New Delhi, June 14 -- India must transition from merely building resilience to creating "anti-fragile" systems that emerge stronger from disruptions, principal secretary to the Prime Minister, PK Mishra, said on Saturday, arguing that future development models must be designed to anticipate and adapt to increasingly complex risks. "The objective today is not only recovery, but building stronger institutions, infrastructure and governance systems capable of managing future shocks and uncertainties," he said, while speaking at an event to mark the golden jubilee of the National Institute of Urban Affairs (NIUA). Lauding the NIUA's 50-year milestone as a moment to celebrate India's rapid economic growth, Mishra noted that it is also a time for introspection. He said recent global experiences, such as the Covid-19 pandemic, have demonstrated that disruptions are no longer isolated or temporary events. "As more people will be living in urban areas, cities are increasingly at the forefront of climate risks..." He added that development must focus on creating systems that can learn, adapt and emerge stronger through disruption, moving towards what he described as anti-fragile systems. htc...