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HomeAuthorsTikender Panwar

Articles by Tikender Panwar

About Tikender Panwar
Tikender Panwar is former deputy mayor of Shimla and an expert in urban issues. Currently based in Delhi, he works on policy matters and is guest faculty at several urban planning institutes.
Mumbai skyline
Governance

Opinion: Budget 2022 paves the way for corporatisation of urban development

February 16, 2022 Tikender Panwar

The only positive in the Budget 2022 speech was the acceptance that the current model of urban development is not sustainable.

Devaprayag in Uttarakhand
Environment

Opinion: The Himalayas are not just for tourism, sustainable or not

December 28, 2021 Tikender Panwar

“Sustainable Tourism” will be meaningless unless mountains are sustained as complete ecosystems. Restitution, not restoration, should be the motto. 

Swach Bharat 2.0 waste management Deonar landfill
Waste Management

Opinion: Five areas Swachh Bharat 2.0 must focus on to overcome our real waste challenges

October 26, 2021 Tikender Panwar and Aravind Unni

Swachh Bharat 2.0 should aim for a decentralised model that looks at zero-waste cities with mandatory inclusion of all waste workers.

Urban rich poor divide: Slums next to high-rise commercial buildings
Economy

Opinion: Rising economic burden on the urban working class widens rich-poor gap

August 9, 2021 Tikender Panwar

Privatisation of basic necessities, which should essentially be provided by the state, must be reversed to reduce the economic woes of the urban working class.

Smart city projects coordination centre dehradun
Governance

Opinion: Nothing smart about Centre’s Smart Cities Mission

July 15, 2021 Tikender Panwar

Urban governance frameworks are being upended by projects under the Smart Cities Mission, further widening inequity and hampering sustainable development.

The new parliament, part of Delhi's Central Vista Redevelopment project
Civic

Central Vista Redevelopment Project: Rules and laws thrown to the winds

June 19, 2021 Tikender Panwar

From land-use change to heritage protection to building laws, the government’s thrust on fast completion of the Central Vista Redevelopment Project has led to several violations.

Governance

Sustainable Development: Strategies for the long road ahead in Indian cities

June 10, 2021 Tikender Panwar

Even a cursory review of plans reveal that instead of emphasising sustainable development, most fall back on capital intensive technologies for finding solutions.

Governance

Opinion: How ‘privatisation’ and ‘PPP models’ have left Indians to die

May 25, 2021 Tikender Panwar and Anjali Ojha

The ideological mooring of the union government has led to the systematic dismantling of the public health sector and made way for commoditisation of healthcare.

COVID second spike mutants
Health

Opinion: How to break the inertia and solve the hospital bed crisis

May 17, 2021 Tikender Panwar

The only way the present crisis can be mitigated is by re-designating existing facilities and changing the ‘work as usual’ mindset. We need to think out of the box.

Governance

Opinion: Amendment to law on Delhi governance retrograde and regressive

May 2, 2021 Tikender Panwar

It is high time we start discussing how our cities are to be governed. Parliament should consider framing a 4th list apart from the present Union, Concurrent and State Lists.

Governance

Opinion: The farce that is the Ease of Living Index

April 9, 2021 Tikender Panwar

Why are people’s reactions so diametrically opposite to the results of this data-driven EoL index?

Indian currency notes
Governance

15th Finance Commission: Ignoring lessons from the pandemic

March 8, 2021 Tikender Panwar

The 15th Finance Commission has recommended a road map for devolution of funds to states and ULBs. But it completely ignores their real aspirations and needs, feels the author.


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