Between 2001 and 2011, census towns such as Greater Noida contributed more than one-third of India's urban growth, shows a new study
1 min read26 Dec 2018Private cities, with their model of making money by providing public services should be the logical way to go for urbanization in India. Unfortunately, the few efforts in that direction have come a cropper
4 min read20 Sep 2017The urbanization that has taken place is skewed and cannot be a healthy long-term model
4 min read9 Feb 2017We need a policy response that goes beyond callous neglect, hasty amalgamation and brazen land acquisition
4 min read10 Aug 2016This first article in a new series on urbanization highlights the problems and the mismatch between market forces and politics
10 min read14 Jan 2015The Union Budget contains details about the estimated receipts and the expenditure of the government for a particular fiscal year. The Budget is allotted for the upcoming fiscal year, which runs from 1st April to 31st March of the next year. Here is a quick guide on how the Union Budget is prepared