Sudeshna Chatterjee is a program director of the Sustainable Cities Program at WRI India.

India's real estate sector, significantly buoyed by a robust economy, has emerged as a pivotal player in the country's development. With an 18 per cent share in national employment, real estate is the largest employment generator after agriculture. C

India's 2026 policy framework recognises the importance of urban growth, but falls short of offering a cohesive, data-driven national urbanisation strategy to guide planning and investment

Sudeshna Chatterjee

Sudeshna Chatterjee

Sudeshna Chatterjee

The missing piece: A cohesive national framework on India's urbanisation