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From: "Architexturez." <admin-in@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
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Date: Wed, 26 Apr 2006 18:47:52 +0530
what does this mean?
PIB Report:
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The Government has decided to set up a Committee to study the issue of
restructuring of MCD and suggest an appropriate model. The Committee is
headed by Shri Omesh Saigal, retired IAS officer, former Secretary to
the Government of India and former Chief Secretary of Delhi. The
committee consists of the Union Home Secretary or his representative,
the Union Urban Development Secretary or his representative, Secretary,
Municipal Affairs of the Government of West Bengal and Prof. V.N. Alok
from the Indian Institute of Public Administration. Shri O.P. Kelkar,
Principal Secretary (Urban Development) will be the Member Secretary.
The involvement of Secretary, Municipal Affairs of the Government of
West Bengal will ensure that the experience of working of a number of
municipal bodies in the metropolitan city of Kolkata is available with
the Committee.
Terms of reference of the Committee include study of the previous
reports submitted by the Balakrishnan Committee and the Virendra Prakash
Committee on the issue of restructuring of MCD in the context of the
current situation; examine the comparative advantages of having one
Corporation in the whole of Delhi vis-à-vis a number of smaller
Corporations from the point of view of managing civic services
efficiently; look at the financial and administrative viability of
smaller Corporations and suggest changes that are required in the
existing law for the purpose of restructuring. The Committee has been
asked to submit its report within a period of two months.
The Government has also decided to set up another Committee to look into
the issue of multiplicity of institutions dealing with urban development
in Delhi. This Committee is headed by Shri Ashok Pradhan, retired IAS
officer, and former Secretary to the Government of India. Shri Pradhan
has held various important positions in the Delhi Government during his
career. This committee consists of the Union Home Secretary or his
representative, Union Urban Development Secretary or his representative,
Chief Secretary of Delhi and Dr. Kanika Bhal, Associate Professor of
Management Studies of IIT, Delhi. Shri O.P. Kelkar, Principal Secretary,
Urban Development will be the Member Secretary.
This Committee has been entrusted the task of identifying
authorities/agencies which are discharging various functions in relation
to urban development in the NCT of Delhi; determine their respective
roles, responsibilities, inter-relationships and existing arrangements
for coordination; contribution made by these agencies in the development
of the National Capital; the level of effectiveness in addressing the
issues of urban growth; the bottlenecks in dealing with urban
development issues; the need for having different agencies in the
context of Delhi being National Capital Territory and finally to
identify alternative mechanism that can deal with the problem of urban
growth in Delhi more effectively. The committee has been asked to submit
its report within four weeks.
Involvement of IIPA and IIT in these two committees is to benefit from
their independent expert opinion on management issues.