. As a result, government should not only continue to invest in arts, music and theatre but also look at avenues to grow this sector. It is completely inappropriate to suggest that investments from this sector should be diverted to the growth of public services. Instead people should hold elected representatives of the government responsible for the state of public services and look at options to make them answerable.
This essay argued that it will be completely wrong to overlook investments in arts, music and theatre to develop public services. In my opinion, governments should balance developments of all the sectors including public services by ensuring proper allocation of funds and focussed goal based development of every sector including public services. 
The  
state
 of  
public
  services
 has deteriorated in recent times in  
many
 parts of the world. This leads to a general belief that  
government
 should invest more in satisfying necessities of  
people
  instead
 of spending money on  
arts
,  
music
 and  
theatre
. This essay will argue why  
governments
 should continue to invest in  
arts
,  
music
 and  
theatre
 though  
investments
 in  
public
 welfare is  
important
.
Maintaining and  
growing
  public
  infrastructure
 is  
very
  important
 for  
development
 of  
people
 and in turn  
development
 of every nation.  
Governments
 should  
make
 sure that necessities of the population  
are satisfied
 by not  
only
 maintaining  
but
  also
  growing
 the existing  
infrastructure
. In  
many
 countries,  
especially
 the developing nations  
governments
 have failed to  
keep
 up the  
state
 of  
public
  services
. With  
growing
 population the situation has even worsened where  
public
  infrastructure
 is  
just
 not  
enough
 to even  
meet
 the basic needs of the citizens.  
For example
, in few of the cities in India the  
state
  basic necessities
 like  
public
 transport, water etc. has reached alarming levels and there’s  
growing
 dissatisfaction among the  
people
 against the  
governments
.  
This
 leads  
people
 to believe that  
government
 is not making  
enough
  investments
 and is not giving  
enough
 importance towards improvement of  
public
 services.
Though  
people
 are right in expecting that  
governments
 should focus more on improving  
public
  services
, it’s completely inappropriate to suggest that  
development
 of  
public
  infrastructure
 should  
be done
 at the cost of maintaining and  
growing
 cultural heritage like  
arts
,  
music
 and  
theatre
. All of these are not  
just
 modes of entertainment  
but
 they  
also
 preserve cultural values. Since last few years, they are  
also
 looked upon as career opportunities as this  
sector
 has  
started
 generating jobs.  
For example
, in a  
developing country
 like India where job creation is a challenge, entertainment industry has proved to be one of the major contributors to the nations GDP.  
As a result
,  
government
 should not  
only
 continue to invest in  
arts
,  
music
 and  
theatre
  but
  also
 look at avenues to grow this  
sector
. It is completely inappropriate to suggest that  
investments
 from this  
sector
 should  
be diverted
 to the growth of  
public
  services
.  
Instead
  people
 should hold elected representatives of the  
government
 responsible for the  
state
 of  
public
  services
 and look at options to  
make
 them answerable.
This essay argued that it will be completely  
wrong
 to overlook  
investments
 in  
arts
,  
music
 and  
theatre
 to develop  
public
  services
. In my opinion,  
governments
 should balance  
developments
 of all the  
sectors
 including  
public
  services
 by ensuring proper allocation of funds and focussed goal based  
development
 of every  
sector
 including  
public
  services
.