(a) whether the Administrative Reforms Commission has presented
its sixth report;
(b) if so, the salient features of the report; and
(c) the action taken by the Government on the recommendations
of the report?
(a) whether the Administrative Reforms Commission has presented
its sixth report;
(b) if so, the salient features of the report; and
(c) the action taken by the Government on the recommendations
of the report?
Minister of State in the Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions
and Minister of State in the Prime Minister’s Office. (SHRI V. NARAYANASAMY)
(a): Yes, Madam.
(b): The Sixth Report tilted ‘Local Governance’ by the 2nd Administrative
Reforms Commission deals with local governance, both rural and urban, like
Urban Local Bodies (ULBs) and Panchayati Raj Institutions(PRIs).
(c): Some of the important actions taken by the Central Government on the
report are as under:
(i) Towards ‘Decentralized Planning’, District Planning Councils (DPC)
have been constituted in majority of States. Metropolitan Planning Committees
(MPC) have been constituted in several States.
(ii) On ‘Information and Communication Technology’,National Urban Information
System (NUIS) is being implemented.
(iii) For ‘Transfer of Funds to Panchyats’, Twelfth Finance Commission (TFC)
grants are already being transferred to Panchayati Raj Institutions (PRIs)
electronically by many States.
(iv) All States except Maharashtra have abolished ‘Octroi’.
(v) On ‘Borrowings’, ‘Tax Free Municipal Bond Scheme’ and ‘Pool Finance
Development Scheme’ have been launched for facilitating municipal borrowing.
(vi) For ‘Water Supply’, service level benchmarks for water supply scheme
have been formulated in August,2008.
(vii) Towards ‘Sewerage Management’, National Urban Sanitation Policy has been
launched in October, 2008.
(viii) For ‘solid waste management’, the service level benchmarks have been
formulated.
(ix) On ‘Urban Transport Management’, the Unified Metropolitan Transport
Authority (UMTA) has been set up in many cities.
(x) Towards ‘Measures of Poverty Alleviation –Employment’, the guidelines
of Swarna Jayatnti Shahari Rozgar Yojana (SJSRY) have been revamped and have
come into effect from 01.04.2009.
(xi) On ‘Measures for Poverty Alleviation- Literacy’, under the Jawaharlal
Nehru National Urban Renewal Mission (JNNURM), implementation of a 7 point
charter is envisaged which stipulates that States and Urban Local Bodies
provide a package of services to the urban poor, including education.
(xii) For ‘Urbanization and Growth’, a Sub-Committee headed by Urban
Development Minister has been constituted for drawing up implementation
actions on urbanization issues.
(xiii) On ‘JNNURM- A Reform Process’, a High Level Committee has been
formed to provide an estimate of the investment requirements for urban
infrastructural services for the period 2008-2020.
(xiv) On ‘Beneficiary Identification’, an Expert Group on Urban Poverty
has been constituted by the Planning Commission to come out with measureable
indicators to identify BPL household in urban areas.