Consider the following statements:

A report titled \"Financing India\'s Infrastructure Needs: Commercial Financing Constraints and Policy Action Prospects,\" has been released by NITI Aayog.

As per the report, 40% of India\'s population live in cities.

Which of the statements given above is/are correct?

Question

A report titled \"Financing India\'s Infrastructure Needs: Commercial Financing Constraints and Policy Action Prospects,\" has been recently released by WB.
As per the report, by 2036, 600 million people or 40% of India\'s population, would be living in cities, putting further strain on the country\'s already overburdened urban infrastructure.
To adequately address the needs of its rapidly growing urban population, India would need to invest $840 billion in urban infrastructure over the next 15 years - an average of $55 billion per year.

GKToday Admin · Accepted Answer

Neither 1 nor 2

A report titled \"Financing India\'s Infrastructure Needs: Commercial Financing Constraints and Policy Action Prospects,\" has been recently released by WB.
As per the report, by 2036, 600 million people or 40% of India\'s population, would be living in cities, putting further strain on the country\'s already overburdened urban infrastructure.
To adequately address the needs of its rapidly growing urban population, India would need to invest $840 billion in urban infrastructure over the next 15 years - an average of $55 billion per year.

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