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Urban planning in India is restricted to land-use planning. This needs to changeSubscriber Only

October 29,2025 07:09:45 AM

Our “Viksit Bharat” goal of becoming a $30 trillion economy by 2047 will require cities to both accommodate and proactively enable most of this growth

Wed, Oct 29, 2025

OP Agarwal, Nitya Kaushik write: Training Karmayogis at all levels is a must for inclusive developmentSubscriber Only

June 24,2022 03:38:24 AM

OP Agarwal, Nitya Kaushik write: Given our growth ambition, a massive scale-up in capacity-building is needed both at the political and bureaucratic levels

Fri, Jun 24, 2022

Why India needs an urbanisation policySubscriber Only

October 07,2021 03:00:19 AM

Durga Shanker Mishra, O P Agarwal write: A policy is needed to guide the planning and management of cities towards enabling India’s growth ambitions and also giving its residents a good quality of life, in a sustainable manner.

Fri, Oct 08, 2021

From using technology to track COVID-19 cases to setting up community kitchens, battle against pandemic has kindled innovation, ways to connectSubscriber Only

April 23,2020 01:26:06 AM

COVID-19, a new disease of the coronavirus family, has engulfed almost the entire world. Developed countries such as the US, Spain, Italy, France and Germany seem to have suffered the most. India has managed to keep the number of those infected relatively low, despite its high population density. The government has had to make some […]

Thu, Apr 23, 2020