In this New Indian Express article, Shankkar Aiyar, Visiting Fellow, IDFC Institute talks about the key issues in urban governance that plague Indian cities, using the backdrop of the recent flash floods that brought life in the country's financial c...

What Gujarat’s Been Getting Right For 75 Years And Whether There’s Hope For Mumbai

Robert Peel laid the foundation for future police forces way back in 1829, which continues to guide them even now.

15% of Mumbai's housing stock lies vacant. Here, the slums are full but thousands of homes lie vacant.

The link between the U.S.Civil War and City of Bombay.

The article stresses on the need to take urban governance seriously and empower urban local bodies

Reviving rental housing needs drastic changes to the existing rent control regime to make it more responsive to the market while continuing to protect tenants against unfair rent increases and evictions.

In this Mint article, Tadit Kundu argues that India's urbanization is lopsided and discusses interplay between income growth, rents and population density.

This paper assesses the impact of rent control for Mumbai, where it has created a shortfall in formal, affordable rental housing and contributed to distortions in the land market.

Beyond the maximum: cities may be booming, but who's invited to the party?