Urban Governance

Introduction & Frameworks

About Me
M.A in Economics from University of Pune
Diploma in Business Management from AES
Bachelor of Commerce from Gujarat University
Currently working as Assistant Director at Janwani, MCCIA
Pune, heading the Urban Governance team
Previously worked at: UNESCO, GIZ, YUVA
Unstoppable, All India Disaster Mitigation Institute,
Planning & Resources on Urban Development Affairs
Affiliations: World Economic Forum (Pune Hub), AIESEC

Government
Government is a body that comprises
a person or a group of persons who
run the administration of a country.
This is a means in which power is
exercised.

Governance - Varying Definitions

The traditions and institutions by which authority in a
country is exercised Kaufman et al
The way power is exercised through a countrys
economic, political, and social institutions. the World
Banks PRSP Handbook.
The exercise of economic, political, and administrative
authority to manage a countrys affairs at all levels.It
comprises mechanisms, processes, and institutions
through which citizens and groups articulate their
interests, exercise their legal rights, meet their
obligations, and mediate their differences.UNDP.
Source:
http://web.worldbank.org/WBSITE/EXTERNAL/COUNTRIES/MENAEXT/EXTMNAREGTOPGOVERNANCE/0,,contentMDK:20513159~pagePK:34004
173~piPK:34003707~theSitePK:497024,00.html

Difference between Government

and Governance

Source: http://www.open.edu/openlearn/nature-environment/the-environment/environmental-science/climate-change/content-section-3.2.1

Branches of Government of India

Federalism in India
List of 52 items - Part
XI of the Constitution
of India

Central
Governm
ent

List of 98 items - Part XI of

the Constitution of India

State
Governm
ent

List of 61 items - Part XI of

the Constitution of India

73rd & 74th Constitutional

amendment

Local
Bodies

Rural

Urban

Municipal
Corporati
on

List of 18 items
Schedule XII, Article
243W, Constitution of
India

Municipali
ty

Schedule XII
1. Urban Planning including town
Planning
. Maharashtra Regional and Town
Planning Act, 1966
Development Plan (20 years)
Town Planning Schemes
City Development Plan
Local Area Plans

2. Regulation of land use and

construction of buildings
- Development Control Rules shall
be called the Development Control
Rules for
Pune Municipal Corporation,
Pune1982.

3. Planning for economic and social development

4. Roads and bridges.
5. Water supply for domestic, industrial and
commercial purposes
6. Public health, sanitation conservancy and solid
waste management.
7. Fire services.
8. Urban forestry, protection of the environment
and promotion of ecological aspects.
9. Safeguarding the interests of weaker sections of
society, including the handicapped and
mentally retarded.
10.Slum improvement and upgradation

11.Urban poverty alleviation.

12.Provision of urban amenities and facilities such as
parks, gardens, playgrounds
13.Promotion of cultural, educational and aesthetic
aspects.
14.Burials and burial grounds; cremations, cremation
grounds; and electric crematoriums
15.Cattle pounds; prevention of cruelty to animals.
16.Vital statistics including registration of births and
deaths
17.Public amenities including street lighting, parking
lots, bus stops and public conveniences.
18.Regulation of slaughter houses and tanneries

A Framework for Urban Governance by

Ramesh Ramanathan, Janaagraha
The entire Metropolitan Region as the footprint of governance
METROPOLITAN PLANNING COMMITTEE
REGIONAL
SPATIAL DATA
CENTRE

METROPOLITAN
TRANSPORT
AUTHORITY
CONCERNED PARA-STATALS,
SPECIAL-PURPOSE VEHICLES,
STATE GOVT DEPARTMENTS

CONCERNED LOCAL
GOVERNMENTS

RURAL

TALUK /ZILLA
PANCHAYATS

URBAN

URBAN LOCAL
GOVERNMENTS

GRAMA
PANCHAYATS

WARD
COMMITTEES

GRAM/WARD
SABHAS

AREA SABHAS

LAW & ORDER

EDUCATION

PWR
DISTRIBN.

REVENUE

PUBLIC HLTH

INDTL.
DEVMT.

PLANNING &
ZONING

WOMEN &
CHILD WFARE

ECONOMICS &
STATISTICS

WATER &
SANITATION

ENVIRONMEN
T & FORESTRY

URBAN POOR
SERVICES

ALL PUBLIC TRANSPORT

AGENCIES
(BUS/RAIL/AIR/TAXI/
AUTO/RTO etc.)

Factors impacting Urban

Change
No.

Factor

Effective decentralization of government functions

Efficient Financial Management Systems

Defining and monitoring Service Levels

Adequate provision of well-located low-income housing

Relevant and rapid infrastructure provisioning

Efficient collaboration between different agencies

Institutionalised Citizens' participation

Uniform demarcation of administrative jurisdictions

City planning recognising economic/environmental factors

10

GIS for Spatial Information Management

11

Guaranteed Land Title System

12

Effective Zoning. Land-Conversion and Enforcement Policies

13

Efficient Land Market Assessment process

14

Periodic regional economic mapping

15

Regularly updated and centralised Land Records System

e source: Ramesh Ramanathan, Janaagraha

WHAT IS GOOD URBAN GOVERNANCE ?

- WHAT IS GOOD GOVERNANCE ?
- WHY URBAN ?

Thank you