Saxena, Sanchita B. creator Vijayakumar, Gowari text xu| 2014 continuing ng p.18-21. New ways of envisioning the slum, the informal economy, access to water, and the housing crisis emerged from discussions in "Towns, Metros, and the Indian Economy", a conference held at the Indian Institute for Human Settlements, Bangalore. The discussions emphasised the role of the informal sector and the poor in the urban economy, which will more or less determine the course of Indian polity and society in the coming decades. - Reproduced. Urban development - India Urban development Economic and Political Weekly 180718