130 Municipal Commissioners from 9 Northern states to discuss urban governance on January 16

Shri M.Venkaiah Naidu to flag implementation concerns in respect of new initiatives City Development Plans, Property Tax Collection, Sanitation Rating of Cities, Cyber Security also to be discussed

As a part of the sensitization exercise in the context of launching of new initiatives in urban sector, the Ministry of Urban Development will hold a day long brain storming workshop with Municipal Commissioners from nine northern states here tomorrow. Minister of Urban Development and Housing & Urban Poverty Alleviation Shri M.Venkaiah Naidu will share the government’s concerns about the state of urban governance in these states and implementation issues at the ‘Consultative Workshop on Urban Governance’. Municipal Commissioners of about 130 cities and towns with over one lakh population each from Delhi, Haryana, Punjab, Chandigarh, Himachal Pradesh, Jammu & Kashmir, Uttarakhand, Uttar Pradesh and Rajasthan will participate in the day long deliberations on effective implementation of new initiatives in the urban sector. Shri Babul Supriyo, Minister of State for UD and HUPA, senior officials from both the ministries besides Principle Secretaries of Urban Development from the nine states will also participate in the workshop. Senior officials from the Ministries of Urban Development and HUPA will make detailed presentations to the Commissioners on the broad objectives, methodologies, financial and institutional arrangements in respect of Development of 500 Cities, Swachh Bharat Mission, Deendayal Antyodaya Yojana, Housing for All, Capacity Building and E-governance etc. Lessons learned from the implementation of JNNURM and improvisations to be made for effective implementation of new initiatives would be discussed in detail. Case studies in respect of Revision of City Development Plan of Shimla, Property Tax Collection in Nagpur and Strategy for Reduction of Non-Water Revenue in Haridwar besides Sanitation Rating of Cities and Cyber Security will also be discussed. Courtesy: pib.nic.in