India Edition

India’s Cities Get Billions to Avoid the Fate of Mumbai and Delhi

Local governments are getting an ‘unprecedented’ funding boost.
An excavator at the Ghazipur landfill in New Delhi.Photographer: Anindito Mukherjee/Bloomberg

Welcome to the Thursday issue of India Edition; I’m Menaka Doshi . Each week, I bring you a ringside view of the billionaires, businesses and policy decisions behind India’s rise as an emerging economic powerhouse. You can subscribe here , and share feedback with me here .

This week, we travel to Dibrugarh, Bengaluru, Pimpri-Chinchwad and Delhi to discuss urbanization, governance and ecology. Also, don’t bet on a rate cut on Friday.