CITY AS GROWTH ENGINES

URBAN STUDIES

India is one of the fastest growing economies in the world, aspiring to become a US$5 trillion economy by 2026 and US$40 trillion by 2047, when India marks 100 years since its independence. However, to become a global economic powerhouse, several actions need to be taken. A critical one concerns the urbanization process underway in India. The number of inhabitants in Indian cities is estimated to have increased almost fourfold between 1970 and 2018, from 109 million to 460 million.1 Already the second-largest urban community in the world, the country is expected to add another 416 million people to its cities by 2050 and have an urban share of population of 50 percent.

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