Summary
Contents
Subject index
Re-visioning Indian Cities probes the Jawaharlal Nehru National Urban Renewal Mission (JNNURM) right from its inception to its present-day avatar. The book significantly adds to the knowledge base on the urban history of India.
Commencing with a historical background of the JNNURM, the book traces the evolution of public policy in India on urban growth. In the process it provides an understanding of the complex urban issues and examines whether the JNNURM is a project response or a policy response to these problems.
The rationale behind the choice of the cities covered by the Mission, the scope and coverage of the work undertaken and the progress till date are extensively discussed. The formidable problems of mega-city governance and the difficulties of correlating rural and urban development at the district level are reviewed.
The Reforms Agenda
The Reforms Agenda
The Catalogue
We may now consider the contents of the Reforms Agenda and what has been accomplished. The reforms are broadly listed in two categories, i.e., mandatory reforms at the state level as well as the ULBs and the parastatal agencies and, second, optional reforms common to the state, the ULBs and the parastatals. The mandatory reforms are summarized below:
- adherence to the 74th Constitutional Amendment;
- reform rent control laws;
- rationalization of stamp duty for transfer of property;
- repeal of the ULCRA;
- community participation laws providing for Area Sabhas below the municipal ward and
- enactment of public disclosure laws.
While these six items pertain to the state level, there are another six stipulations to be fulfilled at the city level. These are:
- implementation of e-governance;
- double entry accounting system;
- rationalization and ...
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