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Urban Local Government, Infrastructure Planning and the Urban Poor - CASUMM-CIVIC study

The idea for a proposal to study the socio-economic and spatial impacts of large infrastructure projects on the periphery of Bangalore arose within CIVIC in 2005. There was insufficient...

The Community Participation Law in Urban India: Status and Issues

A Report- On Comparing Community Participation Laws across the States
 Context: The Urban India is witnessing an unprecedented growth in urban population. Provisional...

Suggestions to the Housing Task Force

Suggestions to the Housing Task Force

Kathyayini Chamaraj Executive Trustee, CIVIC

1. Making land available for the urban poor: Non-reservation of land for the...

Suggestions for BBMP Budget

Subject: Our suggestions for BBMP Budget 2011-12
1. BBMP owes Rs 6,000 cr for bogus works. The audit done by the state government after
concerns were raised in BBMP...

Suggested Protocols for Out-of-School Children

A suggested protocol for ensuring retention of vulnerable children and for bridging OOSC and child labourers to re-join the mainstream.
 

Suggested Draft Bill on a Metropolitan Planning Committee for Bangalore

THE METROPOLITAN PLANNING COMMITTEE ACT, 2009
HISTORY
Parliament in its 74th Amendment Act, 1992 of the Constitution of India– with effect from 1-6-1993, inserted...

Study on Setting up a Metropolitan Planning Committee for Bangalore

The Constitution of India makes it mandatory for the States to set up Metropolitan Planning Committees (MPCs) in the metropolitan areas of the
country. A metropolitan area is defined as an...

Study of the Functioning of Ward Committees in Bangalore

As per the 74th Constitutional Amendment or Nagarapalika Act, wards committees were supposed to be formed in all municipal corporations with more than three lakhs population to bring about greater...

Implementation of Basic Services to the Urban Poor (BSUP) under Jawaharlal Nehru National Urban Renewal Mission (JNNURM)

In recent years, the Jawaharlal Nehru National Urban Renewal Mission (JNNURM) has been one of the most significant initiatives of the Government of India, aiming at meeting infrastructure needs of...

Study of Implementation of Basic Services to the Urban Poor (BSUP) under JNNURM-Executive Summary

In recent years, the Jawaharlal Nehru National Urban Renewal Mission (JNNURM) has been one of the most significant initiatives of the Government of India, aiming at meeting infrastructure needs of...

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