No nation has achieved prosperity with weak city institutions, which points to the need for a second generation of ...

Examining recurring civic uproars, weak local self-government, and why restoring constitutional decentralisation is key to fixing India’s cities.

India is urbanizing rapidly. By 2036, its towns and cities will be home to 600 million people, or 40 percent of the population, up from 31 percent in 2011, with urban areas contributing almost 70 ...

HYDERABAD: The state government is evaluating multiple administrative models for reorganising municipal governance following the proposed merger of 27 peripheral Urban Local Bodies (ULBs) located ...

KOCHI: Kerala is urbanising at an unprecedented pace. Considered India’s fastest urbanising state, Kerala’s transformation is rapid and unique, with the urban population projected to soar to a ...

A growing urban population will need equivalent investments in urban infrastructure and government sources are not going to be enough. NEW DELHI, November 14, 2022 – A new World Bank report estimates ...