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In this edition of IE-Thinc, experts talk about the surging pace of urbanisation, the need for census towns, masterplans for economic growth and why municipalities need more governance power.
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Out of the 4,771 ULBs that report to the MoHUA, 3,417 ULBs registered an increase in property tax collection in 2022-2023 over the previous year as on December 20.
NK Singh emphasised the surging pace of urbanisation, projecting that by 2050, half of the population of India will reside in urban areas. He raised concerns about how this would escalate emissions.
Krithi spoke to indianexpress.com on the challenges of using tech for wildlife conservation, the use of AI, drones and the growing field of bioacoustics in wildlife conservation, and the innovations being carried out at the Centre for Wildlife Studies, Bengaluru