Issue 35 - February 2010 - The Mumbai Project (2.5 MB)

[Pragati - The Indian National Interest Review]

Dear Readers,

Almost three years ago, the Percy Mistry Committee report recommended that India develop Mumbai into an international financial centre. Like other plans to modernise the city's infrastructure and public services, the Mistry Committee's recommendations were substantially unimplemented. 

This month, we argue that it is time for the Indian government to revisit the Mumbai project. It is also time for India to embrace an entirely new urbanisation paradigm.

Another highlight of this issue: Shashi Tharoor defends India's continued engagement with the United Nations. On that topic, don't miss the infographic on India's participation in UN peacekeeping operations elsewhere in the issue.

We also cover topics in naval strategy; the importance of defence economics in planning and budgeting; intelligence relations between the CIA & ISI and the conflict in Balochistan. There's a lot more. 

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best regards

The Pragati Team

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Pragati - The Indian National Interest Review

Issue 35 - February 2010

Highlights
Renewing the Mumbai project
Why it is time to revive the plan to develop the city into an international financial metropolis
Percy Mistry

An appropriate place to project soft power
Concluding part of the interview with Shashi Tharoor
Nitin Pai

Perspective

The urbanisation imperative
Why India needs liveable, sustainable and well-managed cities
Atanu Dey

Mumbai SAR, International Capital Market Centre
Defining India’s role in the eastward shift of the world’s intellectual capital
V Anantha Nageswaran

Making defence expenditure more effective
The urgent need to professionalise long term defence planning and budgeting
Sushant K Singh & Mukul Asher

Insurgency at sea: the currency of carriers
The maritime power projection challenge
Shashank Joshi

An embrace without trust
The downward spiral in US-Pakistan intelligence relations
Joseph Fitsanakis

Understanding the Baloch insurgency
Causes and consequences
Alok Bansal

Roundup
Over the legal limit
Actual spending makes a mockery of the election expenditure limits
Anil Bairwal

Briefs
Filter
Ravi Gopalan

Alif
Rohan Joshi

In Parliament
The estimated legislative agenda for 2010
M R Madhavan