Urban populace exploding, should Indian cities run like multinational corporations?
3 weeks, 5 days ago

Urban populace exploding, should Indian cities run like multinational corporations?

India Today  

How should our cities develop over the next five decades and beyond? Well-managed urbanisation is not a choice but imperative for the future of our country.” The high-level committee last month submitted its second report of recommendations for urban planning reforms, titled ‘Pathways to Amrit Kaal: Envisioning and realising a new future for Indian cities’. The options for enabling financing for projects in cities could be explored through a mix of multilateral loans, domestic term loans, PPPs, municipal bonds and innovative financing architecture, involving state-level urban development funds/ intermediaries like the highly successful Tamil Nadu Urban Development Fund as the fulcrum for enabling investments at the city level,” states the report. Emphasising on trained professionals overseeing urban planning, the report has reiterated the need for an ‘All India Urban Planning Service’ to recruit qualified planners into town planning at all three levels of the government. There is also a strong need to hire urban economists in city economic development councils,” the report states.

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How 9 town upgrades to municipal corporations power Viksit Gujarat plan
2 days, 9 hours ago

How 9 town upgrades to municipal corporations power Viksit Gujarat plan

India Today  

The already rapid pace of urbanisation in Gujarat has received some more wind speed. The aspiration of Viksit Gujarat, stated in the budget of 2024-25, was to have 75 per cent of the state’s population living in the urban areas by 2047. The upgrade of towns from nagarpalika to municipal corporations will allow the government to allot more budget and …

Urban agenda | The nuts and bolts of e-bus rollout in India's smaller cities
9 months ago

Urban agenda | The nuts and bolts of e-bus rollout in India's smaller cities

Hindustan Times  

With half of India’s population projected to live in cities by 2050, policy experts have been advocating increased investment in public transport for sustainable urbanisation. In a bid to fill this void, the Union government announced the PM-eBus Sewa scheme to provide 10,000 air-conditioned electric buses for tier-II and tier-III cities in a public-private partnership model. While the scheme may …

‘Core debilities’ reducing efficiency of improving infra in Indian cities: Report
1 year, 1 month ago

‘Core debilities’ reducing efficiency of improving infra in Indian cities: Report

Hindustan Times  

New Delhi: While income levels are rising in cities with improved public services and implementation of large-scale construction projects backed by central funding under various schemes and missions, persistent “core debilities” are reducing the efficacy of these positive initiatives, pointed out the ‘India Infrastructure Report 2023-Urban Planning and Development’ released Monday. The basic debilities, said Morris, the editor of IIR-2023 …

In search of the best designer
1 year, 3 months ago

In search of the best designer

The Hindu  

India is in the throes of a major urban transformation, an endeavour that promises to reshape our nation’s future. The past few years have seen a slew of large-scale urban development and public infrastructure projects commissioned and/or completed in our country, which include the Sabarmati Riverfront development in Ahmedabad, the Dharavi slum redevelopment in Mumbai, and, of course, the much-celebrated …

To save flooded cities, recast urban planning
1 year, 5 months ago

To save flooded cities, recast urban planning

Hindustan Times  

Excessive rain and severe waterlogging in the Delhi national capital region over the weekend put the focus back on infrastructure failures in Indian metropolises. Urban planning has become the focus of persistent public lament in recent years; in unpacking the nature of planning, can we find the seeds of a new planning imagination to address the crises cities face? Furthermore, …

Book review | The Indian Metropolis: An account of India’s challenged sprawling urban spaces
1 year, 7 months ago

Book review | The Indian Metropolis: An account of India’s challenged sprawling urban spaces

Firstpost  

Feroze Varun Gandhi, a third-term Member of Parliament in Lok Sabha should be admired for his unwavering focus on India across rural and urban spaces alike. To his credit is now a new remarkable “The Indian Metropolis” that systematically deconstructs India’s urban spaces and reflects on the serious challenges confronting their aspirations for empowerment. Written with an aim to begin …

Every state needs an urban anchor
1 year, 9 months ago

Every state needs an urban anchor

Hindustan Times  

After Independence, when India began formulating its short- and long-term planning and development goals, setting up proper systems for urbanisation was difficult. Following recommendations have emerged from these reports on enhancing the capacities of urban local bodies: Capacity-building should be unified under a single window capacity-building schemes Focus on institutional as well as individual capacity building Address the demand side …

Interview | Our cities have neglected buses; built metro, boosted private transport
1 year, 10 months ago

Interview | Our cities have neglected buses; built metro, boosted private transport

Deccan Chronicle  

Feroze Varun Gandhi has been in the news for speaking his mind. Gandhi’s latest book, The Indian Metropolis, highlighting the challenges of urban India and written over “three tumultuous years”, attempts to stoke a conversation on “humanising our cities”. I have travelled far and wide, across a multitude of Indian towns and cities, listening to the ordinary urban Indian’s everyday …

India needs a new urban deal
2 years, 4 months ago

India needs a new urban deal

Hindustan Times  

The future of Indian cities has played out in horrifying detail over the past 48 hours. The toxic combination of poor urban planning, rampant flouting of rules, lax governance hindered further by red tape, and intensifying effects of the climate crisis has brought our cities to their knees. But repeated flooding and increasing vagaries in climate patterns mean that the …

Navigating the rapid pace of urbanisation in India
2 years, 4 months ago

Navigating the rapid pace of urbanisation in India

Hindustan Times  

One of the most complex challenges India faces today is the pace and pattern of urbanisation. Three emerging opportunities could be merged: Setting up smart new cities; Leveraging the development of transport corridors for locating new cities, and Revitalising the manufacturing sector by incentivising the locations of manufacturing units in new cities as providers of a lifeline to its residents. …

DC Edit | Save cities from eco disasters
2 years, 7 months ago

DC Edit | Save cities from eco disasters

Deccan Chronicle  

Most cities across the world have long ceased to be environmentally sustainable. They may bear the bulk of economic burden of a country or region, allowing for millions of people to eke out a livelihood, or even make a good life for themselves, crucially paying the lion’s share of the taxes that financially sustain the spending of nations and states, …

Urban 2.0: How to build future-ready Indian cities with a ‘whole of society’ approach
3 years, 2 months ago

Urban 2.0: How to build future-ready Indian cities with a ‘whole of society’ approach

Firstpost  

Indian model of urban planning is heavily borrowed from the American models. The result of consultations with relevant ministeries, think tanks, academia, urban practitioners etc resulted in a milestone report on ‘Reforms in Urban Planning Capacity in India’ that was recently released in the public domain. As of today, there are three pillars of capacities of urban planning in India—the …

Urban 2.0: How to Build Future-ready Indian Cities with a ‘Whole of Society’ Approach
3 years, 2 months ago

Urban 2.0: How to Build Future-ready Indian Cities with a ‘Whole of Society’ Approach

News 18  

Urbanisation is not a mere consequence of faster growth but also an instrument for promoting socio-economic development. resulted in a milestone report on ‘Reforms in Urban Planning Capacity in India’ that was recently released in the public domain. As of today, there are three pillars of capacities of urban planning in India—the public sector, the private sector and the academia. …

Finding the Missing Pieces of Urban Planning Puzzle in India
3 years, 2 months ago

Finding the Missing Pieces of Urban Planning Puzzle in India

News 18  

Planned urban development in a nation depends on its capacities and systems. NITI Aayog constituted a high-level inter-ministerial advisory committee chaired by Dr Rajiv Kumar, Vice Chairperson, NITI Aayog, on ‘Reforms in Urban Planning Capacity in India’ in October 2020. In fact, the committee focused on mechanisms to create capacities that could propel India to become ‘Aatma Nirbhar’ in the …

Shaping India’s urban future
3 years, 10 months ago

Shaping India’s urban future

Hindustan Times  

The Centre, on Thursday, released the rankings of the Ease of Living Index 2020 for cities with a population of more than a million and those with less than a million people. Of the 111 cities that participated in the exercise, Bengaluru emerged as the top performer, followed by Navi Mumbai, Greater Mumbai and Delhi among the bigger cities, while …

Broaden the idea of a smart city in India | Opinion
4 years, 3 months ago

Broaden the idea of a smart city in India | Opinion

Hindustan Times  

On September 20, New York City ’s “iconic” buildings were lit up in green for the launch of the week-long global Climate Week NYC, which coincided with the United Nations General Assembly session. Heritage towns such as Jaisalmer are great examples of how built-up areas can be cooler and improve microclimate While globally, cities are struggling to tackle the impact …

New Urbanisation Should Be Done in Line with Sustainable Development: Niti Aayog CEO
4 years, 4 months ago

New Urbanisation Should Be Done in Line with Sustainable Development: Niti Aayog CEO

News 18  

India’s urban population will grow rapidly by 2050, so new urbanisation should be done on the back of sustainable development, Niti Aayog CEO Amitabh Kant said on Thursday. “In India, we are at the beginning of urbanisation process… India’s urban population will grow rapidly by 2050, so new urbanisation should be done on the back of sustainable development,” he said. …

Fixing India’s cities needs cutting the Gordian Knot: Failure, inaction are roadblocks to leveraging urbanisation for good
5 years ago

Fixing India’s cities needs cutting the Gordian Knot: Failure, inaction are roadblocks to leveraging urbanisation for good

Firstpost  

The Government of India needs to build whole-of-system capacity for urban transformation, ensuring that all urban actors learn about complexity and understand the city as a ‘system of systems’. While all Five-Year Plans tinkered with the urban sector, a radical shift had been made in 1948, when the new Ministry of Health, acting on the recommendations of the ‘Health Survey …

Urbanisation to be big driver of Indian economic growth: NITI Aayog CEO
5 years, 11 months ago

Urbanisation to be big driver of Indian economic growth: NITI Aayog CEO

Live Mint  

Davos: Urbanisation will be a big driver of economic growth in India going forward, supported by favourable macroeconomic factors, accelerated infrastructure building and continuing reforms, NITI Aayog CEO Amitabh Kant said Wednesday. Speaking here at an event on sidelines of the World Economic Forum Annual Meeting, he also said the Indian economy may even exceed the IMF growth forecast of …

A Comprehensive National Urban Policy for India: A Roadmap to Sustainable Growth
6 years, 10 months ago

A Comprehensive National Urban Policy for India: A Roadmap to Sustainable Growth

Live Mint  

India needs a comprehensive national urban policy to address its urbanization challenges. The government launched the Atal Mission for Rejuvenation and Urban Transformation (Amrut) to tackle these issues. However, a national urban policy is crucial to provide a coherent framework for urban development. It should outline the importance and objectives of cities, highlight key enablers, cross-cutting principles, desired outputs and …

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