On July 9, 2025, Gurugram – a city waterlogged by floodwaters – witnessed severe inundation that crippled traffic and claimed lives. In the days that followed, other major cities such as Delhi, Chandigarh, Jaipur, and Lucknow faced similar scenes of urban flooding, exposing the vulnerability of Indian cities to monsoon extremes.
LPPYF Law and Public Policy Youth Fellowship is an Online National Summer School Program, a Two-Month Online Immersive Legal Awareness & Action Research Certificate Training Course and Internship Program, from June-August 2023 by IMPRI Impact and Policy Research Institute. An informative and interactive panel discussion on “Reflections on Urban Governance Practices” was held on the 14th of July, 2023 by Dr Purnima Chauhan IAS (Retd), Former Secretary, Govt. of Himachal Pradesh & Director Himachal Pradesh Institute of Public Administration (HIPA)
Given the problems of urban governance in India, the 74th Constitution Amendment Act (CAA) came into force in June 1993, which sought to empower the Urban Local Bodies (ULBs) and strengthen urban decentralization. With the CAA, it was expected that the ULBs would assume responsibilities for urban planning, water supply, social and economic planning, slum upgradation, public health, etc.
#WebPolicyLearning | Disaster Resilient Housing and Built Environment | NIDM and IMPRI National Institute of Disaster Management (NIDM), Ministry of Home Affairs, and #IMPRI Center for Habitat, Urban and Regional Studies (CHURS), IMPRI Impact and Policy Research Institute, New Delhi invite you…
By providing affordable meals to the poor and working class and launching a new accommodation facility for women, the City Council is showing how a 21st-century urban center can govern with compassion and empathy. Kochi, the name describes itself.
The State of Cities – #CityConversations | A Book Discussion on City Reflections: A Practitioner’s Experience in Urban Governance amidst Uncertain Times with Sameer Unhale #IMPRI Center for Habitat, Urban and Regional Studies (CHURS), IMPRI Impact and Policy Research Institute,…
IMPRI Team The ‘Messy’ and ‘Hidden’ urbanization in Indian cities has led to some very serious problems such as infrastructure gaps, lack of basic amenities, increasing urban poor, and the formation of slums affecting the quality of life of people…