Urban Local Governance in Rajasthan: Challenges and Opportunities

Overview

UN Department of Economic and Social Affairs in 2018 highlighted that India’s urban population size would nearly double between 2018 and 2050, from 461 to 877 million, almost adding up to 416 million urban dwellers. Such a rise in urban population implies increased demand for goods and services and efficient urban planning, management, and governance systems. Therefore, addressing urban development and transformation, urban inequalities and bringing in suitable reformation within the urban governance system to address these changes is undoubtedly India’s most important political and intellectual challenge.