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Ensuring Urban Rights for Indian Citizens

This presentation delves into the fundamental rights bestowed upon citizens by the Indian Constitution, specifically focusing on the rights of CITYzens to essential amenities. It explores ways to ensure these rights are upheld through measures like controlling urbanization, imposing rent control, and creating financial intermediaries. The roles of various governmental bodies in delivering these rights are discussed, emphasizing the importance of collaborative efforts to safeguard the urban rights of citizens in India.

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Ensuring Urban Rights for Indian Citizens

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  1. The Right to the City Vidyadhar K. Phatak Presented at The 21st Century Indian City: Developing an Agenda for Urbanization in India March 23, 2011

  2. Fundamental Rights Indian Constitution bestowed fundamental rights to citizens. • to move freely throughout the territory of India • to reside and settle in any of the territory of India • to practise any profession or to carry on any profession trade or business

  3. Economic Outcome

  4. Living Outcome

  5. Living Outcome

  6. Living Outcome

  7. Living Outcome

  8. Rights of CITYzens Right to • Safe drinking water • Sanitation • Safe pedestrian movement • Education – schools – playgrounds • Primary health care • Safe environment • Minimum shelter

  9. How to ensure Rights? • Control urbanization, India lives in villages • Control city size distribution – disperse manufacturing, promote small and medium cities • Town planning regulations, building codes, enforcement

  10. How to ensure Rights • Impose rent control • Acquire land by paying ‘amount’ instead of ‘compensation’ • Impose urban land ceiling • Public housing

  11. How to ensure Rights? • Create financial intermediaries • HUDCO / NHB / IDFC / IIFCL • TNUDF / MUINFRA • Induce ULBs to access capital market through Municipal Bonds or Pooled Finance (USAID) • Access World Bank / IDA / DIFID funds • Induce reforms through funding infrastructure

  12. Who should deliver? 74th Constitutional Amendment in 1992 • State Finance Commissions • Metropolitan Planning Committees • Municipalities • Ward Committees • Area sabhas

  13. Who actually delivers? • Fund led reforms driven by national government • State governments act • Local governments follow

  14. Rights to the City?

  15. Thank you

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