Category: Urban Governance

In the early part of the twentieth century, town planning was considered a part of municipal functions. Where a town was growing, it meant construction of a few new roads and the question of inadequacy of existing services hardly arose. As these problems grew bigger and  it went beyond the capacity of the municipal bodies […]

Wards Committees should be mandatory for each of the ward in all Municipal Corporations with a population of three lakhs or more, to comprise of persons chosen by direct election from the territorial area of the Ward. The Chairman of the Committee will be the Councillor elected from the Ward. Ward committees act as “bridge […]

Metropolitan planning committee (MPC) and district planning committee (DPC) Function of MPCs: i)Preparation of Draft Development Plan for Metropolitan Area ii)Coordination of plans prepared by the Municipalities and Panchayats in the Metro area including coordinated spatial planning of the area. iii)Co-ordination and sorting out of common issues involving Panchayats and Municipalities in the metro area […]

The Nagar Palika is responsible for water supply, hospitals, roads, street-lighting, drainage, fire-brigade, market places, solid-waste management and records of births and deaths. Municipal Councils are units designated for smaller areas than the Municipal Corporations. State statutes govern Municipal Councils. The Municipal Council, the President elected by the councillors from among themselves, the Committees and […]

The ULBs execute their functions through various committees viz. Planning and Development Committee, Education Committee, Water Management Committee, Works Committee, Health and Welfare Committee, Administrative Committee, etc, They also identify the beneficiaries under various schemes, e.g. housing, self-employment, etc., based on the income criteria and social backwardness. Councillors act by committee, the most powerful being […]

74th CAA provide more power and authority to urban local bodies. Introduction of the Twelfth Schedule which lists the functions of the urban local bodies, covering planning, regulation and developmental aspects I. Urban planning including town planning &II. Regulation of land-use and construction of buildings: Typically the above two functions fall under the purview of the development […]

SPV is an autonomous body within the powers given to it and has its own sources of revenue. Special purpose agency crafted outside the general administrative framework SPV have been considered desirable and relevant in the present times when tasks have become highly sophisticated and technical and thus require specialized handing.  Problem due to SPV […]

The differences between organization and institution are : •An organization is a systematic collection of people, who work together for achieving the desired end, under a common identity. Conversely, an institution is an establishment, that is dedicated to promoting a specific cause that can be educational, professional, social, etc. •The structure of an organization can […]

Decentralization – Financial: •Autonomy of financial resources •Can local government decide on the use of local resources ? •Predictability of inter-governmental transfer •Principles of financial devolution •Level of adoption of the budget •Sources of local government funding (taxes, user charges, borrowing, central government, international aid) •Can local government raise resources from capital markets without approval […]

Jaipur Nagar Nigam JNN – established in the year 1994 under Rajasthan Municipality Act 1959 revised in 2009 is responsible for planning, operation and maintenance of selected infrastructure. Jaipur development authority JDA established  under Jaipur Development Authority Act, 1982 – for planning and implementation of the city development plans and infrastructure for the notified JDA area, which […]