URBANISATION POLICY OF INDIA URBANISATION POLICY REFERS TO THE MEASURES OF THE GOVERNMENT AIMED AT REDUCING OR REMOVING NEGATIVE EFFECTS

S OF URBANISATION ON ONE HAND AND PROMOTING THE POSITIVE EFFECTS ON OTHER HAND. THE GOVERNMENT HAS ADOPTED DEVELOPMENT ORIENTED POLICY OF URBANISATION. THE GOVERNMENT OF INDIA HAS IMPLEMENTED THE URBANIZATION POLICY WITH THE OBJECTIVES OF ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT. THE GOVERNEMNT OF INDIA HAS GIVEN TOP PRIORITY TO INDUSTRILAISATION IN THE SECOND AND THIRD FIVE YEAR PLAN. THE GOVERNMENT HAS WELCOMED URBANISATION IN WAY WHEN IT DECIDED TO SETUP THE PUBLIC SECTOR HEAVY INDUSTRIES FOR RAPID ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT. THE INDIAN GOVERNMENT HAS TAKEN MEASURES TO CONTROL AND REGULATE EXTREME EXPANSION OF THE URBANISATION E.G THE GOVERNMENT DOES NOT ALLOW A INDUSTRY TO SET UP IN CITY WITH POPULATION OF 10 LAKHS. THUS BY PLACING RESTRICTION ON SETTING UP OF INDUSTRIES , GOVT HAS INDIRECTLY TRIED TO LIMIT THE SIZE OF CITY. THE NATIONAL COMMITTEE ON URBANISATION RECOMMEDED THAT INSTEAD OF ALLOCATING RESOURCES FOR BACKWARD REGIONS THE MEDIUM AND SMALL SIZE TOWNSHIPS SHOULD BE DEVELOPED.THIS WILL ALSO RESTRICT UNPLANNED GROWTH OF LARGE CITIES. THIS WILL ALSO ENCOURAGE ENTREPRENEURHIP AND CREATE FAVOURABLE ENVIRONMENT FOR DEVELOPMENT, RESULTING IN INCREASE IN ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT. THE COMMITTEE HAS RECOMMEDED THAT RURAL DISTRICT SHOULD BE DEVELOPED. FOR THIS SUCH DISTRICT SHOULD BE SELECTED WHERE IN POPULATION DENSITY IS VERY HIGH. THIS WILL BE BENEFICIAL IN MANY ASPECTS.

1. IT WILL BE POSSIBLE TO EASILY SHIFT THE SURPLUS LABOUR FROM THE AGRICULTURAL SECTOR TO SMALL INDUSTRIES IN THE TOWNS. 2. MIGRATIONOF THE PEOPLE WILL REMAIN CONFINED TO A SINGLE REGION ONLY. 3. IT WILL BE LESS DIFFICULT TO PROVIDE INFRASTRUCTURE IN THE SMALL AND MEDIUM CITIES. 4. IN CAPITAL THE CAPITAL CITY OF BACKWARD REGION A INDUSTRIAL UNIT BE SET UP SO THAT INFRASTRUCTURAL FACILITIES ARE PROVIDED. 5. THE INTRODUCTION OF AN ELEMENTOF URBANIZATION WILL DEVELOP SERVICE SECTOR IN WHICH MIGRATED LABOUR WILL GET EMPLOYMENT 6. THE LAW AND ORDER WILL IMPROVE AND WITHIT THE QUALITY OF LIFE AND SOCIAL PEACE BE MAINTAINED.

7. 7. THE DEVELOPMENT OF MEDIUM AND SMALL SIZE CITIES WILL REDUCE PRESSURE OF MIGRATION ON LARGE CITIES AS CONSEQUENCES BIRTH RATE WILL BE REDUCED AND THE STANDARD OF LIVING OF THE RURAL POPULATION WILL IMPROVE. 8. THUS THE GOVT OF INDIA HAS ADOPTED SUCH POLICY IN WHICH BIG CITYS SIZE WILL BE LIMITED AND SMALL CITIES DEVELOP IN MAJORITY OF STATES AND REGIONS.