Mumbai, the financial capital of India, which has over the past decade seen a massive infra push, is now set to build India’s first pod taxi network: an 8.8-km elevated corridor through the Bandra Kurla Complex (BKC), the city’s busiest business district. Will pod taxi fix Mumbai’s last-mile link? Built under a ₹1,016-crore public-private partnership…
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Every morning in India’s megacities, commuters can be seen jostling for space on overcrowded buses or haggling with auto drivers who quote fares on a whim. For most office-goers, options are limited — stand in endless queues for a bus or open a ride-hailing app and brace for surge pricing and cancellations, or both. Can…
IMF’s former Deputy Managing Director Gita Gopinath has said India must address deep-rooted structural challenges such as complex land acquisition and excessive bureaucracy to emerge as a major industrial and supply-chain hub. Speaking at the Economic Times’ India Economic Conclave, she noted that while India has made strong progress in physical and digital infrastructure, these…