Isalyne Gennaro and Harshita Agrawal write about how raising revenues from sustainable sources, reinforcing financial literacy, the autonomy of local administrations, and revising the current approach in planning expenditure form the heart of good ...

We need to know how many people enter cities, where they live, how they travel, and what they do for a living.  

India is more urban than the official numbers suggest. If thresholds for the categorisation of cities are relaxed, India moves from about a quarter urban to about a half and even more.

A prosperous future for India depends crucially on promoting well-planned urbanisation.

The article talks about the failing infrastructure of Mumbai and steps that should be taken in order to remedy the situation 

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...