By 2036, 40% of India’s population will reside in cities. This presents significant challenges—the problem isn’t the pace of urbanisation, but the failure to sustain the expansion.
According to Magicbricks Rental Index, average rental rates rose 17.1% year-on-year in Q2 across 13 major cities. But experts say housing market may be stabilising post-COVID.
Land & property record systems in most cities are not updated due to reasons such as manpower shortages & multiple authorities. Govt plans to create geo-spatially enabled records.
Study by researchers at IIT-Bhubaneswar, published in Nature, find that night temps have been rising across India, but rate at which cities are heating up higher than non-urban areas.
Global Cities Index, published on 21 May by advisory firm Oxford Economics, ranks 1,000 cities in 5 categories. Delhi stands at 350 while UP’s Sultanpur ranks last.
The central government’s investments in urban projects rose by 488% between 2009-10 and 2021-22. Why then do we still await better governance where we live, work, and play?
Poor urban planning & weak municipal governance are responsible for recurring issues like flooding and pollution in India’s cities, says Annual Survey of India’s City-System (ASICS) 2023.
Other Indian cities on the list included Delhi (132), Bengaluru (147) & Chennai (154). One area of concern for Indian cities is 'desirability' indicator. None made it to top 100 globally.
As monsoon sweeps the country, this survey by LocalCircles shows that heavy waterlogging is the reason behind being caught in traffic, losing working hours, vehicle wear & tear & even accidents.
In May 1974, RSS chief Madhukar Dattatraya Deoras spoke at a lecture series in Pune about caste-based discrimination and social equality within the Hindu fold.
SEBI probe concluded that purported loans and fund transfers were paid back in full and did not amount to deceptive market practices or unreported related party transactions.
While the IAF remains committed to the Tejas programme and has placed orders for 180 Tejas Mk1A, the force is eagerly waiting for the Tejas Mk 2 version.
What Munir has achieved with Trump is a return to normal, ironing out the post-Abbottabad crease. The White House picture gives us insight into how Pakistan survives, occasionally thrives and thinks.
Really very nice and good one regarding this article,the writer is a political well knowledge person so in my view the country political leaders must first move that side along with all others …
people will work wherever the workplace is. encourage businesses to move to smaller towns first before asking IITians and IIMians to work there ! Iitians and iimians do not possess the power to change business decisions regarding their place of operation !
Really very nice and good one regarding this article,the writer is a political well knowledge person so in my view the country political leaders must first move that side along with all others …
chidambram and tharoor are only two man in congress who talk about real issues others are busy in jati
people will work wherever the workplace is. encourage businesses to move to smaller towns first before asking IITians and IIMians to work there ! Iitians and iimians do not possess the power to change business decisions regarding their place of operation !