Indian cities will need to accommodate over 700 million new urban residents by 2030, requiring massive investments in housing, transportation, and other infrastructure. Current trends show supply falling far short of demand across all urban services. An estimated $1.2 trillion investment is needed to meet projected urban demand, requiring annual spending to ramp up to $90 billion by 2030. National abundance rather than scarcity can help address poverty, crime and other social issues by ensuring all citizens have access to necessary resources through efficient use of technology in areas like energy, housing, transportation and infrastructure planning.

2. million square meters of
commercial and residential
space needs to be built
times - the number by which
GDP will have multiplied by
2030
million people will live in cities,
twice as of many countries
kilometers of metros and subways
will need to be constructed-
20 times the capacity added in
the past decade
billion square meters of roads will
have to be paved, 20 times the
capacity added in the past decade
5
590
7400
2.5
trillion capacity investment is
necessary to meet projected
demand in Indian cities
$1. 2
percent of net new employment
will be generated in cities70
million urban households will be
middle class, up from 22 million
today
91
THE URBAN AWAKENING
cities will have population of one
million plus, up from 42 today68
700-900

3. 0
500
1000
2007 2030
Supply
Basic
service
demand
0
50
100
150
200
2007 2030
Supply
Demand
On current trends and quality of Urban Services
0
100
200
2007 2030
Supply
Demand
0
5000
10000
2007 2030
Supply
Demand
Private Transportation
Thousand lane kilometers
Gap rises 2x to
440,000 lane
kilometers
Rail-Based Mass-Transit
Directional route
kilometers
Gap triples to
6,400 kilometers
Water Supply
Billion liters per day
Gap increases
3.5x to 94 billion
liters per day
Sewage
Billion liters per day
Gap doubles to
109 billion liters
per day

4. 0
200
400
2007 2030
Supply
Demand
0
50
2007 2030
Supply
Demand
Solid waste
Million tons per
annum
Gap Rises 4x to
82 million tons per
annum
Gap rises to
38 million units
Affordable Housing
Demand for houses,
million units
SOURCE: United Nations, Handbook of benchmarks, Ministry of Urban development; W. Smith, Transportation
Policies and Strategies in Urban India; National Council for Applied Economic Research; McKinsey Global
Institute analysis

5. 0
1000
2000
1991 2001 2008 2030
InMillions
Urban Population
Urbanization Rate
Urban Population
Total Population
Cities are likely to house 40% of India’s Population by 2030
Defined as the ratio of urban to total population based on the sensus definition of urban areas; population >5,000;
density >400 persons per square kilometer; 75 percent of male workers in non-agricultural sectors; and other statutory
urban areas
SOURCE: India Urbanization Econometric Model; McKinsey Global Institute analysis

6. 0%
50%
100%
1990
2001
2008
2030Rural
Urban
8.0% GDP growth rate is
assumed between 2009-
2018, stabilizing to 7.0%
between 2018-2030.
Capital investment is
necessary to erase our
infrastructure backlog and
the rest to fund cities’
future needs. Transportation
and housing stand out as the
two most capital-intensive
sectors.
The challenge for us will be
to ramp up investment in line
with economic growth. One
trajectory
would involve annual
spending of around $30
billion through 2015,
ratcheting up to $60 billion a
year by 2020 and $90 billion
annually by 2030.
SOURCE: India Urbanization Econometric Model; McKinsey Global Institute analysis

8. • The construction planning must be
based on carrying capacity of the
national resources.
• First a national survey must be done so
that we can figure out how much we
have and where must be the production
centers.
For e.g. :-
Where is the fertile land to grow crops ? How many people are in various
locations ? what is the state of their health? this will help us determine where
the hospitals should be built and how many.
4%3%3%
9%
26%
12%
9%
9%
7%
7%
6% 5%
Share of States in Value of Mineral Production
Assam
Goa
Karnataka
Remaining States
Offshore
Odisha
Chattisgarh
Rajasthan
Andhra Pradesh
Gujrat
Jharkhand
Madhya Pradesh

9. • The Energy consumption of these production centers
should be optimized so as to minimize the wastage.
• Power plants must be set up which uses renewable
sources of Energy as means to generate energy and
electricity.
0
50000
100000
150000
200000
250000
THERMAL NUCLEAR HYDRO RES TOTAL CAPTIVE
153848
4780
39623
27542
225793
34444
ALL INDIA GENERATING INSTALLED
CAPACITY ( MW )
(As on 30-06-2013 )
• Achieve a level of production that is so high that scarcity
no longer exists.
• Automate the production procedure as much as possible
in the shortest period of time, the more the robotic
automation in the production assembly, the less will be the
time taken and cost price of the cost and hence brings
abundance spontaneously.

10. • We won't accumulate or store outdated products any
more, we will recycle it and make it better.
• The city will have in-built transportation system so that
there will be no accidents. Inter-Citys transportation will
be by Mono Rails and Metros.
• For residential construction, the techniques will be
vastly different from which we deployed at present.
Extruded and self erecting structures can
revolutionized and speed up construction process.
• These light weight durable apartment, the outer
shells of these materials shall serve as photo-voltaic
cells and heat concentrators.

11. WHAT ARE THE SYMPTOMS ?
It is no measure of health to be well adjusted to a profoundly
sick society. Our societies residing in mega-cities today are suffering
from poor sanitation, inefficient transport system, mindless energy
consumption and many more, but all these attributes are mere
symptoms which are hiding among the plain sight. The main culprit is
chaotic unplanned urban development.
WHAT IS THE PROBLEM ?
Poverty, greed, crime and corruption are not a natural part of human behavior
but the very by-product of this unplanned in-efficient urban development.
Human nature is determined environmentally, therefore the better the environment,
the higher the standards of human living and hence we need sustainable
development programs to build the cities of the future which perhaps will ensure all
the necessary amenities to its civilians.
Since we now the real culprit behind all these symptoms we must find the cure...
WHAT IS THE CURE ?
To find the cure we must first understand the root of this problem i.e.,
poverty and crime so as to say. The primary factor that results in
poverty and crime is the scarcity of resources. The only way to
tackle the problem of scarcity is by creating a country of national
abundance.

12. WHAT AND WHY WE NEED 'NATIONAL ABUNDANCE’ ?
Abundance is basically a situation which ensure the access of necessary privileges to every individual of the society irrespective
of any possible discrimination.
Why we need a situation of national abundance is because if every individual will enjoy the necessary privileges of a society than
he/she will never have to endure in mid-road huts and steal for survival.
HOW CAN WE ACHIEVE ‘NATIONAL ABUNDANCE’ ?
Before we can understand the procedure we must understand what is the thing that have ever improve human lives?
It’s not money when it comes to its purchasing power, it’s not politics, and it’s not religion...
It’s the technology. Technology is the pencil our children use to solidify their ideas on paper for communication, Technology is an
automobile like Scooty which has allowed our women to become independent and make them travel faster than the feet would do.
Technology is the pair of eye-glasses which enables sight to our old persons and there’s no end to it, from kitchen utensils to Satellite
Launching Vehicles, technology have always improve human lives or at least have done more good than harm.
WHAT IS THE BIG PICTURE ?
The situation of national abundance can only be and can be attained from our present day technology which the nation already have. By
efficient use of technology we can tackle the problem of national scarcity. By using alternative sources of energy, smart home, smart power grid,
smart infrastructure and better planning from governing authority will itself ensure the scenario of National Abundance.
Once achieved will make almost all kind of crime and violence obsolete.
The NRIs working abroad will observe the scenario of National Abundance in India, this will initiate the process of Brain Gain.
The situation of National Abundance will facilitates the Women Empowerment projects.
This scenario will be able to resolve virtually all the problems of the nation and perhaps Mankind.

13. APPENDIX
REFERENCES
• Central Electricity Authority (cea.nic.in)
• India Urbanization Econometric Model; McKinsey Global Institute analysis
• United Nations, Handbook of benchmarks, Ministry of Urban development
• W. Smith, Transportation Policies and Strategies in Urban India
• National Council for Applied Economic Research