Parties hit the ceiling over CM's remarks
Ganesh Kanate
Monday, January 23, 2006 00:09 IST
Major political parties have taken a dig at Maharashtra Chief Minister
Vilasrao Deshmukh's remarks that his government needed to "build a
consensus" on repealing the Urban Land Ceiling (ULC) Act by saying there
was already an absolute unanimity on the issue... "Whatever Union Minister
for Urban Development Jaipal Reddy has said is the party policy and
Deshmukh should follow it. It is as simple as that." ...repealing of the
ULC Act is a quid pro quo for getting financial assistance from the state
under the Jawaharlal Nehru Urban Renewal Mission.
http://dnaindia.com/report.asp?NewsID=1009137
> | CDP by MUD-picked experts or NO-Money
> | MUD-picked urban reforms or NO-Money
> | MUD-picked reform by MUD-picked experts or
> | no other-money, mission itself has NO-money!
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> | cleverly calls land ceiling law *problem*, side-stepped
> | land use & lease law *problems* are being *solved*, straight
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> Centre sidesteps land law problem to push Urban Mission
> Saturday January 21 2006 00:00 IST
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> NEW DELHI: Maharashtra and West Bengal may have put a spanner in the
> Centre's plan to get the urban land ceiling laws repealed, but the Urban
> Development Ministry has sidestepped the problem and is going ahead with
> its plans to set up a panel of consultants that could give tips to the
> states on city development... "The country has a sufficient number of
> experts who can be put on the Central panel of consultants from which the
> states can choose their own consultants."
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> Before accessing funds under the Jawaharlal Nehru National Urban Renewal
> Mission, the 63 cities identified for the project will have to put in
> place their own City Development Plan (CDP)-integrating land use with
> services, urban transport and environment management. The minister,
> however, said no funds have been disbursed from the Rs 50,000 crore JNNURM
> yet.
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http://www.newindpress.com/NewsItems.asp?ID=IEH20060120075424&Page=H&Title=Top+Stories&Topic=0
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> City will launch National Urban Renewal plan on empty pocket
> Vineeta Pandey
> Friday, January 20, 2006 00:48 IST
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> NEW DELHI: The National Urban Renewal Mission (NURM) that could make
> India's cities liveable is being launched in Mumbai on February 7 with no
> funds and lots of problems...
> With all states except Maharashtra and West Bengal agreeing to repeal the
> ULC Act, Reddy repeated his stand: "No reforms, no money."...
>
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http://dnaindia.com/report.asp?NewsID=1008547
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