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Elaborate the causes, consequences and other concerns of growth of urban settlements in India.

  • UPSC 2020
  • 20 marks
  • Industrialization and Urbanisation in India

The National Commission on Urbanisation described India's towns and cities as, for millions, "the road to a better future". Three decades on, the Indian city is both the country's principal generator of income and its principal site of deprivation. Explaining that dual character requires separating what drives urban growth, what it produces, and what neither…

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  • Consequences
  • Other concerns
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