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Op-ed April 22, 2019

Opinion| Political Parties Must Prioritise Law and Order

The election manifestos of the BJP and the INC for the past three election cycles illustrate how law and order has taken a backseat to other political priorities.

Paper February 6, 2019

Too Slow for the Urban March: Litigations and Real Estate Market in Mumbai, India

By Vaidehi Tandel, Sahil Gandhi, Alexander Tabarrok & Shamika Ravi

India is urbanising and putting increasing pressure on urban land and there is growing impetus to convert land from agriculture to non-agriculture use.

Paper February 1, 2019

Financing urban infrastructure for an evolving India

By Pritika Hingorani, Sharmadha Srinivasan & Harshita Agrawal

This chapter aims to tackle financing concerns in Indian urban infrastructure, which is part of the larger national infrastructure investment requirement of US$526 billion, covering areas like national highways, energy, and railways.

Op-ed January 16, 2019

Opinion| The US-China Trade War is an Opportunity for India

By Tinaz Mistry & Avanti Durani

Setting up functional and more encompassing special governance zones in India in the backdrop of trade wars.

Paper November 19, 2018

What’s In A Definition?: A Study on Implications and Suitability of Urban Definitions in India through its Employment Guarantee Programme

By Vaidehi Tandel, Komal Hiranandani & Mudit Kapoor

This paper discusses the political economy of definitions of urban and rural in India. When using alternative definitions of urban, we find that India is much more urban than is officially recognised and present a case for alternate definitions.

Report November 15, 2018

Safety Trends And Reporting Of Crime (SATARC)

By Avanti Durani, Rithika Kumar, Renuka Sane & Neha Sinha

A survey of 20,597 households across Delhi, Mumbai, Chennai and Bengaluru to assess households’ perception of safety and the police, identify behavioural changes adopted by households to avoid victimisation, and estimate the incidence of crime.

Report October 3, 2018

India Infrastructure Report: Making Housing Affordable

By Kshitij Batra, Sahil Gandhi, Pritika Hingorani, Swapnil Bhandari, Meenaz Munshi, Vaidehi Tandel, Harshita Agrawal & Rohan Shridhar

Land and real estate markets in Indian cities have been overly regulated for a long time. Builders in India today are merely responding to incentives created by the current regulatory framework.

Paper August 8, 2018

Mismatched Governance: Exploring the Relationship Between Rural and Urban Governance Forms and Urban Development in India

By Komal Hiranandani

This Working Paper by former Senior Associate, Komal Hiranandani, was submitted to Cornell University as her Master of Science thesis, and was partially supported by IDFC Institute.

Paper August 1, 2018

Political Diversity and Competition in India

By Vishal More, Ishita Trivedi & Swapnil Bhandari

Utilizing data on election results from 1952 to 2017, covering all 16 Lok Sabha or Parliamentary Constituency elections and last 3 elections for each state/UT assemblies

Journal Article November 29, 2017

Approaches to Justice in India – A Report by DAKSH

By Neha Sinha, Avanti Durani & Rithika Kumar

From the state of the Indian judiciary to the circumstances of justice delivery in India.

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