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Sociology Optional PYQ Solutions · Model answer

Examine with suitable examples the recent trends in the growth of urban settlements in India.

  • UPSC 2024
  • 10 marks
  • Industrialization and Urbanisation in India

India's recent urban growth is happening least where policy looks hardest. The metro core is growing slowly, while the decisive expansion is occurring in reclassified villages, urban peripheries and second-tier cities that are administered as though they were still rural.

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  • Growth below the metropolis: census towns
  • Peri-urban and edge expansion
  • Tier-2 and Tier-3 cities
  • Planned and greenfield urbanism
  • Mission-led and fragmented urbanism
  • Conclusion

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