[Urbanstudy] India State of the Cities Report - NIUA is the National Partner

[Vinay Baindur]

How can elected local govts become autonomous city management agencies? and
why shd they? They are under the state governments.

Pl see last line
Is a National commission on Urbanisation II a pre- condition?
If so for what ?

FYI




www.citiesalliance.org/ca/ca_projects/detail/16638

 *India State of the Cities Report* *Project ID: * * | Project Status: *
Approved
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 Project-At-A-Glance Approval Date23-Sep-2010CountryIndia Closing DateN/A
City/Area(s)Multi-City (42 cities) , Multi-City (42 cities) Total Project
CostCities Alliance: $ 350,250
Co-financing: $ 200,000
Total Budget: $ 550,250City/National Partner National Institute of Urban
Affairs Project Focus
Cities Alliance Member(s) Sponsoring the ProjectUN-HABITAT , World Bank Other
Project Focus
Grant Recipient/ Implementing AgencyNational Institute of Urban Affairs
Region
OECD-DAC-LIST
(Based on the most current list available at the time of project
approval)Lower Middle Income Countries and Territories
Project Summary: In India, there is a strong realisation that its urban
areas need to improve for the country to achieve fast and sustained economic
development. Within that framework, the Government of India (GoI) has
launched the Jawaharlal Nehru National Urban Renewal Mission (JNNURM), which
incentivises reforms in key areas -- urban governance, service delivery,
financial management and devolution of functions to local bodies -- and
links them to grants for infrastructure investments in the major Indian
cities. Despite the strong focus on urban reforms through JNNURM,
policy-makers are still struggling to evolve mechanisms to develop
municipalities *as autonomous city management agencies* in order to combine
urbanisation with economic development. In this context, it is proposed to
prepare the India State of the Cities Report (SoCR) to address issues that
are critical for sustainable economic development of cities and to provide
inputs for formulating an urban development approach for the country. Project
Objectives: The broad objectives of India SoCR are to: a) Assess the urban
infrastructure deficit and its impact on the national economic growth; b)
Analyse the relationship between socio-economic development in states and
cities, and spatial concentration of population; c) Assess the urban
policies, and institutional and financing framework; d) Evaluate policy
initiatives taken by countries facing similar problems like China, South
Africa and Brazil, among others, to efficiently manage fast urban growth;
and e) Identify areas for change in urban policies and recommend strategies
to strengthen urban institutional and financing frameworks to meet urban
infrastructure deficits and achieve balanced and inclusive development
across states. Project Activities: a) Setting of National Steering Committee
and national launch through workshop and webpage b) State level steering
committees and launch workshops c) Diagnostics in selected 42 cities e)
Diagnostics in selected 6 states f) National level diagnostics and
preparation of India SoCR g) Dissemination workshop in states h) National
dissemination workshop Expected Impact & Results: The output of the project
will be the India State of the Cities Report and the outcome should
contribute to addressing issues that are critical for sustainable
development of urban areas in the 12th Five Year Plan as well as the
National Commission on Sustainable Urbanisation II.
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