India’s Urbanisation Policies: Impact & Challenges
‘Another important aspect of urban infrastructure is linked to urban governance, which is in a shambles in most parts of the country.’
A report by the World Bank, released in November last year, on financing India’s urban infrastructure needs, focuses on private investments ameliorating urban problems. The push to attract private capital, since the 1990s, followed by the urban reforms under the United Progressive Alliance I regime, the Smart City mission, and now this report, continues to plague India’s policy paradigm in the urban sector.