This year’s budget witnessed some important shifts in affordable housing, urban sanitation and public health, and transportation.

Niranjan Rajadhyaksha makes a case for revisiting the economic discourse of the 1970s that proved seminal for later reforms and could help us address current problems

In this Reform Agenda, we present eight reforms to address some of the most pressing challenges facing India’s cities.

According to an IDFC Institute report, Indian cities have residential rental yields between 2 to 4% which is much lower, compared to cities across the world.

A supply-side reform agenda for urban India

Mumbai is a poster child for all the harmful ways in which rent control affects the liveability of a city.

Mumbai, India is one of the most densely populated cities in the world with limited available land. So why isn’t it covered in skyscrapers to make the most of available space?

Alex Tabarrok in conversation with Reuben Abraham, Vaidehi Tandel and Kshitij Batra about rent control in Mumbai

It is imperative for urban policy in India to be guided by an outcome-oriented principle that reduces incentives for car ownership

With few affordable homes being built, ancient apartment blocks like the one that collapsed last month are the only option for many of Mumbai's migrant workers