New Delhi, Aug. 11 -- A World Resource Institute (WRI) India report released on Tuesday said India should create a national urbanisation council chaired by the Prime Minister or a designated senior Cabinet minister, along with chief minister-led state urbanisation councils, to coordinate urban growth across ministries and governments

The proposed national council would set priorities and standards for a National Urbanisation Policy, resolve inter-ministerial conflicts and align centrally sponsored schemes and Finance Commission incentives with urbanisation goals.

The report prepared at the request of the Economic Advisory Council to the Prime Minister (EAC-PM), also proposes common national criteria for deciding when rapidly urbanising ...