Indore didn’t become India’s cleanest city because of technology or money. The makeover happened because a public institution learned how to execute.
What can the rest of India learn from that transformation?
In this episode of Capital Calculus, StratNewsGlobal.Tech speaks with Arkaja Singh, Fellow at the Centre for Policy Research and co-author of a landmark study on Indore’s transformation to explore the deeper governance story behind the city’s success.
The conversation goes beyond waste management to examine one of the most important questions facing India today: how do we build capable institutions that can consistently deliver outcomes?
Key themes:
• State capacity and governance;
• Urban management and municipal reform;
• Citizen participation and behavioural change;
• Dignity of labour and waste workers;
• Lessons for India’s development journey.
If India’s aspiration is to become a developed nation by 2047, the Indore story offers valuable lessons on what it takes to translate policy into execution.
