India

India's market-based approach to holds promise for long-term economic development but poor infrastructure could undermine economic growth.

India's "green building" pursue U.S. LEED (Leadership in energy and environmental design) certification.

Study by an environmental group finds high level of air pollution in Inda and inadequate mechanisms to track and regulate toxins.

Multinational corporations eye India's large retail market as Indian superstores expand.

What declining Detroit can learn from booming Bangalore.

The Financial Times presents an interesting comparative analysis of growth policies and past trends in China and India and comments on their future impacts.

In addition to a new underground metro project, the city has given final approval to an above-ground monorail.

Free enterprise and investment in infrastructure are turning Kolkata, formerly known as Calcutta, from a "dying city" to a "boomtown".

Private developers in India have recently done very well, but has the government kept pace? The Narmada Dam dispute highlights the enduring shortcomings in the government's ability to facilitate fair and sustainable development.

Tired of congestion and looming water shortages in the central city, the government has approved plans to develop two new ring roads around Bangalore. The roads are intended to trigger growth of five new satellite towns, all in the next three years.

The Central government sanctions budget allocation for constructing a mostly underground mass transit rail system for Bangalore, India.

The new subway is clean, cool, punctual, and orderly - words not often used to describe New Delhi.

India's economic boom has had a positive impact on the lives of women. From highly paid, salaried professionals to small scale entrepreneurs, women are becoming financially independent while getting organized.

The policy features sustainable development and public transit.

Over a million struggling families surround a state capital in tents, not registered on any government lists for educational or welfare services.

New Delhi architect Sudhir Vohra outlines problematic and antiquated municipal land use laws in India.

Popular Indian singer Lata Mangeshkar, in a rare public stance, threatened to leave Mumbai in support of those protesting against the city's decision to build an overpass in her neighborhood.

Are current zoning laws in Indian cities forcing their outward growth? Are these new developments creating more strain on public services than what already exists? What will be the economic impacts of such government policies?

A common plant has the potential to become generate enough fuel to supply electricity to a third of India's villages.

India's Supreme Court has approved the controversial sale of prime government-owned land in the heart of the financial capital, Mumbai.