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The other budgets

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With central reforms increasingly announced outside budget speeches, and both revenue and expenditures starting to become predictable, it might be more productive for public attention to move to other areas of government functioning like state and municipal budgets.Written by Neelkanth Mishra | Updated: February 6, 2020 9:36:43 am (This was published in the Indian Express: … Read more

In country-sized states

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State governments cannot make cities livable. They must give urban areas freedom to manage themselves.Written by Neelkanth Mishra | Updated: May 16, 2015 12:08:55 am (This was published in the Indian Express: link) Exasperated with explaining the size of India to people, I now carry a map in which the country that comes closest to … Read more

The village that could be a town

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A diffuse urbanisation is likely in India. Yet, we continue to make policies that aspire towards mega-cities.Written by Neelkanth Mishra | Updated: January 5, 2015 5:03:05 am (This was published in the Indian Express: link) Is India 47 per cent urban, or 31 per cent? While everyone compares levels of urbanisation between countries, few realise … Read more