The COVID-19 pandemic has placed a spotlight on the vulnerability of India’s urban poor and the role that civil society organisations (CSOs) play when the state is unable to address their needs. The Centre of Social Impact and Philanthropy assessed that three-fourths of their sample non-profit org...
Introduction
The rampant spread of the COVID-19 virus has stretched the Indian healthcare system beyond its capacity. Patients and healthcare providers scramble for beds in hospitals and at makeshift facilities each time there is a new surge in cases. The ability to predict and evaluate h...
Introduction
The Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) started releasing a detailed daily PDF filled with information on a variety of indicators such as mortality, containment zones, bed capacity, vaccinations, etc. from June 2020. As can be imagined, such data is extremely useful not ...
About the Mumbai COVID-19 Data
The Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) started releasing a detailed daily PDF filled with information on a variety of indicators such as mortality, containment zones, bed capacity, vaccinations, etc. from June 2020. As can be ...
This year’s budget witnessed some important shifts in affordable housing, urban sanitation and public health, and transportation.
Affordable Housing
The COVID-19 pandemic has shed light on urban issues such as inadequate housing, poor waste management and sanitation, lack o...
The COVID-19 pandemic’s economic and public health shocks highlighted many long-running issues in India’s urban areas - from unmanaged population density and overcrowded public transportation systems to pollution and lack of sanitation. However, the many predictions during the pandemic abou...
IDFC Institute's new working paper unearths the extent of Mumbai's congestion, quantifies its economic and environmental costs and provides actionable results for policymakers by identifying chokepoints.
We analysed more than half a billion Uber Movement data points in o...
As India aims to become a $5 trillion economy, it must be cognizant of where that growth will come from. Cities contribute extensively to the country’s growth; it is estimated that 59%-70% of the country’s Gross Domestic Product (GDP) comes from them. However, to continue playing this catalysing...
This article in The Hindu Business Line assesses the obstacles to adequate rental supply in the housing market, citing findings from IDFC Institute's India Infrastructure Report. Excerpts:
"Without capital gains, the low rental yields — about 2-4 per cent in most cities, as per a report b...
This Mint article reports on the "Reforming Urban India" agenda prepared by the IDFC Institute team. Excepts:
"Indian cities need urgent reform in order to unlock their economic potential and transform quality of life, according to IDFC Institute’s report on Reforming Urban India. The rep...
