People tend to move to places where they can eke out a living. As India’s agriculture fails to employ all of the growing rural populace, the cities become a magnet. Rural migration to urban areas has been an irreversible process seen for centuries. In a decade or so, half of India’s population will be living […]
India began the transformation from a centralised state to an open, market-based economy in the early 1990s by taking steps towards economic liberalisation, decentralisation, good governance and improved infrastructure. This change in approach emphasised the important role of cities in India’s future economic development. Cities today contribute about 50-55 per cent to the country’s gross […]
