Urbanisation had begun decades ago in other countries. India had a long way to go to catch up with them, said B. Anand, Joint Secretary, Union Ministry of Urban Development, on the second day of the three-day BRICS Urbanisation Forum here on Thursday.
He said that urbanisation in Brazil was over 80 per cent. In Russia, it was 73 per cent and in China 56 per cent.
Compared to these countries, it was just 31 per cent in India, he added.