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Blog February 13, 2025

This 3D Map Designed By IDFC Institute Can Help Tap India’s Growth Potential

An interactive, three-dimensional map, that depicts spatial distribution of economic activity, could help tap India’s growth potential better.

Blog February 13, 2025

Night Lights Reveal A Lot About the Indian Economy

This Mint article uses our work to illustrate how night lights data can shed light on various aspects of the economy.

Blog February 13, 2025

The Importance of Cities: The Seen and the Unseen podcast by Amit Varma

By Pritika Hingorani & Dr. Reuben Abraham

Reuben Abraham and Pritika Hingorani join Amit Varma in episode 108 of The Seen and the Unseen to discuss what India needs to do to prepare for its urban future.

Blog February 13, 2025

Fast Fact: Why we appreciate the New York City skyline more than the Mumbai one

While FSI limits were introduced with the twin goals of containing urbanisation and curbing densification, they have instead proven counterproductive to the functioning of cities and the agglomeration benefits that they yield.

Blog February 13, 2025

Investing in Public Transit Systems Improves Efficiency of Labour Markets

When cities expand and people begin living outside their limits while commuting to work within the city, mass transit systems, such as railways, become critical in connecting the burgeoning peripheries with the city core.

Blog February 13, 2025

Tapping Indian cities’ unrealised growth potential

Cities contribute extensively to the country’s growth; it is estimated that 59%-70% of the country’s Gross Domestic Product (GDP) comes from them.

Op-ed February 13, 2025

Opinion | How cities, not states, can solve the world’s biggest problems

By Dr. Reuben Abraham

Cities, not nation states, are the dominant form of human civilization in the 21st century.

Op-ed February 13, 2025

Opinion | Urbanization: No City-Dweller Left Behind

By Harshita Agrawal

With the Indian general elections around the corner, the team at IDFC Institute wrote a manifesto for planning for our urban future for Pragati.

Op-ed February 13, 2025

Opinion | Failing to acknowledge urbanisation undermines quality of life

By Kadambari Shah & Harshita Agrawal

In this Hindustan Times article, Associate Kadambari Shah and Senior Analyst Harshita Agrawal write about how undercounting urban areas leads to inadequate service delivery and lowers quality of life.

Op-ed February 13, 2025

Opinion | The other data challenge: Measuring life in a metro

By Kadambari Shah, Harsh Vardhan Pachisia & Harshita Agrawal

How can policymakers improve the management of Indian cities?

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