Overview

Indian policy has been characterised by a denial of urbanization. This has prevented us from meaningfully addressing the blizzard of policy issues that come with the phenomenon: from governance deficit to infrastructure shortfall, from effective management of land to lack of focus on growing city economies; from access to potable water to incessant flooding; from traffic congestion to sufficient urban green and public spaces; and from lack of safety to marginalization of urban poor, migrants, and vulnerable communities. Consequently, cities have truly become India's blind spot. And blind spots can be fatal.India's Blind Spot will explore our understanding of Indian cities and how we have reached this point of exasperation. The book illustrates that cities are critical to achieving India's promised destiny and provides policy solutions and innovations to tackle complex issues in our cities.

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Does a brilliant job of combining economics, history and international relations to highlight the importance of well-planned, sustainable cities for India, and to illustrate how to implement sound urbanization ... Insightful, evidence-backed, comprehensive, progressive and scholarly.'Amitabh Kant, G20 Sherpa and former CEO, NITI Aayog.'Highly accessible ... an essential read for not just policymakers and investors, but also curious citizens.'Dr Samir Saran, President, Observer Research Foundation (ORF).The book is state-of-the-art and will be of immense value to students, teachers, scholars, administrators and policy-makers.'Dr Prasanna K. Mohanty, former chief secretary to Government of Andhra Pradesh,author of several books on India's urban issues.

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Devashish Dhar is a former Public Policy Specialist at NITI Aayog. He is a Mason Fellow from the Harvard Kennedy School and Li Ka Shing Scholar from the Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy, Singapore. He is also a Raisina Fellow, an IVLP Fellow, and has authored several articles for national publications.

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