The most important area to focus for infrastructure investments in India is the Kashi-Prayag-Ayodhya-Patna-Gaya zone and its nearby surroundings which contains 200m+ people or ~15% of India, probably the world’s densest large zone.
Such an area will be very poor or very rich.
Such an area will be very poor or very rich.
In fact this region will almost certainly produce the world’s first real 100 million “city”.
The reason why I say such an area is very rich or very poor is because agglomeration economies (of scale, scope, network and hence specialisation) take over with such density + infra.
The reason why I say such an area is very rich or very poor is because agglomeration economies (of scale, scope, network and hence specialisation) take over with such density + infra.
In fact if we zoom out a bit the close integration with Lucknow-Kanpur is all but inevitable.
This “east of Kanpur” idea was flagged 23 years ago by the Congress but it didn’t do anything serious about it in 10 years.
They piggybacked on ABV reforms, infra, global liquidity. Now NM is finally pushing this. Sounds partisan but true.
indiatoday.in/magazine/guest…
LT @MalikAshok
They piggybacked on ABV reforms, infra, global liquidity. Now NM is finally pushing this. Sounds partisan but true.
indiatoday.in/magazine/guest…
LT @MalikAshok
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