(a) whether the Government are formulating the National Urban Policy;
(b) if so, the time by which the proposed policy would be finalized;
(c) whether the policy would identify the thrust areas and address various urban problems such as infrastructural deficiencies, poverty etc.; and
(d) if so, the details thereof?
MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF PARLIAMENTARY AFFAIRS AND
MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF URBAN DEVELOPMENT & POVERTY
ALLEVIATION ( SHRI O. RAJAGOPAL )
(a): The Government is in the process of finalization of a
National Urban Policy.
(b): No time frame can be indicated for finalization of the
Policy.
(c)&(d): Yes, Sir. The National Urban Policy proposes to
identify the thrust areas such as Urban Regional Planning;
Urban Land; Urban Governance and Management Financing of Urban
Development; Urban Poverty; Urban Environment; Urban
Conservation and Heritage; Information System and Capacity
Building.
It proposes to address problems relating to Urban
Infrastructural deficiencies by giving special emphasis to
Housing sector, Water Supply & Sanitation, Municipal Solid Waste
Management and Urban Transport. It also proposes to reduce
urban poverty by increasing investment in poverty alleviation
programmes, development of employment generation strategy and by
trying to integrate poor communities into city planning by
improving access to services and land rights.