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Capital Account | Manas Chakravarty 10:31 PM | September 22,2009
A shift of population from rural areas to big cities, concentration of economic activity in the big cities and rising inequality; these could be the reasons for the metropolization of India
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Sauvik Chakraverti 09:45 PM | September 21,2009
History shows that better transport means more prosperity. The pathetic state of India’s transport infrastructure is a major reason it still isn’t very prosperous
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Neha D’silva / Reuters 09:33 PM | September 16,2009
Goldman Sachs expects gross savings rate in Asia’s third largest economy to rise to 40% of the GDP, by 2016 and remain at high levels for well over a decade
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Demand Curve | Indicus Analytics Research 10:40 PM | August 03,2009
Ndia’s richest city Mumbai’s per capita income is $2,675 (Rs1.28 lakh), lower than the Chinese national average of $3,529
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Kanhu Charan Pradhan 11:56 PM | November 16,2008
The government has to enable local bodies to access the market for funds; it should not supplant the market
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11:48 PM | October 26,2008
Indian metros are growing at a rapid pace despite the fact that Asia is expected to account for the bulk of ‘shrinking cities’ -- where population is declining
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Our View 11:46 PM | October 22,2008
Unless the underlying causes of urban unrest being witnessed in Mumbai are removed, Raj Thackeray’s arrest will remain what it is -- mere tokenism
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Our View 10:40 PM | October 15,2008
By making the problem seem like the solution, Mayawati, Mamata Banerjee and Medha Patkar have executed a neat political trick that will take a lot of effort to be undone
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Policy Track | S. Narayan 11:13 PM | October 12,2008
Unless agriculture is commercialized and employment found in towns, India will never achieve its potential
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Policy Track | S. Narayan 11:05 PM | October 12,2008
Unless agriculture is commercialized and employment found in towns, India will never achieve its potential
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Our View 11:30 PM | February 27,2008
The rate at which people from villages are pouring into Indian cities is slower than that in other developing countries
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Edith M. Lederer /AP 11:10 PM | February 27,2008
The report says India would have 45% of its population still living in rural areas by 2050
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Our View 11:23 PM | January 13,2008
The abdication of regulatory responsibility will cause further trouble
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Cafe Economics | Niranjan Rajadhyaksha 11:43 PM | January 08,2008
Will rising real estate prices crowd out the middle class, which cannot afford a new house?
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Cafe Economics | Niranjan Rajadhyaksha 11:20 PM | January 08,2008
Will rising real estate prices crowd out the middle class, which cannot afford a new house?
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