Srikanth Vishwanathan, Chief Executive Officer of Janaagraha Centre for Citizenship and Democracy unpacks city finances. Why is infrastructure in our cities failing? Are cities mismanaging the finances? Are they unable to tap the right sources of funding? What is the impact of a dysfunctional city finance corporation? What are the reforms in municipal finances?

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Timecodes

00:00 - Introduction

01:20 - No money!

04:48 - Where is the money?

10:08 - Budgets and properties

26:09 - Governance atrophy

42:52 - Unimaginative thinking

56:00 - Decentralising further

01:05:24 - Conclusion

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Profile of Srikanth Vishwanathan -  (https://www.linkedin.com/in/srikanth-viswanathan-087b2735/

Municipal finance work by Janagraaha - https://www.janaagraha.org/works/municipal-finance/ 

Resources and reports from Janagraaha - https://www.janaagraha.org/resources/ 

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