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#Webinar | @jaffrelotc (@CERI_SciencesPo), Dr Ajay Mathur (@teriin), @VaidehiTandel & @SebastienTreyer discuss the economic, social and environmental impact of #COVID19 on #India, today, 3pm IST.

Register at: tinyurl.com/ybjsntpp

@IDDRI_ThinkTank

@IDDRI_ThinkTank’s ‘Between a rock and a hard place: Economic, social and environmental impact of #Covid19 on #India’ is live now on YouTube:
Tune in!

.@jaffrelotc: "The present #crisis is making visible the impact of decades of growth without #development based on growing #inequality" @CERI_SciencesPo

"Loans are central to the second #stimulus package but banks don’t lend to #MSMEs due to NPAs. This also explains the decline in #investment in #India" - @jaffrelotc (@CERI_SciencesPo)

.@jaffrelotc - "The government of India and some state governments are fighting the #COVID19 crisis by making structural #reforms - self-sufficiency via #MakeInIndia and disinvestment."
@CERI_SciencesPo @IDDRI_ThinkTank

"The deepening of the #fiscal deficit has accelerated #privatization plans" - @jaffrelotc from @CERI_SciencesPo at @IDDRI_ThinkTank webinar.

"Over the years #green projects have had a much lower rate of NPAs compared to non-green portfolios. Longer term #sustainability is better with green projects" - Dr Ajay Mathur (@teriin) at @IDDRI_ThinkTank webinar.

Dr Ajay Mathur (@teriin) discusses how green #affordablehousing and sustainable #Transportation are important opportunities going forward, at @IDDRI_ThinkTank's webinar

"There are opportunities for multilateral funding from international agencies and pension funds for green #Technologies" - Dr Ajay Mathur (@teriin) at @IDDRI_ThinkTank webinar. Watch here: bit.ly/2Yueuxz

.@VaidehiTandel from @IDFCinstitute discusses the fragility #COVID19 has created in India from an #urban perspective. @IDDRI_ThinkTank

On the #vulnerability of #slums: "57% of containment zone epicenters in #Mumbai are within slums and slums constitute 42% of total households in Mumbai" - @VaidehiTandel at @IDDRI_ThinkTank's webinar

"#migrants who were daily wage workers have found themselves without a #safety net due to the lockdown and stoppage of economic activity" @VaidehiTandel at @IDDRI_ThinkTank webinar

"The other fragility of #pandemic is that it has highlighted failures. First, #urban areas don’t have the necessary social safety nets" - @VaidehiTandel at @IDDRI_ThinkTank webinar

On failures of #urban planning: "The response of planners to the issues high #density in urban areas has been to add #regulations which increases the cost of building" - @VaidehiTandel

The third failure is that of #publichealth. The health system is much better in cities compared to rural areas. Also, Indian citizens do not have enough per capita public open space and #AirQuality is extremely poor. - @VaidehiTandel at @IDDRI_ThinkTank's webinar

On reform solutions: "Policymakers may try to resettle slum residents to sub-urban affordable housing, away from the crowded city centers, but this has historically not worked" - @VaidehiTandel from @IDFCinstitute at @IDDRI_ThinkTank's webinar

On #decentralization: "We will need policies that strengthen smaller urban #local bodies, so they are able to provide the services, have the revenues, and can plan for their growth"
-@VaidehiTandel at @IDDRI_ThinkTank's #COVID webinar