The Ostrich Budget: An Analysis of the Union Budget 2025-26

A reading of the budget and the Economic Survey is a crucial exercise to understand the direction that the economy is taking. It gives a sense of how responsive is a government to the...

Read more February 3, 2025 at 8:07 pm CFA

स्मार्ट सिटी मिशन का क्या हुआ? | हमारा पैसा हमारा हिसाब

कड़े परिश्रमों से लांच किया गया स्मार्ट सिटी का मिशन फ्लॉप साबित हुआ है। 2 लाख करोड़ का प्रोजेक्ट 7 साल बाद भी पूरा होने से कोसों दूर दिख रहा है! स्मार्ट सिटी का...

Read more September 26, 2022 at 10:49 am CFA

What killed Modi’s Dream Project? | The Money Trail

Smart Cities Mission, the first mega project of the NDA government, has turned out to be a flop. The 2 lakh crore project even after 7 years of work is far from completion, with...

Read more September 22, 2022 at 2:56 pm CFA

Smart Cities: The need for a critical engagement

Cities are ever dynamic. The dynamic landscape of cities is a reflection, a miniature representation of societal interactions throughout history, static in its built forms and but constantly reinventing in contemporary ways of living....

Read more October 21, 2020 at 5:59 pm Bhargavi S. Rao

Report: History RePPPeated: How PPPs are Failing

Public-Private Partnerships — or PPPs — are increasingly being promoted as a way to finance development projects. This report gives an in-depth, evidence-based analysis of the impact of 10 PPP projects, including two from India,...

Read more October 15, 2018 at 11:38 am CFA

Urban Infrastructure Investment and Public Accountability

The workshop primarily looked at the role IFIs are playing in shaping urban infrastructure finance and policy in India. The approaches and methodologies that have been used by the private sector to create alliances...