Tag: Cities
Building Greener Cities Starts With Knowing What’s ‘Green’ – IMPRI Impact...
Animesh SinhaIndia is urbanizing fast. By 2036, nearly 600 million people are expected to live in cities. That’s almost 40% of our population. It...
Shifting Livelihoods In Rural India: From Fields To Cities – IMPRI...
Kavita Agriculture has long been the backbone of rural India, not merely as a livelihood but as a cultural identity. Yet, in recent decades,...
Smart Cities Mission 2015: Transforming Urban India For A Sustainable Future...
Policy Update Dipankar MazumderBackgroundLaunched by Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi on June 25, 2015, under the Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs, Smart Cities...
Budget Breakdown: What’s In Store For Cities And Infrastructure? – IMPRI...
Tikender Singh PanwarThe story so far: In 2015, the NDA government positioned urban development as a key pillar of its growth strategy as cities contribute...
Cities, Local Governance And The Union Budget 2025-26 – IMPRI Impact...
Event ReportDeepankshi AgnihotryIntroductionDr Rumi Aijaz, Senior Fellow and Head of the Urban Policy Research Initiative at the Observer Research Foundation (ORF), New Delhi, chaired...
The Rise And Fall Of India’s Smart Cities: A Case Study...
Tikender Singh PanwarTHE STORY SO FAR: Almost a decade has passed since the Indian government announced the concept of “smart cities” as the new...
India’s Cities In 2024: Troubling Rise In Unstable Employment – IMPRI...
Tikender Singh PanwarAbhishek is just 25 years old. He owns a car that he operates under Uber in Delhi, which also links him to...
Cities, Local Governance And Union Budget 2024-25
Event Report Shivashish NarayanThe IMPRI Center for Habitat, Urban and Regional Studies (CHURS), IMPRI, Impact and Policy Research Institute, New Delhi, hosted an interactive...
Transforming Urban Futures: Insights From IMPRI's Panel On Cities And The...
Press ReleaseAnulya ParameswaranThe IMPRI, Center for the Study of Finance and Economics (CSFE), IMPRI Impactand PolicyResearch Institute, New Delhi, hosted an interactive panel discussion...
Adapting Cities For Heat Waves: Prioritizing Workers' Rights And Well-being –...
Shalini SinhaAravind UnniOur urban imagination needs to be reconfigured, not only to ensure water, shade, and rest–eat–leisure spaces to mitigate heat wave impacts, but...
