Soumyadip Chattopadhyay and Arjun Kumar“India has been among the fastest growing economies in the world for two decades now. This growth is characterized by the growth of middle class and inadequate planning that is socially and financially unsustainable. This...
Soumyadip Chattopadhyay and Arjun KumarPlanning is central to any activity and building a city is no exception. Indian cities are expected to generate nearly 70% of the country’s GDP by 2030. However, the existing infrastructural deficits and basic service...
Arjun Kumar, Ritika GuptaIn a webinar, organized by Center for Work and Welfare at IMPRI, Working People’s Charter and Counterview on Employment Scenario, Policy and AtmaNirbhar packages amid Pandemic: Impact, Challenges and the Way Forward, Dr. Vinoj Abraham, Professor...
Soumyadip Chattopadhyay and Arjun KumarCOVID-19 dawned upon us like a nightmare and caught us ill-prepared to face a pandemic of such a massive scale and magnitude. The entire system of governance was rocked to its core and probably the...
Dr Shyamala ManiThe twelfth Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) goal which says Ensure Responsible Consumption and Production patterns, recognizes that consumption and production despite being drivers of the economy have destructive impacts on natural resources. It further goes on to...
Soumyadip Chattopadhyay and Arjun Kumar“Cities form a very essential part of the economic, social, and political life of any progressing country and can sometimes be seen as a proxy of the growth and development of a nation. There’s also...
*Dr Gurinder KaurA World Health Organization (WHO) report, 2012, states 13 of the world’s top 20 most polluted cities are in India. In 2014, researchers of Yale University, USA and WHO declared Delhi as the world’s most polluted city....
Prof Mahalaya ChatterjeeIn India, slums are part of urban reality. It is officially acknowledged that slums are the manifestations of urban poverty. This statement is debatable as there may be other pockets of poverty in urban area which are...
Soumyadip Chattopadhyay, Abhinav Alakshendra and Arjun KumarIndia is urbanizing and currently a large share of its population resides in small and medium towns. Therefore, in 2011, 312 million people were living in urban settlements with the population between 5000...
Soumyadip Chattopadhyay and Arjun KumarCities are expected to house almost half of India’s population and contribute 3/4th of India’s GDP in the coming years. There is no denying that the insufficient water supply, public sanitation, education, health care and lack...
