In the run-up to the event, the New York-based Global Urban Futures Project released the review report on the progress on the previous urban agenda. In the run-up to the event, the New York-based Global Urban Futures Project released the review report on the progress on the previous urban agenda. India recorded “virtually no” improvement on indices aimed at measuring implementation of the agendas of a 1996 UN conference on urban development, whereas Nepal and Pakistan have made progress, a report has found. In the run-up to the event, the New York-based Global Urban Futures Project released the review report on the progress on the previous urban agenda. India, however, slipped marginally by 0.41 points on the HCI scale, lower than the South Asian average of 1.26.

Source: Indian Express August 22, 2016 13:41 UTC