Beyond Metros: The Ascent Of India's Tier 2 and TIer 3 Cities

India is one of the fastest growing economies in the world, aspiring to become a US $40 trillion by 2047, when India marks 100 years since its independence. In this growth story, Indian cities will play a great role. Cities in India occupy just 3.0% of the nation’s land, but their contribution to GDP is a massive 60.0%. As India transitions from being a largely rural to an urban society, the focus needs to be on harnessing the economic potential of all cities, large and small. For this, there is a need to not only nurture megacities and their hinterlands as centres of economic growth, but also facilitate tier 2 and 3 cities to take on the mantle in the future.