Indian Fsi — Blog 5

One former BMC official famously told me (off the record): “Give me FSI discretion, and I’ll give you a new skyscraper every month—each one with a backstory.”

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Mumbai, with its island-city constraints, has historically hovered around an FSI of 1.33 for most suburban developments. Compare that to Manhattan (15.0) or even Shanghai’s Pudong district (5.0–10.0). The result? Land prices explode outward, slums creep inward, and the middle class gets pushed to Virar—90 minutes from work. One former BMC official famously told me (off