Urban Challenges for Brand India

Concrete Jungles
Advantages
Efficiency in Resource Usage
Convenience and Concentration of Resources
Provide Excellent Business Opportunities
Social Mobility
Disadvantages
Environmental Impacts
Crumbling Infrastructure
Urban Angst
 Cities are Important….
 Mumbai contributes 40% of national income tax and 60% of customs duty.

 Delhi’s gross domestic product of US$93 billion is equivalent to 2.4% of the

Indian economy. Delhi’s per capita income of around US$6,180 is almost double
the national average.

 Employment in the services sector in Kolkata is 61% and it stands far above the
average in India. IT and related services are growing at 70% annually, a rate
that is twice the national average .

Need of the Hour is

Sustainable Growth
Our Unique Urban
Challenges
Planning
Planning
Urban Governance
Transportation
Migration
 Environment
Infrastructural deficiencies have exacerbated negative environmental
impacts
High real-estate prices have encouraged even government developers
to rush into developing large projects without fully evaluating the
possible environmental impacts
The DDA built an entire batch of flats in Vasant Kunj knowing fully well that this area does not
get water. Now, people there complain that there is no water. Some of them now pay Rs.50 for a
bucket of water in summers.

Lack of fit-for-purpose infrastructure