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Inclusive Development? A State-Led Land Development Model in New Town, Kolkata

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  • Urmi Sengupta

    (School of Planning, Architecture and Civil Engineering, Queen's University Belfast, David Kier Building, Stranmillis Road, Belfast BT9 5AG, Northern Ireland)

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Urban land development in India is changing under the auspices of economic liberalisation. Kolkata has been in the forefront of this transformation through development of new townships in the urban peripheries based on a distinctive state-led land development model. Within this context New Town, Kolkata (also known as Rajarhat) provides a highly illuminative case to articulate the ways in which the state is implementing its neoliberal agenda in land development. It rides on political and ideological high ground by seeking to create a ‘model development’ of state—market partnership for dual goals of fostering capitalist interest while fulfilling welfarist principles. Interesting insights have emerged that point to a policy paradox. On one hand, the process follows market principles of efficacy and efficiency; on the other hand, state's keenness to extend control persists, thereby creating a highly uneven terrain for state—market interaction. New Town reflects a typical quasi-market condition shaped by the monopolistic state, the poorly structured role of the private sector, an absence of civic bodies, and minimal land and housing provision for the poor. In India, as internationally, the economic liberalisation market ideology is increasingly construed as good governance. In this context New Town is a step in the right direction, but the progress is patchy, uneven, and still evolving.

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  • Urmi Sengupta, 2013. "Inclusive Development? A State-Led Land Development Model in New Town, Kolkata," Environment and Planning C, , vol. 31(2), pages 357-376, April.
    • Handle: RePEc:sae:envirc:v:31:y:2013:i:2:p:357-376
    DOI: 10.1068/c1103
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