3rd edition release of survey results -...
TRANSCRIPT
3rd Edition
Release of Survey Results300-400 pm Mon 14 March 2016
Press Club New Delhi
Our Cities are on the Brink
Froth in Bangalore Lakes Garbage Fire in Mumbai
Air Pollution in Delhi Floods in Chennai
It is just history repeating itselfhelliphellip
Band-Aids vs Cure
bull We see the same issues the same patterns repeating day after day in city after city
bull Band-aid solutions like creating more landfills filling potholes desilting drains ahead of monsoons regularizing plan violations putting more buses on roads donrsquot address the root causes which have made our cities what they are today
bull We are trying to treat the symptoms and not the disease
bull Root-causes need to be addressed for us to address quality of life in our cities in an irreversible sustained manner
bull The root causes are what we call ldquoCity-Systemsrdquo
CITY-SYSTEMS ARE LAWS POLICIES AND PROCESSES IN RESPECT OF
bull SPATIAL PLANNING AND DESIGN STANDARDSbull FINANCIAL MANAGEMENTbull SKILLS AND CAPABILITIES OF STAFFbull TECHNOLOGY AND PROCESSESbull QUALITY AND POWERS OF POLITICAL LEADERSbull TRANSPARENCYbull ACCOUNTABILITY FOR PERFORMANCE AND
SERVICE LEVELSbull CITIZEN PARTICIPATION
bull GARBAGEbull BAD ROADSbull FLOODS
CITY - SYSTEMS
bull AIR POLLUTIONbull TRAFFICbull AFFORDABLE HOUSING
bull WATER SCARCITYbull POWER CUTSbull SAFETY
QUALITY OF LIFE
The Annual Survey of Indiarsquos City-Systems (ASICS) is an evaluation of 21 Indian cities and two global benchmark cities on the City-Systems framework Over eighty questions spanning laws policies institutional processes and capacities are considered in ASICS
Janaagraharsquos work on urban governance reforms finally culminated in the City-Systems Framework
The City-Systems framework is a new way of thinking about lingering challenges that plague our cities in three specific ways
Focuses on root causes rather than symptoms1
Recognizes the need for a systems approach2
Facilitates periodic measurement of progress3
- Public disclosure
- Accountability for service
levels- Citizen Participation
- Spatial Planning
- Urban design standards
- Municipal Finance
- Municipal Staffing
- Use of IT
- Powers and functions of
city council
- Legitimacy
The four broad components of these root causes what we collectively refer to as ldquocity-systemsrdquo
Components of City-Systems
bull Where to locate landfills
bull Decentralised ward level planning for waste management
bull Disclosure regulation on conflict of interest among Councillors
bull Qualified number of staff technical competence financial resources etc
bull Effective use of IT for Tracking Monitoring Systems
bull Citizen participation on segregation recycling local composting and reporting of grievances
bull Transparency
bull Accountability on service levels contractor performance
Why Garbage is a Systems Problem
bull Mixed use Planning
bull Strong Sectoral plan for mobility
bull Design standards for roads
bull Weak powers of council over finances
bull Limits on Financial expenditure of council
bull Limited powers over large projects
Adequate investment in roads public
transport
Integrated traffic management
centre
Specialists in transport engineering
and traffic management
Transparency
Accountability on service levels
performance
Citizens engagement on works
monitoring respect for traffic rules
and active adoption of public
transport
Why Mobility is a Systems Problem
ASICS
bull The Annual Survey of Indias City-Systems (ASICS) seeks to provide an objective basis on which to evaluate
the quality of city-systems (essentially governance) in our cities
bull Principal Sources Municipal Corporation Acts Town and Country Planning Acts Public Disclosure Laws Community Participation Laws Other Acts
and related Rules Government Reports Municipal Budgets Websites
bull Like a health check-up it measures the health of Indiarsquos City-Systems and highlights the areas that need
corrective action
bull In its third edition ASICS evaluates 21 major cities from 18 states of the country across 83 detailed
parameters scores on a scale of 0 to 10 with equal weightage for all City-Systems components questions
bull London and New York serve as Global Benchmarks
The better a city scores in the ASICS survey the more likely that it is able to deliver better quality of life to citizens over the
medium and long-term
The 11 BIG QUESTIONS in ASICS arising out of the CSS Framework
bull Archaic Laws 12 cities have laws dating back to the 1960s-1980s
none of the laws reflect currentlong-term demands of urbanization
Delhi is the only city with Ward SDPs Chandigarh despite being a lsquoplannedrsquo city scores
poorly as it does not have a contemporary Planning Act and does not have Metropolitan or Ward level SDPs
bull Plan preparation and approval not robust No Ward level SDPs weak technical and institutional
capacities
bull Evaluation of Plans absent Land titling reform pending no evaluation framework
for effectiveness of Plans
Insights Urban Planning and Design
Fewer Town Planners than No of Towns
Weak Finances Mumbai Pune among the few cities to have relatively high Per Capita
capex and higher share of own revenues (gt Rs 4000 70+)
No FRBM in place for any city only 6 cities have realistic budgets(lt15) Huge variance in budget vs Actual TVM (79 ) BLR (61 ) HYD (24)
Most Cities do not generate enough revenue surplus to finance their capex requirements hence heavily dependent on state and Centre grants
Insights Urban Capacities and Resources - Finance
Budgeted Capex vs Actual Revenue
Municipal Budgets Actual 2013-14 (Rs Cr)
Own revenue Total Expenditure
Budget Variance
Severe under-capacity in staffing
- No Performance Management system mandated for any city
- Lack of specialization in urban services
- Top scorers Mumbai amp Pune score high on human resources due to availability of Municipal Cadre and stable tenure for their Commissioners with relevant urban experience
- Kolkata is the top scorer on stability of tenure of the Commissioner (2 in 5 yrs) Bangalore (6 in 5 yrs) Jaipur (6 in 5 yrs)Raipur (8 in 5 yrs) score poorly on Commissioner tenure
Most corporations have huge vacancies severely impacting the quality of service delivery
Average Tenure of a Municipal Commissioner in office Raipur has had 8 Commissioners in the last 5 years
Insights Urban Capacities and Resources - Staffing
Data for last 2 Commissioners who held office
bull Mayors
Kolkata is the only city where the MPC has been constituted with the Mayor has an ex-officio member
8 cities have directly elected Mayors with five-year terms Bhopal Chennai Dehradun Jaipur Kanpur Lucknow Raipur and Ranchi
5 large cities have Mayors with lt 25 year terms Mumbai Bangalore Ahmedabad Surat and Pune
Insights Empowered amp Legitimate Political Representation
Mayoral Term
bull Disempowered Councils Most functions are now being undertaken through
para-statals that are not overseen by the elected council
In Bangalore only 15 of the total expenditure in the city is overseen by the elected body BBMP
ISEC Compilation
bull Poor turnout in ULB elections - TVM and Kolkata are the exceptions with turnout
comparable to LS elections
bull Councils- No disclosure of related party interests
- Few functions and powers
bull Councilors lack resources to do their job effectively - Councilors are paid even less than Grade D employees- No staff or research support to help them effectively
monitor the administration
Monthly Compensation Jaipur Municipal Corporation
Voter Turnouts
Insights Empowered amp Legitimate Political Representation
bull Open Government Maharashtra passed the Maharashtra Guarantee of Public Services Bill in July 2015 which helped scores for Mumbai and Pune Bangalore is a beacon in terms of sharing information on its website including
Property tax collection report Works information and Payment Information
bull Audit Largely not an independent function No disclosure of audited annual accounts by any city
bull Ombudsman- Thiruvananthapuram is the only city that has an Ombudsman for service complaints
bull Participation 14 out of 21 states have enacted Nagara Raj Bill only Hyderabad has constituted Area Sabhas Pune stands out with a functioning Participatory Budgeting process Delhi Governmentrsquos initiative in participatory budgeting where 20 crores has been allocated to each Assembly is path breaking
Insights Transparency Accountability amp Participation
Urban Planning Mandate 3 tiers of Spatial Plans ndash Regional Municipal and Ward Level Competent personnel for development and implementation of Spatial Development Plans Effective mechanism to monitor and prevent plan violations Urban design standards to guide execution of city projects
Urban Capacities amp Resources Access to more buoyant revenue streams make audit of balance sheets mandatory Comprehensive review of Cadre amp Recruitment rules to ensure availability of adequate skilled staff Real time works management to track lifecycle of all civic works
Empowered amp Legitimate Political Representation Minimum Mayoral Term of 5 years Greater powers for Council for key services like planning water transport
Transparency Accountability amp Participation Adoption of Open Data Standards introduction of a Participatory budgeting for allocating a portion of cityrsquos budget
based on citizen inputs Have an effective complaint management system with feedback mechanism
Focus Areas
City UPD 2015 UCR 2015 TAP 2015 ELPR 2015 ASICS Score 2015
Mumbai 25 53 45 46 42
Thiruvananthapuram 24 23 57 64 42
Kolkata 30 33 41 59 41
Pune 19 47 46 51 41
Bhopal 24 28 50 46 37
Delhi 37 43 29 37 37
Chennai 29 33 28 56 36
Hyderabad 29 24 57 33 36
Kanpur 26 25 49 43 36
Lucknow 24 26 44 43 34
Patna 22 34 34 45 34
Bangalore 27 25 54 25 33
Raipur 18 12 42 58 32
Ranchi 18 28 26 55 32
Surat 24 35 27 38 31
Ahmedabad 24 32 26 40 30
Bhubaneswar 26 23 34 36 30
Dehradun 25 16 30 50 30
Ludhiana 22 16 36 40 29
Jaipur 26 19 22 46 28
Chandigarh 06 23 25 27 20
London 94 99 82 100 94
Newyork 98 100 88 100 97
ASICS 2015 - Scorecard
Reform Roadmap
Reform Roadmap
Reform Roadmap
ASICS 2015 report can be accessed here
httpjanaagrahaorgreportsASICS-2015pdf
For more information contact
Srikanth Viswanathan| Srikanthjanaagrahaorg| 073535 88724Anil Nair| anilnairjanaagrahaorg | 09871916608
AnnexureScore card for 11 Principal Questions
Does your city have a decentralised system of Spatial Development Planning
How successfully has your city implemented its SDPs
Does your city have effective mechanisms to deter plan violations
Does your city encourage Participatory Planning
Does your city invest adequate funds in public infrastructure and services
Does your city have adequate number of skilled human resources
Does your city make optimum use of information technology
Do your city leaders have adequate power
How democratic is your city
Does your city put out adequate information and facilitate citizen participation
How well does your city address citizen complaints
Thank you
For more information contact
Srikanth Viswanathan| Srikanthjanaagrahaorg| 073535 88724Anil Nair| anilnairjanaagrahaorg | 09871916608
Our Cities are on the Brink
Froth in Bangalore Lakes Garbage Fire in Mumbai
Air Pollution in Delhi Floods in Chennai
It is just history repeating itselfhelliphellip
Band-Aids vs Cure
bull We see the same issues the same patterns repeating day after day in city after city
bull Band-aid solutions like creating more landfills filling potholes desilting drains ahead of monsoons regularizing plan violations putting more buses on roads donrsquot address the root causes which have made our cities what they are today
bull We are trying to treat the symptoms and not the disease
bull Root-causes need to be addressed for us to address quality of life in our cities in an irreversible sustained manner
bull The root causes are what we call ldquoCity-Systemsrdquo
CITY-SYSTEMS ARE LAWS POLICIES AND PROCESSES IN RESPECT OF
bull SPATIAL PLANNING AND DESIGN STANDARDSbull FINANCIAL MANAGEMENTbull SKILLS AND CAPABILITIES OF STAFFbull TECHNOLOGY AND PROCESSESbull QUALITY AND POWERS OF POLITICAL LEADERSbull TRANSPARENCYbull ACCOUNTABILITY FOR PERFORMANCE AND
SERVICE LEVELSbull CITIZEN PARTICIPATION
bull GARBAGEbull BAD ROADSbull FLOODS
CITY - SYSTEMS
bull AIR POLLUTIONbull TRAFFICbull AFFORDABLE HOUSING
bull WATER SCARCITYbull POWER CUTSbull SAFETY
QUALITY OF LIFE
The Annual Survey of Indiarsquos City-Systems (ASICS) is an evaluation of 21 Indian cities and two global benchmark cities on the City-Systems framework Over eighty questions spanning laws policies institutional processes and capacities are considered in ASICS
Janaagraharsquos work on urban governance reforms finally culminated in the City-Systems Framework
The City-Systems framework is a new way of thinking about lingering challenges that plague our cities in three specific ways
Focuses on root causes rather than symptoms1
Recognizes the need for a systems approach2
Facilitates periodic measurement of progress3
- Public disclosure
- Accountability for service
levels- Citizen Participation
- Spatial Planning
- Urban design standards
- Municipal Finance
- Municipal Staffing
- Use of IT
- Powers and functions of
city council
- Legitimacy
The four broad components of these root causes what we collectively refer to as ldquocity-systemsrdquo
Components of City-Systems
bull Where to locate landfills
bull Decentralised ward level planning for waste management
bull Disclosure regulation on conflict of interest among Councillors
bull Qualified number of staff technical competence financial resources etc
bull Effective use of IT for Tracking Monitoring Systems
bull Citizen participation on segregation recycling local composting and reporting of grievances
bull Transparency
bull Accountability on service levels contractor performance
Why Garbage is a Systems Problem
bull Mixed use Planning
bull Strong Sectoral plan for mobility
bull Design standards for roads
bull Weak powers of council over finances
bull Limits on Financial expenditure of council
bull Limited powers over large projects
Adequate investment in roads public
transport
Integrated traffic management
centre
Specialists in transport engineering
and traffic management
Transparency
Accountability on service levels
performance
Citizens engagement on works
monitoring respect for traffic rules
and active adoption of public
transport
Why Mobility is a Systems Problem
ASICS
bull The Annual Survey of Indias City-Systems (ASICS) seeks to provide an objective basis on which to evaluate
the quality of city-systems (essentially governance) in our cities
bull Principal Sources Municipal Corporation Acts Town and Country Planning Acts Public Disclosure Laws Community Participation Laws Other Acts
and related Rules Government Reports Municipal Budgets Websites
bull Like a health check-up it measures the health of Indiarsquos City-Systems and highlights the areas that need
corrective action
bull In its third edition ASICS evaluates 21 major cities from 18 states of the country across 83 detailed
parameters scores on a scale of 0 to 10 with equal weightage for all City-Systems components questions
bull London and New York serve as Global Benchmarks
The better a city scores in the ASICS survey the more likely that it is able to deliver better quality of life to citizens over the
medium and long-term
The 11 BIG QUESTIONS in ASICS arising out of the CSS Framework
bull Archaic Laws 12 cities have laws dating back to the 1960s-1980s
none of the laws reflect currentlong-term demands of urbanization
Delhi is the only city with Ward SDPs Chandigarh despite being a lsquoplannedrsquo city scores
poorly as it does not have a contemporary Planning Act and does not have Metropolitan or Ward level SDPs
bull Plan preparation and approval not robust No Ward level SDPs weak technical and institutional
capacities
bull Evaluation of Plans absent Land titling reform pending no evaluation framework
for effectiveness of Plans
Insights Urban Planning and Design
Fewer Town Planners than No of Towns
Weak Finances Mumbai Pune among the few cities to have relatively high Per Capita
capex and higher share of own revenues (gt Rs 4000 70+)
No FRBM in place for any city only 6 cities have realistic budgets(lt15) Huge variance in budget vs Actual TVM (79 ) BLR (61 ) HYD (24)
Most Cities do not generate enough revenue surplus to finance their capex requirements hence heavily dependent on state and Centre grants
Insights Urban Capacities and Resources - Finance
Budgeted Capex vs Actual Revenue
Municipal Budgets Actual 2013-14 (Rs Cr)
Own revenue Total Expenditure
Budget Variance
Severe under-capacity in staffing
- No Performance Management system mandated for any city
- Lack of specialization in urban services
- Top scorers Mumbai amp Pune score high on human resources due to availability of Municipal Cadre and stable tenure for their Commissioners with relevant urban experience
- Kolkata is the top scorer on stability of tenure of the Commissioner (2 in 5 yrs) Bangalore (6 in 5 yrs) Jaipur (6 in 5 yrs)Raipur (8 in 5 yrs) score poorly on Commissioner tenure
Most corporations have huge vacancies severely impacting the quality of service delivery
Average Tenure of a Municipal Commissioner in office Raipur has had 8 Commissioners in the last 5 years
Insights Urban Capacities and Resources - Staffing
Data for last 2 Commissioners who held office
bull Mayors
Kolkata is the only city where the MPC has been constituted with the Mayor has an ex-officio member
8 cities have directly elected Mayors with five-year terms Bhopal Chennai Dehradun Jaipur Kanpur Lucknow Raipur and Ranchi
5 large cities have Mayors with lt 25 year terms Mumbai Bangalore Ahmedabad Surat and Pune
Insights Empowered amp Legitimate Political Representation
Mayoral Term
bull Disempowered Councils Most functions are now being undertaken through
para-statals that are not overseen by the elected council
In Bangalore only 15 of the total expenditure in the city is overseen by the elected body BBMP
ISEC Compilation
bull Poor turnout in ULB elections - TVM and Kolkata are the exceptions with turnout
comparable to LS elections
bull Councils- No disclosure of related party interests
- Few functions and powers
bull Councilors lack resources to do their job effectively - Councilors are paid even less than Grade D employees- No staff or research support to help them effectively
monitor the administration
Monthly Compensation Jaipur Municipal Corporation
Voter Turnouts
Insights Empowered amp Legitimate Political Representation
bull Open Government Maharashtra passed the Maharashtra Guarantee of Public Services Bill in July 2015 which helped scores for Mumbai and Pune Bangalore is a beacon in terms of sharing information on its website including
Property tax collection report Works information and Payment Information
bull Audit Largely not an independent function No disclosure of audited annual accounts by any city
bull Ombudsman- Thiruvananthapuram is the only city that has an Ombudsman for service complaints
bull Participation 14 out of 21 states have enacted Nagara Raj Bill only Hyderabad has constituted Area Sabhas Pune stands out with a functioning Participatory Budgeting process Delhi Governmentrsquos initiative in participatory budgeting where 20 crores has been allocated to each Assembly is path breaking
Insights Transparency Accountability amp Participation
Urban Planning Mandate 3 tiers of Spatial Plans ndash Regional Municipal and Ward Level Competent personnel for development and implementation of Spatial Development Plans Effective mechanism to monitor and prevent plan violations Urban design standards to guide execution of city projects
Urban Capacities amp Resources Access to more buoyant revenue streams make audit of balance sheets mandatory Comprehensive review of Cadre amp Recruitment rules to ensure availability of adequate skilled staff Real time works management to track lifecycle of all civic works
Empowered amp Legitimate Political Representation Minimum Mayoral Term of 5 years Greater powers for Council for key services like planning water transport
Transparency Accountability amp Participation Adoption of Open Data Standards introduction of a Participatory budgeting for allocating a portion of cityrsquos budget
based on citizen inputs Have an effective complaint management system with feedback mechanism
Focus Areas
City UPD 2015 UCR 2015 TAP 2015 ELPR 2015 ASICS Score 2015
Mumbai 25 53 45 46 42
Thiruvananthapuram 24 23 57 64 42
Kolkata 30 33 41 59 41
Pune 19 47 46 51 41
Bhopal 24 28 50 46 37
Delhi 37 43 29 37 37
Chennai 29 33 28 56 36
Hyderabad 29 24 57 33 36
Kanpur 26 25 49 43 36
Lucknow 24 26 44 43 34
Patna 22 34 34 45 34
Bangalore 27 25 54 25 33
Raipur 18 12 42 58 32
Ranchi 18 28 26 55 32
Surat 24 35 27 38 31
Ahmedabad 24 32 26 40 30
Bhubaneswar 26 23 34 36 30
Dehradun 25 16 30 50 30
Ludhiana 22 16 36 40 29
Jaipur 26 19 22 46 28
Chandigarh 06 23 25 27 20
London 94 99 82 100 94
Newyork 98 100 88 100 97
ASICS 2015 - Scorecard
Reform Roadmap
Reform Roadmap
Reform Roadmap
ASICS 2015 report can be accessed here
httpjanaagrahaorgreportsASICS-2015pdf
For more information contact
Srikanth Viswanathan| Srikanthjanaagrahaorg| 073535 88724Anil Nair| anilnairjanaagrahaorg | 09871916608
AnnexureScore card for 11 Principal Questions
Does your city have a decentralised system of Spatial Development Planning
How successfully has your city implemented its SDPs
Does your city have effective mechanisms to deter plan violations
Does your city encourage Participatory Planning
Does your city invest adequate funds in public infrastructure and services
Does your city have adequate number of skilled human resources
Does your city make optimum use of information technology
Do your city leaders have adequate power
How democratic is your city
Does your city put out adequate information and facilitate citizen participation
How well does your city address citizen complaints
Thank you
For more information contact
Srikanth Viswanathan| Srikanthjanaagrahaorg| 073535 88724Anil Nair| anilnairjanaagrahaorg | 09871916608
It is just history repeating itselfhelliphellip
Band-Aids vs Cure
bull We see the same issues the same patterns repeating day after day in city after city
bull Band-aid solutions like creating more landfills filling potholes desilting drains ahead of monsoons regularizing plan violations putting more buses on roads donrsquot address the root causes which have made our cities what they are today
bull We are trying to treat the symptoms and not the disease
bull Root-causes need to be addressed for us to address quality of life in our cities in an irreversible sustained manner
bull The root causes are what we call ldquoCity-Systemsrdquo
CITY-SYSTEMS ARE LAWS POLICIES AND PROCESSES IN RESPECT OF
bull SPATIAL PLANNING AND DESIGN STANDARDSbull FINANCIAL MANAGEMENTbull SKILLS AND CAPABILITIES OF STAFFbull TECHNOLOGY AND PROCESSESbull QUALITY AND POWERS OF POLITICAL LEADERSbull TRANSPARENCYbull ACCOUNTABILITY FOR PERFORMANCE AND
SERVICE LEVELSbull CITIZEN PARTICIPATION
bull GARBAGEbull BAD ROADSbull FLOODS
CITY - SYSTEMS
bull AIR POLLUTIONbull TRAFFICbull AFFORDABLE HOUSING
bull WATER SCARCITYbull POWER CUTSbull SAFETY
QUALITY OF LIFE
The Annual Survey of Indiarsquos City-Systems (ASICS) is an evaluation of 21 Indian cities and two global benchmark cities on the City-Systems framework Over eighty questions spanning laws policies institutional processes and capacities are considered in ASICS
Janaagraharsquos work on urban governance reforms finally culminated in the City-Systems Framework
The City-Systems framework is a new way of thinking about lingering challenges that plague our cities in three specific ways
Focuses on root causes rather than symptoms1
Recognizes the need for a systems approach2
Facilitates periodic measurement of progress3
- Public disclosure
- Accountability for service
levels- Citizen Participation
- Spatial Planning
- Urban design standards
- Municipal Finance
- Municipal Staffing
- Use of IT
- Powers and functions of
city council
- Legitimacy
The four broad components of these root causes what we collectively refer to as ldquocity-systemsrdquo
Components of City-Systems
bull Where to locate landfills
bull Decentralised ward level planning for waste management
bull Disclosure regulation on conflict of interest among Councillors
bull Qualified number of staff technical competence financial resources etc
bull Effective use of IT for Tracking Monitoring Systems
bull Citizen participation on segregation recycling local composting and reporting of grievances
bull Transparency
bull Accountability on service levels contractor performance
Why Garbage is a Systems Problem
bull Mixed use Planning
bull Strong Sectoral plan for mobility
bull Design standards for roads
bull Weak powers of council over finances
bull Limits on Financial expenditure of council
bull Limited powers over large projects
Adequate investment in roads public
transport
Integrated traffic management
centre
Specialists in transport engineering
and traffic management
Transparency
Accountability on service levels
performance
Citizens engagement on works
monitoring respect for traffic rules
and active adoption of public
transport
Why Mobility is a Systems Problem
ASICS
bull The Annual Survey of Indias City-Systems (ASICS) seeks to provide an objective basis on which to evaluate
the quality of city-systems (essentially governance) in our cities
bull Principal Sources Municipal Corporation Acts Town and Country Planning Acts Public Disclosure Laws Community Participation Laws Other Acts
and related Rules Government Reports Municipal Budgets Websites
bull Like a health check-up it measures the health of Indiarsquos City-Systems and highlights the areas that need
corrective action
bull In its third edition ASICS evaluates 21 major cities from 18 states of the country across 83 detailed
parameters scores on a scale of 0 to 10 with equal weightage for all City-Systems components questions
bull London and New York serve as Global Benchmarks
The better a city scores in the ASICS survey the more likely that it is able to deliver better quality of life to citizens over the
medium and long-term
The 11 BIG QUESTIONS in ASICS arising out of the CSS Framework
bull Archaic Laws 12 cities have laws dating back to the 1960s-1980s
none of the laws reflect currentlong-term demands of urbanization
Delhi is the only city with Ward SDPs Chandigarh despite being a lsquoplannedrsquo city scores
poorly as it does not have a contemporary Planning Act and does not have Metropolitan or Ward level SDPs
bull Plan preparation and approval not robust No Ward level SDPs weak technical and institutional
capacities
bull Evaluation of Plans absent Land titling reform pending no evaluation framework
for effectiveness of Plans
Insights Urban Planning and Design
Fewer Town Planners than No of Towns
Weak Finances Mumbai Pune among the few cities to have relatively high Per Capita
capex and higher share of own revenues (gt Rs 4000 70+)
No FRBM in place for any city only 6 cities have realistic budgets(lt15) Huge variance in budget vs Actual TVM (79 ) BLR (61 ) HYD (24)
Most Cities do not generate enough revenue surplus to finance their capex requirements hence heavily dependent on state and Centre grants
Insights Urban Capacities and Resources - Finance
Budgeted Capex vs Actual Revenue
Municipal Budgets Actual 2013-14 (Rs Cr)
Own revenue Total Expenditure
Budget Variance
Severe under-capacity in staffing
- No Performance Management system mandated for any city
- Lack of specialization in urban services
- Top scorers Mumbai amp Pune score high on human resources due to availability of Municipal Cadre and stable tenure for their Commissioners with relevant urban experience
- Kolkata is the top scorer on stability of tenure of the Commissioner (2 in 5 yrs) Bangalore (6 in 5 yrs) Jaipur (6 in 5 yrs)Raipur (8 in 5 yrs) score poorly on Commissioner tenure
Most corporations have huge vacancies severely impacting the quality of service delivery
Average Tenure of a Municipal Commissioner in office Raipur has had 8 Commissioners in the last 5 years
Insights Urban Capacities and Resources - Staffing
Data for last 2 Commissioners who held office
bull Mayors
Kolkata is the only city where the MPC has been constituted with the Mayor has an ex-officio member
8 cities have directly elected Mayors with five-year terms Bhopal Chennai Dehradun Jaipur Kanpur Lucknow Raipur and Ranchi
5 large cities have Mayors with lt 25 year terms Mumbai Bangalore Ahmedabad Surat and Pune
Insights Empowered amp Legitimate Political Representation
Mayoral Term
bull Disempowered Councils Most functions are now being undertaken through
para-statals that are not overseen by the elected council
In Bangalore only 15 of the total expenditure in the city is overseen by the elected body BBMP
ISEC Compilation
bull Poor turnout in ULB elections - TVM and Kolkata are the exceptions with turnout
comparable to LS elections
bull Councils- No disclosure of related party interests
- Few functions and powers
bull Councilors lack resources to do their job effectively - Councilors are paid even less than Grade D employees- No staff or research support to help them effectively
monitor the administration
Monthly Compensation Jaipur Municipal Corporation
Voter Turnouts
Insights Empowered amp Legitimate Political Representation
bull Open Government Maharashtra passed the Maharashtra Guarantee of Public Services Bill in July 2015 which helped scores for Mumbai and Pune Bangalore is a beacon in terms of sharing information on its website including
Property tax collection report Works information and Payment Information
bull Audit Largely not an independent function No disclosure of audited annual accounts by any city
bull Ombudsman- Thiruvananthapuram is the only city that has an Ombudsman for service complaints
bull Participation 14 out of 21 states have enacted Nagara Raj Bill only Hyderabad has constituted Area Sabhas Pune stands out with a functioning Participatory Budgeting process Delhi Governmentrsquos initiative in participatory budgeting where 20 crores has been allocated to each Assembly is path breaking
Insights Transparency Accountability amp Participation
Urban Planning Mandate 3 tiers of Spatial Plans ndash Regional Municipal and Ward Level Competent personnel for development and implementation of Spatial Development Plans Effective mechanism to monitor and prevent plan violations Urban design standards to guide execution of city projects
Urban Capacities amp Resources Access to more buoyant revenue streams make audit of balance sheets mandatory Comprehensive review of Cadre amp Recruitment rules to ensure availability of adequate skilled staff Real time works management to track lifecycle of all civic works
Empowered amp Legitimate Political Representation Minimum Mayoral Term of 5 years Greater powers for Council for key services like planning water transport
Transparency Accountability amp Participation Adoption of Open Data Standards introduction of a Participatory budgeting for allocating a portion of cityrsquos budget
based on citizen inputs Have an effective complaint management system with feedback mechanism
Focus Areas
City UPD 2015 UCR 2015 TAP 2015 ELPR 2015 ASICS Score 2015
Mumbai 25 53 45 46 42
Thiruvananthapuram 24 23 57 64 42
Kolkata 30 33 41 59 41
Pune 19 47 46 51 41
Bhopal 24 28 50 46 37
Delhi 37 43 29 37 37
Chennai 29 33 28 56 36
Hyderabad 29 24 57 33 36
Kanpur 26 25 49 43 36
Lucknow 24 26 44 43 34
Patna 22 34 34 45 34
Bangalore 27 25 54 25 33
Raipur 18 12 42 58 32
Ranchi 18 28 26 55 32
Surat 24 35 27 38 31
Ahmedabad 24 32 26 40 30
Bhubaneswar 26 23 34 36 30
Dehradun 25 16 30 50 30
Ludhiana 22 16 36 40 29
Jaipur 26 19 22 46 28
Chandigarh 06 23 25 27 20
London 94 99 82 100 94
Newyork 98 100 88 100 97
ASICS 2015 - Scorecard
Reform Roadmap
Reform Roadmap
Reform Roadmap
ASICS 2015 report can be accessed here
httpjanaagrahaorgreportsASICS-2015pdf
For more information contact
Srikanth Viswanathan| Srikanthjanaagrahaorg| 073535 88724Anil Nair| anilnairjanaagrahaorg | 09871916608
AnnexureScore card for 11 Principal Questions
Does your city have a decentralised system of Spatial Development Planning
How successfully has your city implemented its SDPs
Does your city have effective mechanisms to deter plan violations
Does your city encourage Participatory Planning
Does your city invest adequate funds in public infrastructure and services
Does your city have adequate number of skilled human resources
Does your city make optimum use of information technology
Do your city leaders have adequate power
How democratic is your city
Does your city put out adequate information and facilitate citizen participation
How well does your city address citizen complaints
Thank you
For more information contact
Srikanth Viswanathan| Srikanthjanaagrahaorg| 073535 88724Anil Nair| anilnairjanaagrahaorg | 09871916608
Band-Aids vs Cure
bull We see the same issues the same patterns repeating day after day in city after city
bull Band-aid solutions like creating more landfills filling potholes desilting drains ahead of monsoons regularizing plan violations putting more buses on roads donrsquot address the root causes which have made our cities what they are today
bull We are trying to treat the symptoms and not the disease
bull Root-causes need to be addressed for us to address quality of life in our cities in an irreversible sustained manner
bull The root causes are what we call ldquoCity-Systemsrdquo
CITY-SYSTEMS ARE LAWS POLICIES AND PROCESSES IN RESPECT OF
bull SPATIAL PLANNING AND DESIGN STANDARDSbull FINANCIAL MANAGEMENTbull SKILLS AND CAPABILITIES OF STAFFbull TECHNOLOGY AND PROCESSESbull QUALITY AND POWERS OF POLITICAL LEADERSbull TRANSPARENCYbull ACCOUNTABILITY FOR PERFORMANCE AND
SERVICE LEVELSbull CITIZEN PARTICIPATION
bull GARBAGEbull BAD ROADSbull FLOODS
CITY - SYSTEMS
bull AIR POLLUTIONbull TRAFFICbull AFFORDABLE HOUSING
bull WATER SCARCITYbull POWER CUTSbull SAFETY
QUALITY OF LIFE
The Annual Survey of Indiarsquos City-Systems (ASICS) is an evaluation of 21 Indian cities and two global benchmark cities on the City-Systems framework Over eighty questions spanning laws policies institutional processes and capacities are considered in ASICS
Janaagraharsquos work on urban governance reforms finally culminated in the City-Systems Framework
The City-Systems framework is a new way of thinking about lingering challenges that plague our cities in three specific ways
Focuses on root causes rather than symptoms1
Recognizes the need for a systems approach2
Facilitates periodic measurement of progress3
- Public disclosure
- Accountability for service
levels- Citizen Participation
- Spatial Planning
- Urban design standards
- Municipal Finance
- Municipal Staffing
- Use of IT
- Powers and functions of
city council
- Legitimacy
The four broad components of these root causes what we collectively refer to as ldquocity-systemsrdquo
Components of City-Systems
bull Where to locate landfills
bull Decentralised ward level planning for waste management
bull Disclosure regulation on conflict of interest among Councillors
bull Qualified number of staff technical competence financial resources etc
bull Effective use of IT for Tracking Monitoring Systems
bull Citizen participation on segregation recycling local composting and reporting of grievances
bull Transparency
bull Accountability on service levels contractor performance
Why Garbage is a Systems Problem
bull Mixed use Planning
bull Strong Sectoral plan for mobility
bull Design standards for roads
bull Weak powers of council over finances
bull Limits on Financial expenditure of council
bull Limited powers over large projects
Adequate investment in roads public
transport
Integrated traffic management
centre
Specialists in transport engineering
and traffic management
Transparency
Accountability on service levels
performance
Citizens engagement on works
monitoring respect for traffic rules
and active adoption of public
transport
Why Mobility is a Systems Problem
ASICS
bull The Annual Survey of Indias City-Systems (ASICS) seeks to provide an objective basis on which to evaluate
the quality of city-systems (essentially governance) in our cities
bull Principal Sources Municipal Corporation Acts Town and Country Planning Acts Public Disclosure Laws Community Participation Laws Other Acts
and related Rules Government Reports Municipal Budgets Websites
bull Like a health check-up it measures the health of Indiarsquos City-Systems and highlights the areas that need
corrective action
bull In its third edition ASICS evaluates 21 major cities from 18 states of the country across 83 detailed
parameters scores on a scale of 0 to 10 with equal weightage for all City-Systems components questions
bull London and New York serve as Global Benchmarks
The better a city scores in the ASICS survey the more likely that it is able to deliver better quality of life to citizens over the
medium and long-term
The 11 BIG QUESTIONS in ASICS arising out of the CSS Framework
bull Archaic Laws 12 cities have laws dating back to the 1960s-1980s
none of the laws reflect currentlong-term demands of urbanization
Delhi is the only city with Ward SDPs Chandigarh despite being a lsquoplannedrsquo city scores
poorly as it does not have a contemporary Planning Act and does not have Metropolitan or Ward level SDPs
bull Plan preparation and approval not robust No Ward level SDPs weak technical and institutional
capacities
bull Evaluation of Plans absent Land titling reform pending no evaluation framework
for effectiveness of Plans
Insights Urban Planning and Design
Fewer Town Planners than No of Towns
Weak Finances Mumbai Pune among the few cities to have relatively high Per Capita
capex and higher share of own revenues (gt Rs 4000 70+)
No FRBM in place for any city only 6 cities have realistic budgets(lt15) Huge variance in budget vs Actual TVM (79 ) BLR (61 ) HYD (24)
Most Cities do not generate enough revenue surplus to finance their capex requirements hence heavily dependent on state and Centre grants
Insights Urban Capacities and Resources - Finance
Budgeted Capex vs Actual Revenue
Municipal Budgets Actual 2013-14 (Rs Cr)
Own revenue Total Expenditure
Budget Variance
Severe under-capacity in staffing
- No Performance Management system mandated for any city
- Lack of specialization in urban services
- Top scorers Mumbai amp Pune score high on human resources due to availability of Municipal Cadre and stable tenure for their Commissioners with relevant urban experience
- Kolkata is the top scorer on stability of tenure of the Commissioner (2 in 5 yrs) Bangalore (6 in 5 yrs) Jaipur (6 in 5 yrs)Raipur (8 in 5 yrs) score poorly on Commissioner tenure
Most corporations have huge vacancies severely impacting the quality of service delivery
Average Tenure of a Municipal Commissioner in office Raipur has had 8 Commissioners in the last 5 years
Insights Urban Capacities and Resources - Staffing
Data for last 2 Commissioners who held office
bull Mayors
Kolkata is the only city where the MPC has been constituted with the Mayor has an ex-officio member
8 cities have directly elected Mayors with five-year terms Bhopal Chennai Dehradun Jaipur Kanpur Lucknow Raipur and Ranchi
5 large cities have Mayors with lt 25 year terms Mumbai Bangalore Ahmedabad Surat and Pune
Insights Empowered amp Legitimate Political Representation
Mayoral Term
bull Disempowered Councils Most functions are now being undertaken through
para-statals that are not overseen by the elected council
In Bangalore only 15 of the total expenditure in the city is overseen by the elected body BBMP
ISEC Compilation
bull Poor turnout in ULB elections - TVM and Kolkata are the exceptions with turnout
comparable to LS elections
bull Councils- No disclosure of related party interests
- Few functions and powers
bull Councilors lack resources to do their job effectively - Councilors are paid even less than Grade D employees- No staff or research support to help them effectively
monitor the administration
Monthly Compensation Jaipur Municipal Corporation
Voter Turnouts
Insights Empowered amp Legitimate Political Representation
bull Open Government Maharashtra passed the Maharashtra Guarantee of Public Services Bill in July 2015 which helped scores for Mumbai and Pune Bangalore is a beacon in terms of sharing information on its website including
Property tax collection report Works information and Payment Information
bull Audit Largely not an independent function No disclosure of audited annual accounts by any city
bull Ombudsman- Thiruvananthapuram is the only city that has an Ombudsman for service complaints
bull Participation 14 out of 21 states have enacted Nagara Raj Bill only Hyderabad has constituted Area Sabhas Pune stands out with a functioning Participatory Budgeting process Delhi Governmentrsquos initiative in participatory budgeting where 20 crores has been allocated to each Assembly is path breaking
Insights Transparency Accountability amp Participation
Urban Planning Mandate 3 tiers of Spatial Plans ndash Regional Municipal and Ward Level Competent personnel for development and implementation of Spatial Development Plans Effective mechanism to monitor and prevent plan violations Urban design standards to guide execution of city projects
Urban Capacities amp Resources Access to more buoyant revenue streams make audit of balance sheets mandatory Comprehensive review of Cadre amp Recruitment rules to ensure availability of adequate skilled staff Real time works management to track lifecycle of all civic works
Empowered amp Legitimate Political Representation Minimum Mayoral Term of 5 years Greater powers for Council for key services like planning water transport
Transparency Accountability amp Participation Adoption of Open Data Standards introduction of a Participatory budgeting for allocating a portion of cityrsquos budget
based on citizen inputs Have an effective complaint management system with feedback mechanism
Focus Areas
City UPD 2015 UCR 2015 TAP 2015 ELPR 2015 ASICS Score 2015
Mumbai 25 53 45 46 42
Thiruvananthapuram 24 23 57 64 42
Kolkata 30 33 41 59 41
Pune 19 47 46 51 41
Bhopal 24 28 50 46 37
Delhi 37 43 29 37 37
Chennai 29 33 28 56 36
Hyderabad 29 24 57 33 36
Kanpur 26 25 49 43 36
Lucknow 24 26 44 43 34
Patna 22 34 34 45 34
Bangalore 27 25 54 25 33
Raipur 18 12 42 58 32
Ranchi 18 28 26 55 32
Surat 24 35 27 38 31
Ahmedabad 24 32 26 40 30
Bhubaneswar 26 23 34 36 30
Dehradun 25 16 30 50 30
Ludhiana 22 16 36 40 29
Jaipur 26 19 22 46 28
Chandigarh 06 23 25 27 20
London 94 99 82 100 94
Newyork 98 100 88 100 97
ASICS 2015 - Scorecard
Reform Roadmap
Reform Roadmap
Reform Roadmap
ASICS 2015 report can be accessed here
httpjanaagrahaorgreportsASICS-2015pdf
For more information contact
Srikanth Viswanathan| Srikanthjanaagrahaorg| 073535 88724Anil Nair| anilnairjanaagrahaorg | 09871916608
AnnexureScore card for 11 Principal Questions
Does your city have a decentralised system of Spatial Development Planning
How successfully has your city implemented its SDPs
Does your city have effective mechanisms to deter plan violations
Does your city encourage Participatory Planning
Does your city invest adequate funds in public infrastructure and services
Does your city have adequate number of skilled human resources
Does your city make optimum use of information technology
Do your city leaders have adequate power
How democratic is your city
Does your city put out adequate information and facilitate citizen participation
How well does your city address citizen complaints
Thank you
For more information contact
Srikanth Viswanathan| Srikanthjanaagrahaorg| 073535 88724Anil Nair| anilnairjanaagrahaorg | 09871916608
CITY-SYSTEMS ARE LAWS POLICIES AND PROCESSES IN RESPECT OF
bull SPATIAL PLANNING AND DESIGN STANDARDSbull FINANCIAL MANAGEMENTbull SKILLS AND CAPABILITIES OF STAFFbull TECHNOLOGY AND PROCESSESbull QUALITY AND POWERS OF POLITICAL LEADERSbull TRANSPARENCYbull ACCOUNTABILITY FOR PERFORMANCE AND
SERVICE LEVELSbull CITIZEN PARTICIPATION
bull GARBAGEbull BAD ROADSbull FLOODS
CITY - SYSTEMS
bull AIR POLLUTIONbull TRAFFICbull AFFORDABLE HOUSING
bull WATER SCARCITYbull POWER CUTSbull SAFETY
QUALITY OF LIFE
The Annual Survey of Indiarsquos City-Systems (ASICS) is an evaluation of 21 Indian cities and two global benchmark cities on the City-Systems framework Over eighty questions spanning laws policies institutional processes and capacities are considered in ASICS
Janaagraharsquos work on urban governance reforms finally culminated in the City-Systems Framework
The City-Systems framework is a new way of thinking about lingering challenges that plague our cities in three specific ways
Focuses on root causes rather than symptoms1
Recognizes the need for a systems approach2
Facilitates periodic measurement of progress3
- Public disclosure
- Accountability for service
levels- Citizen Participation
- Spatial Planning
- Urban design standards
- Municipal Finance
- Municipal Staffing
- Use of IT
- Powers and functions of
city council
- Legitimacy
The four broad components of these root causes what we collectively refer to as ldquocity-systemsrdquo
Components of City-Systems
bull Where to locate landfills
bull Decentralised ward level planning for waste management
bull Disclosure regulation on conflict of interest among Councillors
bull Qualified number of staff technical competence financial resources etc
bull Effective use of IT for Tracking Monitoring Systems
bull Citizen participation on segregation recycling local composting and reporting of grievances
bull Transparency
bull Accountability on service levels contractor performance
Why Garbage is a Systems Problem
bull Mixed use Planning
bull Strong Sectoral plan for mobility
bull Design standards for roads
bull Weak powers of council over finances
bull Limits on Financial expenditure of council
bull Limited powers over large projects
Adequate investment in roads public
transport
Integrated traffic management
centre
Specialists in transport engineering
and traffic management
Transparency
Accountability on service levels
performance
Citizens engagement on works
monitoring respect for traffic rules
and active adoption of public
transport
Why Mobility is a Systems Problem
ASICS
bull The Annual Survey of Indias City-Systems (ASICS) seeks to provide an objective basis on which to evaluate
the quality of city-systems (essentially governance) in our cities
bull Principal Sources Municipal Corporation Acts Town and Country Planning Acts Public Disclosure Laws Community Participation Laws Other Acts
and related Rules Government Reports Municipal Budgets Websites
bull Like a health check-up it measures the health of Indiarsquos City-Systems and highlights the areas that need
corrective action
bull In its third edition ASICS evaluates 21 major cities from 18 states of the country across 83 detailed
parameters scores on a scale of 0 to 10 with equal weightage for all City-Systems components questions
bull London and New York serve as Global Benchmarks
The better a city scores in the ASICS survey the more likely that it is able to deliver better quality of life to citizens over the
medium and long-term
The 11 BIG QUESTIONS in ASICS arising out of the CSS Framework
bull Archaic Laws 12 cities have laws dating back to the 1960s-1980s
none of the laws reflect currentlong-term demands of urbanization
Delhi is the only city with Ward SDPs Chandigarh despite being a lsquoplannedrsquo city scores
poorly as it does not have a contemporary Planning Act and does not have Metropolitan or Ward level SDPs
bull Plan preparation and approval not robust No Ward level SDPs weak technical and institutional
capacities
bull Evaluation of Plans absent Land titling reform pending no evaluation framework
for effectiveness of Plans
Insights Urban Planning and Design
Fewer Town Planners than No of Towns
Weak Finances Mumbai Pune among the few cities to have relatively high Per Capita
capex and higher share of own revenues (gt Rs 4000 70+)
No FRBM in place for any city only 6 cities have realistic budgets(lt15) Huge variance in budget vs Actual TVM (79 ) BLR (61 ) HYD (24)
Most Cities do not generate enough revenue surplus to finance their capex requirements hence heavily dependent on state and Centre grants
Insights Urban Capacities and Resources - Finance
Budgeted Capex vs Actual Revenue
Municipal Budgets Actual 2013-14 (Rs Cr)
Own revenue Total Expenditure
Budget Variance
Severe under-capacity in staffing
- No Performance Management system mandated for any city
- Lack of specialization in urban services
- Top scorers Mumbai amp Pune score high on human resources due to availability of Municipal Cadre and stable tenure for their Commissioners with relevant urban experience
- Kolkata is the top scorer on stability of tenure of the Commissioner (2 in 5 yrs) Bangalore (6 in 5 yrs) Jaipur (6 in 5 yrs)Raipur (8 in 5 yrs) score poorly on Commissioner tenure
Most corporations have huge vacancies severely impacting the quality of service delivery
Average Tenure of a Municipal Commissioner in office Raipur has had 8 Commissioners in the last 5 years
Insights Urban Capacities and Resources - Staffing
Data for last 2 Commissioners who held office
bull Mayors
Kolkata is the only city where the MPC has been constituted with the Mayor has an ex-officio member
8 cities have directly elected Mayors with five-year terms Bhopal Chennai Dehradun Jaipur Kanpur Lucknow Raipur and Ranchi
5 large cities have Mayors with lt 25 year terms Mumbai Bangalore Ahmedabad Surat and Pune
Insights Empowered amp Legitimate Political Representation
Mayoral Term
bull Disempowered Councils Most functions are now being undertaken through
para-statals that are not overseen by the elected council
In Bangalore only 15 of the total expenditure in the city is overseen by the elected body BBMP
ISEC Compilation
bull Poor turnout in ULB elections - TVM and Kolkata are the exceptions with turnout
comparable to LS elections
bull Councils- No disclosure of related party interests
- Few functions and powers
bull Councilors lack resources to do their job effectively - Councilors are paid even less than Grade D employees- No staff or research support to help them effectively
monitor the administration
Monthly Compensation Jaipur Municipal Corporation
Voter Turnouts
Insights Empowered amp Legitimate Political Representation
bull Open Government Maharashtra passed the Maharashtra Guarantee of Public Services Bill in July 2015 which helped scores for Mumbai and Pune Bangalore is a beacon in terms of sharing information on its website including
Property tax collection report Works information and Payment Information
bull Audit Largely not an independent function No disclosure of audited annual accounts by any city
bull Ombudsman- Thiruvananthapuram is the only city that has an Ombudsman for service complaints
bull Participation 14 out of 21 states have enacted Nagara Raj Bill only Hyderabad has constituted Area Sabhas Pune stands out with a functioning Participatory Budgeting process Delhi Governmentrsquos initiative in participatory budgeting where 20 crores has been allocated to each Assembly is path breaking
Insights Transparency Accountability amp Participation
Urban Planning Mandate 3 tiers of Spatial Plans ndash Regional Municipal and Ward Level Competent personnel for development and implementation of Spatial Development Plans Effective mechanism to monitor and prevent plan violations Urban design standards to guide execution of city projects
Urban Capacities amp Resources Access to more buoyant revenue streams make audit of balance sheets mandatory Comprehensive review of Cadre amp Recruitment rules to ensure availability of adequate skilled staff Real time works management to track lifecycle of all civic works
Empowered amp Legitimate Political Representation Minimum Mayoral Term of 5 years Greater powers for Council for key services like planning water transport
Transparency Accountability amp Participation Adoption of Open Data Standards introduction of a Participatory budgeting for allocating a portion of cityrsquos budget
based on citizen inputs Have an effective complaint management system with feedback mechanism
Focus Areas
City UPD 2015 UCR 2015 TAP 2015 ELPR 2015 ASICS Score 2015
Mumbai 25 53 45 46 42
Thiruvananthapuram 24 23 57 64 42
Kolkata 30 33 41 59 41
Pune 19 47 46 51 41
Bhopal 24 28 50 46 37
Delhi 37 43 29 37 37
Chennai 29 33 28 56 36
Hyderabad 29 24 57 33 36
Kanpur 26 25 49 43 36
Lucknow 24 26 44 43 34
Patna 22 34 34 45 34
Bangalore 27 25 54 25 33
Raipur 18 12 42 58 32
Ranchi 18 28 26 55 32
Surat 24 35 27 38 31
Ahmedabad 24 32 26 40 30
Bhubaneswar 26 23 34 36 30
Dehradun 25 16 30 50 30
Ludhiana 22 16 36 40 29
Jaipur 26 19 22 46 28
Chandigarh 06 23 25 27 20
London 94 99 82 100 94
Newyork 98 100 88 100 97
ASICS 2015 - Scorecard
Reform Roadmap
Reform Roadmap
Reform Roadmap
ASICS 2015 report can be accessed here
httpjanaagrahaorgreportsASICS-2015pdf
For more information contact
Srikanth Viswanathan| Srikanthjanaagrahaorg| 073535 88724Anil Nair| anilnairjanaagrahaorg | 09871916608
AnnexureScore card for 11 Principal Questions
Does your city have a decentralised system of Spatial Development Planning
How successfully has your city implemented its SDPs
Does your city have effective mechanisms to deter plan violations
Does your city encourage Participatory Planning
Does your city invest adequate funds in public infrastructure and services
Does your city have adequate number of skilled human resources
Does your city make optimum use of information technology
Do your city leaders have adequate power
How democratic is your city
Does your city put out adequate information and facilitate citizen participation
How well does your city address citizen complaints
Thank you
For more information contact
Srikanth Viswanathan| Srikanthjanaagrahaorg| 073535 88724Anil Nair| anilnairjanaagrahaorg | 09871916608
The Annual Survey of Indiarsquos City-Systems (ASICS) is an evaluation of 21 Indian cities and two global benchmark cities on the City-Systems framework Over eighty questions spanning laws policies institutional processes and capacities are considered in ASICS
Janaagraharsquos work on urban governance reforms finally culminated in the City-Systems Framework
The City-Systems framework is a new way of thinking about lingering challenges that plague our cities in three specific ways
Focuses on root causes rather than symptoms1
Recognizes the need for a systems approach2
Facilitates periodic measurement of progress3
- Public disclosure
- Accountability for service
levels- Citizen Participation
- Spatial Planning
- Urban design standards
- Municipal Finance
- Municipal Staffing
- Use of IT
- Powers and functions of
city council
- Legitimacy
The four broad components of these root causes what we collectively refer to as ldquocity-systemsrdquo
Components of City-Systems
bull Where to locate landfills
bull Decentralised ward level planning for waste management
bull Disclosure regulation on conflict of interest among Councillors
bull Qualified number of staff technical competence financial resources etc
bull Effective use of IT for Tracking Monitoring Systems
bull Citizen participation on segregation recycling local composting and reporting of grievances
bull Transparency
bull Accountability on service levels contractor performance
Why Garbage is a Systems Problem
bull Mixed use Planning
bull Strong Sectoral plan for mobility
bull Design standards for roads
bull Weak powers of council over finances
bull Limits on Financial expenditure of council
bull Limited powers over large projects
Adequate investment in roads public
transport
Integrated traffic management
centre
Specialists in transport engineering
and traffic management
Transparency
Accountability on service levels
performance
Citizens engagement on works
monitoring respect for traffic rules
and active adoption of public
transport
Why Mobility is a Systems Problem
ASICS
bull The Annual Survey of Indias City-Systems (ASICS) seeks to provide an objective basis on which to evaluate
the quality of city-systems (essentially governance) in our cities
bull Principal Sources Municipal Corporation Acts Town and Country Planning Acts Public Disclosure Laws Community Participation Laws Other Acts
and related Rules Government Reports Municipal Budgets Websites
bull Like a health check-up it measures the health of Indiarsquos City-Systems and highlights the areas that need
corrective action
bull In its third edition ASICS evaluates 21 major cities from 18 states of the country across 83 detailed
parameters scores on a scale of 0 to 10 with equal weightage for all City-Systems components questions
bull London and New York serve as Global Benchmarks
The better a city scores in the ASICS survey the more likely that it is able to deliver better quality of life to citizens over the
medium and long-term
The 11 BIG QUESTIONS in ASICS arising out of the CSS Framework
bull Archaic Laws 12 cities have laws dating back to the 1960s-1980s
none of the laws reflect currentlong-term demands of urbanization
Delhi is the only city with Ward SDPs Chandigarh despite being a lsquoplannedrsquo city scores
poorly as it does not have a contemporary Planning Act and does not have Metropolitan or Ward level SDPs
bull Plan preparation and approval not robust No Ward level SDPs weak technical and institutional
capacities
bull Evaluation of Plans absent Land titling reform pending no evaluation framework
for effectiveness of Plans
Insights Urban Planning and Design
Fewer Town Planners than No of Towns
Weak Finances Mumbai Pune among the few cities to have relatively high Per Capita
capex and higher share of own revenues (gt Rs 4000 70+)
No FRBM in place for any city only 6 cities have realistic budgets(lt15) Huge variance in budget vs Actual TVM (79 ) BLR (61 ) HYD (24)
Most Cities do not generate enough revenue surplus to finance their capex requirements hence heavily dependent on state and Centre grants
Insights Urban Capacities and Resources - Finance
Budgeted Capex vs Actual Revenue
Municipal Budgets Actual 2013-14 (Rs Cr)
Own revenue Total Expenditure
Budget Variance
Severe under-capacity in staffing
- No Performance Management system mandated for any city
- Lack of specialization in urban services
- Top scorers Mumbai amp Pune score high on human resources due to availability of Municipal Cadre and stable tenure for their Commissioners with relevant urban experience
- Kolkata is the top scorer on stability of tenure of the Commissioner (2 in 5 yrs) Bangalore (6 in 5 yrs) Jaipur (6 in 5 yrs)Raipur (8 in 5 yrs) score poorly on Commissioner tenure
Most corporations have huge vacancies severely impacting the quality of service delivery
Average Tenure of a Municipal Commissioner in office Raipur has had 8 Commissioners in the last 5 years
Insights Urban Capacities and Resources - Staffing
Data for last 2 Commissioners who held office
bull Mayors
Kolkata is the only city where the MPC has been constituted with the Mayor has an ex-officio member
8 cities have directly elected Mayors with five-year terms Bhopal Chennai Dehradun Jaipur Kanpur Lucknow Raipur and Ranchi
5 large cities have Mayors with lt 25 year terms Mumbai Bangalore Ahmedabad Surat and Pune
Insights Empowered amp Legitimate Political Representation
Mayoral Term
bull Disempowered Councils Most functions are now being undertaken through
para-statals that are not overseen by the elected council
In Bangalore only 15 of the total expenditure in the city is overseen by the elected body BBMP
ISEC Compilation
bull Poor turnout in ULB elections - TVM and Kolkata are the exceptions with turnout
comparable to LS elections
bull Councils- No disclosure of related party interests
- Few functions and powers
bull Councilors lack resources to do their job effectively - Councilors are paid even less than Grade D employees- No staff or research support to help them effectively
monitor the administration
Monthly Compensation Jaipur Municipal Corporation
Voter Turnouts
Insights Empowered amp Legitimate Political Representation
bull Open Government Maharashtra passed the Maharashtra Guarantee of Public Services Bill in July 2015 which helped scores for Mumbai and Pune Bangalore is a beacon in terms of sharing information on its website including
Property tax collection report Works information and Payment Information
bull Audit Largely not an independent function No disclosure of audited annual accounts by any city
bull Ombudsman- Thiruvananthapuram is the only city that has an Ombudsman for service complaints
bull Participation 14 out of 21 states have enacted Nagara Raj Bill only Hyderabad has constituted Area Sabhas Pune stands out with a functioning Participatory Budgeting process Delhi Governmentrsquos initiative in participatory budgeting where 20 crores has been allocated to each Assembly is path breaking
Insights Transparency Accountability amp Participation
Urban Planning Mandate 3 tiers of Spatial Plans ndash Regional Municipal and Ward Level Competent personnel for development and implementation of Spatial Development Plans Effective mechanism to monitor and prevent plan violations Urban design standards to guide execution of city projects
Urban Capacities amp Resources Access to more buoyant revenue streams make audit of balance sheets mandatory Comprehensive review of Cadre amp Recruitment rules to ensure availability of adequate skilled staff Real time works management to track lifecycle of all civic works
Empowered amp Legitimate Political Representation Minimum Mayoral Term of 5 years Greater powers for Council for key services like planning water transport
Transparency Accountability amp Participation Adoption of Open Data Standards introduction of a Participatory budgeting for allocating a portion of cityrsquos budget
based on citizen inputs Have an effective complaint management system with feedback mechanism
Focus Areas
City UPD 2015 UCR 2015 TAP 2015 ELPR 2015 ASICS Score 2015
Mumbai 25 53 45 46 42
Thiruvananthapuram 24 23 57 64 42
Kolkata 30 33 41 59 41
Pune 19 47 46 51 41
Bhopal 24 28 50 46 37
Delhi 37 43 29 37 37
Chennai 29 33 28 56 36
Hyderabad 29 24 57 33 36
Kanpur 26 25 49 43 36
Lucknow 24 26 44 43 34
Patna 22 34 34 45 34
Bangalore 27 25 54 25 33
Raipur 18 12 42 58 32
Ranchi 18 28 26 55 32
Surat 24 35 27 38 31
Ahmedabad 24 32 26 40 30
Bhubaneswar 26 23 34 36 30
Dehradun 25 16 30 50 30
Ludhiana 22 16 36 40 29
Jaipur 26 19 22 46 28
Chandigarh 06 23 25 27 20
London 94 99 82 100 94
Newyork 98 100 88 100 97
ASICS 2015 - Scorecard
Reform Roadmap
Reform Roadmap
Reform Roadmap
ASICS 2015 report can be accessed here
httpjanaagrahaorgreportsASICS-2015pdf
For more information contact
Srikanth Viswanathan| Srikanthjanaagrahaorg| 073535 88724Anil Nair| anilnairjanaagrahaorg | 09871916608
AnnexureScore card for 11 Principal Questions
Does your city have a decentralised system of Spatial Development Planning
How successfully has your city implemented its SDPs
Does your city have effective mechanisms to deter plan violations
Does your city encourage Participatory Planning
Does your city invest adequate funds in public infrastructure and services
Does your city have adequate number of skilled human resources
Does your city make optimum use of information technology
Do your city leaders have adequate power
How democratic is your city
Does your city put out adequate information and facilitate citizen participation
How well does your city address citizen complaints
Thank you
For more information contact
Srikanth Viswanathan| Srikanthjanaagrahaorg| 073535 88724Anil Nair| anilnairjanaagrahaorg | 09871916608
- Public disclosure
- Accountability for service
levels- Citizen Participation
- Spatial Planning
- Urban design standards
- Municipal Finance
- Municipal Staffing
- Use of IT
- Powers and functions of
city council
- Legitimacy
The four broad components of these root causes what we collectively refer to as ldquocity-systemsrdquo
Components of City-Systems
bull Where to locate landfills
bull Decentralised ward level planning for waste management
bull Disclosure regulation on conflict of interest among Councillors
bull Qualified number of staff technical competence financial resources etc
bull Effective use of IT for Tracking Monitoring Systems
bull Citizen participation on segregation recycling local composting and reporting of grievances
bull Transparency
bull Accountability on service levels contractor performance
Why Garbage is a Systems Problem
bull Mixed use Planning
bull Strong Sectoral plan for mobility
bull Design standards for roads
bull Weak powers of council over finances
bull Limits on Financial expenditure of council
bull Limited powers over large projects
Adequate investment in roads public
transport
Integrated traffic management
centre
Specialists in transport engineering
and traffic management
Transparency
Accountability on service levels
performance
Citizens engagement on works
monitoring respect for traffic rules
and active adoption of public
transport
Why Mobility is a Systems Problem
ASICS
bull The Annual Survey of Indias City-Systems (ASICS) seeks to provide an objective basis on which to evaluate
the quality of city-systems (essentially governance) in our cities
bull Principal Sources Municipal Corporation Acts Town and Country Planning Acts Public Disclosure Laws Community Participation Laws Other Acts
and related Rules Government Reports Municipal Budgets Websites
bull Like a health check-up it measures the health of Indiarsquos City-Systems and highlights the areas that need
corrective action
bull In its third edition ASICS evaluates 21 major cities from 18 states of the country across 83 detailed
parameters scores on a scale of 0 to 10 with equal weightage for all City-Systems components questions
bull London and New York serve as Global Benchmarks
The better a city scores in the ASICS survey the more likely that it is able to deliver better quality of life to citizens over the
medium and long-term
The 11 BIG QUESTIONS in ASICS arising out of the CSS Framework
bull Archaic Laws 12 cities have laws dating back to the 1960s-1980s
none of the laws reflect currentlong-term demands of urbanization
Delhi is the only city with Ward SDPs Chandigarh despite being a lsquoplannedrsquo city scores
poorly as it does not have a contemporary Planning Act and does not have Metropolitan or Ward level SDPs
bull Plan preparation and approval not robust No Ward level SDPs weak technical and institutional
capacities
bull Evaluation of Plans absent Land titling reform pending no evaluation framework
for effectiveness of Plans
Insights Urban Planning and Design
Fewer Town Planners than No of Towns
Weak Finances Mumbai Pune among the few cities to have relatively high Per Capita
capex and higher share of own revenues (gt Rs 4000 70+)
No FRBM in place for any city only 6 cities have realistic budgets(lt15) Huge variance in budget vs Actual TVM (79 ) BLR (61 ) HYD (24)
Most Cities do not generate enough revenue surplus to finance their capex requirements hence heavily dependent on state and Centre grants
Insights Urban Capacities and Resources - Finance
Budgeted Capex vs Actual Revenue
Municipal Budgets Actual 2013-14 (Rs Cr)
Own revenue Total Expenditure
Budget Variance
Severe under-capacity in staffing
- No Performance Management system mandated for any city
- Lack of specialization in urban services
- Top scorers Mumbai amp Pune score high on human resources due to availability of Municipal Cadre and stable tenure for their Commissioners with relevant urban experience
- Kolkata is the top scorer on stability of tenure of the Commissioner (2 in 5 yrs) Bangalore (6 in 5 yrs) Jaipur (6 in 5 yrs)Raipur (8 in 5 yrs) score poorly on Commissioner tenure
Most corporations have huge vacancies severely impacting the quality of service delivery
Average Tenure of a Municipal Commissioner in office Raipur has had 8 Commissioners in the last 5 years
Insights Urban Capacities and Resources - Staffing
Data for last 2 Commissioners who held office
bull Mayors
Kolkata is the only city where the MPC has been constituted with the Mayor has an ex-officio member
8 cities have directly elected Mayors with five-year terms Bhopal Chennai Dehradun Jaipur Kanpur Lucknow Raipur and Ranchi
5 large cities have Mayors with lt 25 year terms Mumbai Bangalore Ahmedabad Surat and Pune
Insights Empowered amp Legitimate Political Representation
Mayoral Term
bull Disempowered Councils Most functions are now being undertaken through
para-statals that are not overseen by the elected council
In Bangalore only 15 of the total expenditure in the city is overseen by the elected body BBMP
ISEC Compilation
bull Poor turnout in ULB elections - TVM and Kolkata are the exceptions with turnout
comparable to LS elections
bull Councils- No disclosure of related party interests
- Few functions and powers
bull Councilors lack resources to do their job effectively - Councilors are paid even less than Grade D employees- No staff or research support to help them effectively
monitor the administration
Monthly Compensation Jaipur Municipal Corporation
Voter Turnouts
Insights Empowered amp Legitimate Political Representation
bull Open Government Maharashtra passed the Maharashtra Guarantee of Public Services Bill in July 2015 which helped scores for Mumbai and Pune Bangalore is a beacon in terms of sharing information on its website including
Property tax collection report Works information and Payment Information
bull Audit Largely not an independent function No disclosure of audited annual accounts by any city
bull Ombudsman- Thiruvananthapuram is the only city that has an Ombudsman for service complaints
bull Participation 14 out of 21 states have enacted Nagara Raj Bill only Hyderabad has constituted Area Sabhas Pune stands out with a functioning Participatory Budgeting process Delhi Governmentrsquos initiative in participatory budgeting where 20 crores has been allocated to each Assembly is path breaking
Insights Transparency Accountability amp Participation
Urban Planning Mandate 3 tiers of Spatial Plans ndash Regional Municipal and Ward Level Competent personnel for development and implementation of Spatial Development Plans Effective mechanism to monitor and prevent plan violations Urban design standards to guide execution of city projects
Urban Capacities amp Resources Access to more buoyant revenue streams make audit of balance sheets mandatory Comprehensive review of Cadre amp Recruitment rules to ensure availability of adequate skilled staff Real time works management to track lifecycle of all civic works
Empowered amp Legitimate Political Representation Minimum Mayoral Term of 5 years Greater powers for Council for key services like planning water transport
Transparency Accountability amp Participation Adoption of Open Data Standards introduction of a Participatory budgeting for allocating a portion of cityrsquos budget
based on citizen inputs Have an effective complaint management system with feedback mechanism
Focus Areas
City UPD 2015 UCR 2015 TAP 2015 ELPR 2015 ASICS Score 2015
Mumbai 25 53 45 46 42
Thiruvananthapuram 24 23 57 64 42
Kolkata 30 33 41 59 41
Pune 19 47 46 51 41
Bhopal 24 28 50 46 37
Delhi 37 43 29 37 37
Chennai 29 33 28 56 36
Hyderabad 29 24 57 33 36
Kanpur 26 25 49 43 36
Lucknow 24 26 44 43 34
Patna 22 34 34 45 34
Bangalore 27 25 54 25 33
Raipur 18 12 42 58 32
Ranchi 18 28 26 55 32
Surat 24 35 27 38 31
Ahmedabad 24 32 26 40 30
Bhubaneswar 26 23 34 36 30
Dehradun 25 16 30 50 30
Ludhiana 22 16 36 40 29
Jaipur 26 19 22 46 28
Chandigarh 06 23 25 27 20
London 94 99 82 100 94
Newyork 98 100 88 100 97
ASICS 2015 - Scorecard
Reform Roadmap
Reform Roadmap
Reform Roadmap
ASICS 2015 report can be accessed here
httpjanaagrahaorgreportsASICS-2015pdf
For more information contact
Srikanth Viswanathan| Srikanthjanaagrahaorg| 073535 88724Anil Nair| anilnairjanaagrahaorg | 09871916608
AnnexureScore card for 11 Principal Questions
Does your city have a decentralised system of Spatial Development Planning
How successfully has your city implemented its SDPs
Does your city have effective mechanisms to deter plan violations
Does your city encourage Participatory Planning
Does your city invest adequate funds in public infrastructure and services
Does your city have adequate number of skilled human resources
Does your city make optimum use of information technology
Do your city leaders have adequate power
How democratic is your city
Does your city put out adequate information and facilitate citizen participation
How well does your city address citizen complaints
Thank you
For more information contact
Srikanth Viswanathan| Srikanthjanaagrahaorg| 073535 88724Anil Nair| anilnairjanaagrahaorg | 09871916608
bull Where to locate landfills
bull Decentralised ward level planning for waste management
bull Disclosure regulation on conflict of interest among Councillors
bull Qualified number of staff technical competence financial resources etc
bull Effective use of IT for Tracking Monitoring Systems
bull Citizen participation on segregation recycling local composting and reporting of grievances
bull Transparency
bull Accountability on service levels contractor performance
Why Garbage is a Systems Problem
bull Mixed use Planning
bull Strong Sectoral plan for mobility
bull Design standards for roads
bull Weak powers of council over finances
bull Limits on Financial expenditure of council
bull Limited powers over large projects
Adequate investment in roads public
transport
Integrated traffic management
centre
Specialists in transport engineering
and traffic management
Transparency
Accountability on service levels
performance
Citizens engagement on works
monitoring respect for traffic rules
and active adoption of public
transport
Why Mobility is a Systems Problem
ASICS
bull The Annual Survey of Indias City-Systems (ASICS) seeks to provide an objective basis on which to evaluate
the quality of city-systems (essentially governance) in our cities
bull Principal Sources Municipal Corporation Acts Town and Country Planning Acts Public Disclosure Laws Community Participation Laws Other Acts
and related Rules Government Reports Municipal Budgets Websites
bull Like a health check-up it measures the health of Indiarsquos City-Systems and highlights the areas that need
corrective action
bull In its third edition ASICS evaluates 21 major cities from 18 states of the country across 83 detailed
parameters scores on a scale of 0 to 10 with equal weightage for all City-Systems components questions
bull London and New York serve as Global Benchmarks
The better a city scores in the ASICS survey the more likely that it is able to deliver better quality of life to citizens over the
medium and long-term
The 11 BIG QUESTIONS in ASICS arising out of the CSS Framework
bull Archaic Laws 12 cities have laws dating back to the 1960s-1980s
none of the laws reflect currentlong-term demands of urbanization
Delhi is the only city with Ward SDPs Chandigarh despite being a lsquoplannedrsquo city scores
poorly as it does not have a contemporary Planning Act and does not have Metropolitan or Ward level SDPs
bull Plan preparation and approval not robust No Ward level SDPs weak technical and institutional
capacities
bull Evaluation of Plans absent Land titling reform pending no evaluation framework
for effectiveness of Plans
Insights Urban Planning and Design
Fewer Town Planners than No of Towns
Weak Finances Mumbai Pune among the few cities to have relatively high Per Capita
capex and higher share of own revenues (gt Rs 4000 70+)
No FRBM in place for any city only 6 cities have realistic budgets(lt15) Huge variance in budget vs Actual TVM (79 ) BLR (61 ) HYD (24)
Most Cities do not generate enough revenue surplus to finance their capex requirements hence heavily dependent on state and Centre grants
Insights Urban Capacities and Resources - Finance
Budgeted Capex vs Actual Revenue
Municipal Budgets Actual 2013-14 (Rs Cr)
Own revenue Total Expenditure
Budget Variance
Severe under-capacity in staffing
- No Performance Management system mandated for any city
- Lack of specialization in urban services
- Top scorers Mumbai amp Pune score high on human resources due to availability of Municipal Cadre and stable tenure for their Commissioners with relevant urban experience
- Kolkata is the top scorer on stability of tenure of the Commissioner (2 in 5 yrs) Bangalore (6 in 5 yrs) Jaipur (6 in 5 yrs)Raipur (8 in 5 yrs) score poorly on Commissioner tenure
Most corporations have huge vacancies severely impacting the quality of service delivery
Average Tenure of a Municipal Commissioner in office Raipur has had 8 Commissioners in the last 5 years
Insights Urban Capacities and Resources - Staffing
Data for last 2 Commissioners who held office
bull Mayors
Kolkata is the only city where the MPC has been constituted with the Mayor has an ex-officio member
8 cities have directly elected Mayors with five-year terms Bhopal Chennai Dehradun Jaipur Kanpur Lucknow Raipur and Ranchi
5 large cities have Mayors with lt 25 year terms Mumbai Bangalore Ahmedabad Surat and Pune
Insights Empowered amp Legitimate Political Representation
Mayoral Term
bull Disempowered Councils Most functions are now being undertaken through
para-statals that are not overseen by the elected council
In Bangalore only 15 of the total expenditure in the city is overseen by the elected body BBMP
ISEC Compilation
bull Poor turnout in ULB elections - TVM and Kolkata are the exceptions with turnout
comparable to LS elections
bull Councils- No disclosure of related party interests
- Few functions and powers
bull Councilors lack resources to do their job effectively - Councilors are paid even less than Grade D employees- No staff or research support to help them effectively
monitor the administration
Monthly Compensation Jaipur Municipal Corporation
Voter Turnouts
Insights Empowered amp Legitimate Political Representation
bull Open Government Maharashtra passed the Maharashtra Guarantee of Public Services Bill in July 2015 which helped scores for Mumbai and Pune Bangalore is a beacon in terms of sharing information on its website including
Property tax collection report Works information and Payment Information
bull Audit Largely not an independent function No disclosure of audited annual accounts by any city
bull Ombudsman- Thiruvananthapuram is the only city that has an Ombudsman for service complaints
bull Participation 14 out of 21 states have enacted Nagara Raj Bill only Hyderabad has constituted Area Sabhas Pune stands out with a functioning Participatory Budgeting process Delhi Governmentrsquos initiative in participatory budgeting where 20 crores has been allocated to each Assembly is path breaking
Insights Transparency Accountability amp Participation
Urban Planning Mandate 3 tiers of Spatial Plans ndash Regional Municipal and Ward Level Competent personnel for development and implementation of Spatial Development Plans Effective mechanism to monitor and prevent plan violations Urban design standards to guide execution of city projects
Urban Capacities amp Resources Access to more buoyant revenue streams make audit of balance sheets mandatory Comprehensive review of Cadre amp Recruitment rules to ensure availability of adequate skilled staff Real time works management to track lifecycle of all civic works
Empowered amp Legitimate Political Representation Minimum Mayoral Term of 5 years Greater powers for Council for key services like planning water transport
Transparency Accountability amp Participation Adoption of Open Data Standards introduction of a Participatory budgeting for allocating a portion of cityrsquos budget
based on citizen inputs Have an effective complaint management system with feedback mechanism
Focus Areas
City UPD 2015 UCR 2015 TAP 2015 ELPR 2015 ASICS Score 2015
Mumbai 25 53 45 46 42
Thiruvananthapuram 24 23 57 64 42
Kolkata 30 33 41 59 41
Pune 19 47 46 51 41
Bhopal 24 28 50 46 37
Delhi 37 43 29 37 37
Chennai 29 33 28 56 36
Hyderabad 29 24 57 33 36
Kanpur 26 25 49 43 36
Lucknow 24 26 44 43 34
Patna 22 34 34 45 34
Bangalore 27 25 54 25 33
Raipur 18 12 42 58 32
Ranchi 18 28 26 55 32
Surat 24 35 27 38 31
Ahmedabad 24 32 26 40 30
Bhubaneswar 26 23 34 36 30
Dehradun 25 16 30 50 30
Ludhiana 22 16 36 40 29
Jaipur 26 19 22 46 28
Chandigarh 06 23 25 27 20
London 94 99 82 100 94
Newyork 98 100 88 100 97
ASICS 2015 - Scorecard
Reform Roadmap
Reform Roadmap
Reform Roadmap
ASICS 2015 report can be accessed here
httpjanaagrahaorgreportsASICS-2015pdf
For more information contact
Srikanth Viswanathan| Srikanthjanaagrahaorg| 073535 88724Anil Nair| anilnairjanaagrahaorg | 09871916608
AnnexureScore card for 11 Principal Questions
Does your city have a decentralised system of Spatial Development Planning
How successfully has your city implemented its SDPs
Does your city have effective mechanisms to deter plan violations
Does your city encourage Participatory Planning
Does your city invest adequate funds in public infrastructure and services
Does your city have adequate number of skilled human resources
Does your city make optimum use of information technology
Do your city leaders have adequate power
How democratic is your city
Does your city put out adequate information and facilitate citizen participation
How well does your city address citizen complaints
Thank you
For more information contact
Srikanth Viswanathan| Srikanthjanaagrahaorg| 073535 88724Anil Nair| anilnairjanaagrahaorg | 09871916608
bull Mixed use Planning
bull Strong Sectoral plan for mobility
bull Design standards for roads
bull Weak powers of council over finances
bull Limits on Financial expenditure of council
bull Limited powers over large projects
Adequate investment in roads public
transport
Integrated traffic management
centre
Specialists in transport engineering
and traffic management
Transparency
Accountability on service levels
performance
Citizens engagement on works
monitoring respect for traffic rules
and active adoption of public
transport
Why Mobility is a Systems Problem
ASICS
bull The Annual Survey of Indias City-Systems (ASICS) seeks to provide an objective basis on which to evaluate
the quality of city-systems (essentially governance) in our cities
bull Principal Sources Municipal Corporation Acts Town and Country Planning Acts Public Disclosure Laws Community Participation Laws Other Acts
and related Rules Government Reports Municipal Budgets Websites
bull Like a health check-up it measures the health of Indiarsquos City-Systems and highlights the areas that need
corrective action
bull In its third edition ASICS evaluates 21 major cities from 18 states of the country across 83 detailed
parameters scores on a scale of 0 to 10 with equal weightage for all City-Systems components questions
bull London and New York serve as Global Benchmarks
The better a city scores in the ASICS survey the more likely that it is able to deliver better quality of life to citizens over the
medium and long-term
The 11 BIG QUESTIONS in ASICS arising out of the CSS Framework
bull Archaic Laws 12 cities have laws dating back to the 1960s-1980s
none of the laws reflect currentlong-term demands of urbanization
Delhi is the only city with Ward SDPs Chandigarh despite being a lsquoplannedrsquo city scores
poorly as it does not have a contemporary Planning Act and does not have Metropolitan or Ward level SDPs
bull Plan preparation and approval not robust No Ward level SDPs weak technical and institutional
capacities
bull Evaluation of Plans absent Land titling reform pending no evaluation framework
for effectiveness of Plans
Insights Urban Planning and Design
Fewer Town Planners than No of Towns
Weak Finances Mumbai Pune among the few cities to have relatively high Per Capita
capex and higher share of own revenues (gt Rs 4000 70+)
No FRBM in place for any city only 6 cities have realistic budgets(lt15) Huge variance in budget vs Actual TVM (79 ) BLR (61 ) HYD (24)
Most Cities do not generate enough revenue surplus to finance their capex requirements hence heavily dependent on state and Centre grants
Insights Urban Capacities and Resources - Finance
Budgeted Capex vs Actual Revenue
Municipal Budgets Actual 2013-14 (Rs Cr)
Own revenue Total Expenditure
Budget Variance
Severe under-capacity in staffing
- No Performance Management system mandated for any city
- Lack of specialization in urban services
- Top scorers Mumbai amp Pune score high on human resources due to availability of Municipal Cadre and stable tenure for their Commissioners with relevant urban experience
- Kolkata is the top scorer on stability of tenure of the Commissioner (2 in 5 yrs) Bangalore (6 in 5 yrs) Jaipur (6 in 5 yrs)Raipur (8 in 5 yrs) score poorly on Commissioner tenure
Most corporations have huge vacancies severely impacting the quality of service delivery
Average Tenure of a Municipal Commissioner in office Raipur has had 8 Commissioners in the last 5 years
Insights Urban Capacities and Resources - Staffing
Data for last 2 Commissioners who held office
bull Mayors
Kolkata is the only city where the MPC has been constituted with the Mayor has an ex-officio member
8 cities have directly elected Mayors with five-year terms Bhopal Chennai Dehradun Jaipur Kanpur Lucknow Raipur and Ranchi
5 large cities have Mayors with lt 25 year terms Mumbai Bangalore Ahmedabad Surat and Pune
Insights Empowered amp Legitimate Political Representation
Mayoral Term
bull Disempowered Councils Most functions are now being undertaken through
para-statals that are not overseen by the elected council
In Bangalore only 15 of the total expenditure in the city is overseen by the elected body BBMP
ISEC Compilation
bull Poor turnout in ULB elections - TVM and Kolkata are the exceptions with turnout
comparable to LS elections
bull Councils- No disclosure of related party interests
- Few functions and powers
bull Councilors lack resources to do their job effectively - Councilors are paid even less than Grade D employees- No staff or research support to help them effectively
monitor the administration
Monthly Compensation Jaipur Municipal Corporation
Voter Turnouts
Insights Empowered amp Legitimate Political Representation
bull Open Government Maharashtra passed the Maharashtra Guarantee of Public Services Bill in July 2015 which helped scores for Mumbai and Pune Bangalore is a beacon in terms of sharing information on its website including
Property tax collection report Works information and Payment Information
bull Audit Largely not an independent function No disclosure of audited annual accounts by any city
bull Ombudsman- Thiruvananthapuram is the only city that has an Ombudsman for service complaints
bull Participation 14 out of 21 states have enacted Nagara Raj Bill only Hyderabad has constituted Area Sabhas Pune stands out with a functioning Participatory Budgeting process Delhi Governmentrsquos initiative in participatory budgeting where 20 crores has been allocated to each Assembly is path breaking
Insights Transparency Accountability amp Participation
Urban Planning Mandate 3 tiers of Spatial Plans ndash Regional Municipal and Ward Level Competent personnel for development and implementation of Spatial Development Plans Effective mechanism to monitor and prevent plan violations Urban design standards to guide execution of city projects
Urban Capacities amp Resources Access to more buoyant revenue streams make audit of balance sheets mandatory Comprehensive review of Cadre amp Recruitment rules to ensure availability of adequate skilled staff Real time works management to track lifecycle of all civic works
Empowered amp Legitimate Political Representation Minimum Mayoral Term of 5 years Greater powers for Council for key services like planning water transport
Transparency Accountability amp Participation Adoption of Open Data Standards introduction of a Participatory budgeting for allocating a portion of cityrsquos budget
based on citizen inputs Have an effective complaint management system with feedback mechanism
Focus Areas
City UPD 2015 UCR 2015 TAP 2015 ELPR 2015 ASICS Score 2015
Mumbai 25 53 45 46 42
Thiruvananthapuram 24 23 57 64 42
Kolkata 30 33 41 59 41
Pune 19 47 46 51 41
Bhopal 24 28 50 46 37
Delhi 37 43 29 37 37
Chennai 29 33 28 56 36
Hyderabad 29 24 57 33 36
Kanpur 26 25 49 43 36
Lucknow 24 26 44 43 34
Patna 22 34 34 45 34
Bangalore 27 25 54 25 33
Raipur 18 12 42 58 32
Ranchi 18 28 26 55 32
Surat 24 35 27 38 31
Ahmedabad 24 32 26 40 30
Bhubaneswar 26 23 34 36 30
Dehradun 25 16 30 50 30
Ludhiana 22 16 36 40 29
Jaipur 26 19 22 46 28
Chandigarh 06 23 25 27 20
London 94 99 82 100 94
Newyork 98 100 88 100 97
ASICS 2015 - Scorecard
Reform Roadmap
Reform Roadmap
Reform Roadmap
ASICS 2015 report can be accessed here
httpjanaagrahaorgreportsASICS-2015pdf
For more information contact
Srikanth Viswanathan| Srikanthjanaagrahaorg| 073535 88724Anil Nair| anilnairjanaagrahaorg | 09871916608
AnnexureScore card for 11 Principal Questions
Does your city have a decentralised system of Spatial Development Planning
How successfully has your city implemented its SDPs
Does your city have effective mechanisms to deter plan violations
Does your city encourage Participatory Planning
Does your city invest adequate funds in public infrastructure and services
Does your city have adequate number of skilled human resources
Does your city make optimum use of information technology
Do your city leaders have adequate power
How democratic is your city
Does your city put out adequate information and facilitate citizen participation
How well does your city address citizen complaints
Thank you
For more information contact
Srikanth Viswanathan| Srikanthjanaagrahaorg| 073535 88724Anil Nair| anilnairjanaagrahaorg | 09871916608
ASICS
bull The Annual Survey of Indias City-Systems (ASICS) seeks to provide an objective basis on which to evaluate
the quality of city-systems (essentially governance) in our cities
bull Principal Sources Municipal Corporation Acts Town and Country Planning Acts Public Disclosure Laws Community Participation Laws Other Acts
and related Rules Government Reports Municipal Budgets Websites
bull Like a health check-up it measures the health of Indiarsquos City-Systems and highlights the areas that need
corrective action
bull In its third edition ASICS evaluates 21 major cities from 18 states of the country across 83 detailed
parameters scores on a scale of 0 to 10 with equal weightage for all City-Systems components questions
bull London and New York serve as Global Benchmarks
The better a city scores in the ASICS survey the more likely that it is able to deliver better quality of life to citizens over the
medium and long-term
The 11 BIG QUESTIONS in ASICS arising out of the CSS Framework
bull Archaic Laws 12 cities have laws dating back to the 1960s-1980s
none of the laws reflect currentlong-term demands of urbanization
Delhi is the only city with Ward SDPs Chandigarh despite being a lsquoplannedrsquo city scores
poorly as it does not have a contemporary Planning Act and does not have Metropolitan or Ward level SDPs
bull Plan preparation and approval not robust No Ward level SDPs weak technical and institutional
capacities
bull Evaluation of Plans absent Land titling reform pending no evaluation framework
for effectiveness of Plans
Insights Urban Planning and Design
Fewer Town Planners than No of Towns
Weak Finances Mumbai Pune among the few cities to have relatively high Per Capita
capex and higher share of own revenues (gt Rs 4000 70+)
No FRBM in place for any city only 6 cities have realistic budgets(lt15) Huge variance in budget vs Actual TVM (79 ) BLR (61 ) HYD (24)
Most Cities do not generate enough revenue surplus to finance their capex requirements hence heavily dependent on state and Centre grants
Insights Urban Capacities and Resources - Finance
Budgeted Capex vs Actual Revenue
Municipal Budgets Actual 2013-14 (Rs Cr)
Own revenue Total Expenditure
Budget Variance
Severe under-capacity in staffing
- No Performance Management system mandated for any city
- Lack of specialization in urban services
- Top scorers Mumbai amp Pune score high on human resources due to availability of Municipal Cadre and stable tenure for their Commissioners with relevant urban experience
- Kolkata is the top scorer on stability of tenure of the Commissioner (2 in 5 yrs) Bangalore (6 in 5 yrs) Jaipur (6 in 5 yrs)Raipur (8 in 5 yrs) score poorly on Commissioner tenure
Most corporations have huge vacancies severely impacting the quality of service delivery
Average Tenure of a Municipal Commissioner in office Raipur has had 8 Commissioners in the last 5 years
Insights Urban Capacities and Resources - Staffing
Data for last 2 Commissioners who held office
bull Mayors
Kolkata is the only city where the MPC has been constituted with the Mayor has an ex-officio member
8 cities have directly elected Mayors with five-year terms Bhopal Chennai Dehradun Jaipur Kanpur Lucknow Raipur and Ranchi
5 large cities have Mayors with lt 25 year terms Mumbai Bangalore Ahmedabad Surat and Pune
Insights Empowered amp Legitimate Political Representation
Mayoral Term
bull Disempowered Councils Most functions are now being undertaken through
para-statals that are not overseen by the elected council
In Bangalore only 15 of the total expenditure in the city is overseen by the elected body BBMP
ISEC Compilation
bull Poor turnout in ULB elections - TVM and Kolkata are the exceptions with turnout
comparable to LS elections
bull Councils- No disclosure of related party interests
- Few functions and powers
bull Councilors lack resources to do their job effectively - Councilors are paid even less than Grade D employees- No staff or research support to help them effectively
monitor the administration
Monthly Compensation Jaipur Municipal Corporation
Voter Turnouts
Insights Empowered amp Legitimate Political Representation
bull Open Government Maharashtra passed the Maharashtra Guarantee of Public Services Bill in July 2015 which helped scores for Mumbai and Pune Bangalore is a beacon in terms of sharing information on its website including
Property tax collection report Works information and Payment Information
bull Audit Largely not an independent function No disclosure of audited annual accounts by any city
bull Ombudsman- Thiruvananthapuram is the only city that has an Ombudsman for service complaints
bull Participation 14 out of 21 states have enacted Nagara Raj Bill only Hyderabad has constituted Area Sabhas Pune stands out with a functioning Participatory Budgeting process Delhi Governmentrsquos initiative in participatory budgeting where 20 crores has been allocated to each Assembly is path breaking
Insights Transparency Accountability amp Participation
Urban Planning Mandate 3 tiers of Spatial Plans ndash Regional Municipal and Ward Level Competent personnel for development and implementation of Spatial Development Plans Effective mechanism to monitor and prevent plan violations Urban design standards to guide execution of city projects
Urban Capacities amp Resources Access to more buoyant revenue streams make audit of balance sheets mandatory Comprehensive review of Cadre amp Recruitment rules to ensure availability of adequate skilled staff Real time works management to track lifecycle of all civic works
Empowered amp Legitimate Political Representation Minimum Mayoral Term of 5 years Greater powers for Council for key services like planning water transport
Transparency Accountability amp Participation Adoption of Open Data Standards introduction of a Participatory budgeting for allocating a portion of cityrsquos budget
based on citizen inputs Have an effective complaint management system with feedback mechanism
Focus Areas
City UPD 2015 UCR 2015 TAP 2015 ELPR 2015 ASICS Score 2015
Mumbai 25 53 45 46 42
Thiruvananthapuram 24 23 57 64 42
Kolkata 30 33 41 59 41
Pune 19 47 46 51 41
Bhopal 24 28 50 46 37
Delhi 37 43 29 37 37
Chennai 29 33 28 56 36
Hyderabad 29 24 57 33 36
Kanpur 26 25 49 43 36
Lucknow 24 26 44 43 34
Patna 22 34 34 45 34
Bangalore 27 25 54 25 33
Raipur 18 12 42 58 32
Ranchi 18 28 26 55 32
Surat 24 35 27 38 31
Ahmedabad 24 32 26 40 30
Bhubaneswar 26 23 34 36 30
Dehradun 25 16 30 50 30
Ludhiana 22 16 36 40 29
Jaipur 26 19 22 46 28
Chandigarh 06 23 25 27 20
London 94 99 82 100 94
Newyork 98 100 88 100 97
ASICS 2015 - Scorecard
Reform Roadmap
Reform Roadmap
Reform Roadmap
ASICS 2015 report can be accessed here
httpjanaagrahaorgreportsASICS-2015pdf
For more information contact
Srikanth Viswanathan| Srikanthjanaagrahaorg| 073535 88724Anil Nair| anilnairjanaagrahaorg | 09871916608
AnnexureScore card for 11 Principal Questions
Does your city have a decentralised system of Spatial Development Planning
How successfully has your city implemented its SDPs
Does your city have effective mechanisms to deter plan violations
Does your city encourage Participatory Planning
Does your city invest adequate funds in public infrastructure and services
Does your city have adequate number of skilled human resources
Does your city make optimum use of information technology
Do your city leaders have adequate power
How democratic is your city
Does your city put out adequate information and facilitate citizen participation
How well does your city address citizen complaints
Thank you
For more information contact
Srikanth Viswanathan| Srikanthjanaagrahaorg| 073535 88724Anil Nair| anilnairjanaagrahaorg | 09871916608
The 11 BIG QUESTIONS in ASICS arising out of the CSS Framework
bull Archaic Laws 12 cities have laws dating back to the 1960s-1980s
none of the laws reflect currentlong-term demands of urbanization
Delhi is the only city with Ward SDPs Chandigarh despite being a lsquoplannedrsquo city scores
poorly as it does not have a contemporary Planning Act and does not have Metropolitan or Ward level SDPs
bull Plan preparation and approval not robust No Ward level SDPs weak technical and institutional
capacities
bull Evaluation of Plans absent Land titling reform pending no evaluation framework
for effectiveness of Plans
Insights Urban Planning and Design
Fewer Town Planners than No of Towns
Weak Finances Mumbai Pune among the few cities to have relatively high Per Capita
capex and higher share of own revenues (gt Rs 4000 70+)
No FRBM in place for any city only 6 cities have realistic budgets(lt15) Huge variance in budget vs Actual TVM (79 ) BLR (61 ) HYD (24)
Most Cities do not generate enough revenue surplus to finance their capex requirements hence heavily dependent on state and Centre grants
Insights Urban Capacities and Resources - Finance
Budgeted Capex vs Actual Revenue
Municipal Budgets Actual 2013-14 (Rs Cr)
Own revenue Total Expenditure
Budget Variance
Severe under-capacity in staffing
- No Performance Management system mandated for any city
- Lack of specialization in urban services
- Top scorers Mumbai amp Pune score high on human resources due to availability of Municipal Cadre and stable tenure for their Commissioners with relevant urban experience
- Kolkata is the top scorer on stability of tenure of the Commissioner (2 in 5 yrs) Bangalore (6 in 5 yrs) Jaipur (6 in 5 yrs)Raipur (8 in 5 yrs) score poorly on Commissioner tenure
Most corporations have huge vacancies severely impacting the quality of service delivery
Average Tenure of a Municipal Commissioner in office Raipur has had 8 Commissioners in the last 5 years
Insights Urban Capacities and Resources - Staffing
Data for last 2 Commissioners who held office
bull Mayors
Kolkata is the only city where the MPC has been constituted with the Mayor has an ex-officio member
8 cities have directly elected Mayors with five-year terms Bhopal Chennai Dehradun Jaipur Kanpur Lucknow Raipur and Ranchi
5 large cities have Mayors with lt 25 year terms Mumbai Bangalore Ahmedabad Surat and Pune
Insights Empowered amp Legitimate Political Representation
Mayoral Term
bull Disempowered Councils Most functions are now being undertaken through
para-statals that are not overseen by the elected council
In Bangalore only 15 of the total expenditure in the city is overseen by the elected body BBMP
ISEC Compilation
bull Poor turnout in ULB elections - TVM and Kolkata are the exceptions with turnout
comparable to LS elections
bull Councils- No disclosure of related party interests
- Few functions and powers
bull Councilors lack resources to do their job effectively - Councilors are paid even less than Grade D employees- No staff or research support to help them effectively
monitor the administration
Monthly Compensation Jaipur Municipal Corporation
Voter Turnouts
Insights Empowered amp Legitimate Political Representation
bull Open Government Maharashtra passed the Maharashtra Guarantee of Public Services Bill in July 2015 which helped scores for Mumbai and Pune Bangalore is a beacon in terms of sharing information on its website including
Property tax collection report Works information and Payment Information
bull Audit Largely not an independent function No disclosure of audited annual accounts by any city
bull Ombudsman- Thiruvananthapuram is the only city that has an Ombudsman for service complaints
bull Participation 14 out of 21 states have enacted Nagara Raj Bill only Hyderabad has constituted Area Sabhas Pune stands out with a functioning Participatory Budgeting process Delhi Governmentrsquos initiative in participatory budgeting where 20 crores has been allocated to each Assembly is path breaking
Insights Transparency Accountability amp Participation
Urban Planning Mandate 3 tiers of Spatial Plans ndash Regional Municipal and Ward Level Competent personnel for development and implementation of Spatial Development Plans Effective mechanism to monitor and prevent plan violations Urban design standards to guide execution of city projects
Urban Capacities amp Resources Access to more buoyant revenue streams make audit of balance sheets mandatory Comprehensive review of Cadre amp Recruitment rules to ensure availability of adequate skilled staff Real time works management to track lifecycle of all civic works
Empowered amp Legitimate Political Representation Minimum Mayoral Term of 5 years Greater powers for Council for key services like planning water transport
Transparency Accountability amp Participation Adoption of Open Data Standards introduction of a Participatory budgeting for allocating a portion of cityrsquos budget
based on citizen inputs Have an effective complaint management system with feedback mechanism
Focus Areas
City UPD 2015 UCR 2015 TAP 2015 ELPR 2015 ASICS Score 2015
Mumbai 25 53 45 46 42
Thiruvananthapuram 24 23 57 64 42
Kolkata 30 33 41 59 41
Pune 19 47 46 51 41
Bhopal 24 28 50 46 37
Delhi 37 43 29 37 37
Chennai 29 33 28 56 36
Hyderabad 29 24 57 33 36
Kanpur 26 25 49 43 36
Lucknow 24 26 44 43 34
Patna 22 34 34 45 34
Bangalore 27 25 54 25 33
Raipur 18 12 42 58 32
Ranchi 18 28 26 55 32
Surat 24 35 27 38 31
Ahmedabad 24 32 26 40 30
Bhubaneswar 26 23 34 36 30
Dehradun 25 16 30 50 30
Ludhiana 22 16 36 40 29
Jaipur 26 19 22 46 28
Chandigarh 06 23 25 27 20
London 94 99 82 100 94
Newyork 98 100 88 100 97
ASICS 2015 - Scorecard
Reform Roadmap
Reform Roadmap
Reform Roadmap
ASICS 2015 report can be accessed here
httpjanaagrahaorgreportsASICS-2015pdf
For more information contact
Srikanth Viswanathan| Srikanthjanaagrahaorg| 073535 88724Anil Nair| anilnairjanaagrahaorg | 09871916608
AnnexureScore card for 11 Principal Questions
Does your city have a decentralised system of Spatial Development Planning
How successfully has your city implemented its SDPs
Does your city have effective mechanisms to deter plan violations
Does your city encourage Participatory Planning
Does your city invest adequate funds in public infrastructure and services
Does your city have adequate number of skilled human resources
Does your city make optimum use of information technology
Do your city leaders have adequate power
How democratic is your city
Does your city put out adequate information and facilitate citizen participation
How well does your city address citizen complaints
Thank you
For more information contact
Srikanth Viswanathan| Srikanthjanaagrahaorg| 073535 88724Anil Nair| anilnairjanaagrahaorg | 09871916608
bull Archaic Laws 12 cities have laws dating back to the 1960s-1980s
none of the laws reflect currentlong-term demands of urbanization
Delhi is the only city with Ward SDPs Chandigarh despite being a lsquoplannedrsquo city scores
poorly as it does not have a contemporary Planning Act and does not have Metropolitan or Ward level SDPs
bull Plan preparation and approval not robust No Ward level SDPs weak technical and institutional
capacities
bull Evaluation of Plans absent Land titling reform pending no evaluation framework
for effectiveness of Plans
Insights Urban Planning and Design
Fewer Town Planners than No of Towns
Weak Finances Mumbai Pune among the few cities to have relatively high Per Capita
capex and higher share of own revenues (gt Rs 4000 70+)
No FRBM in place for any city only 6 cities have realistic budgets(lt15) Huge variance in budget vs Actual TVM (79 ) BLR (61 ) HYD (24)
Most Cities do not generate enough revenue surplus to finance their capex requirements hence heavily dependent on state and Centre grants
Insights Urban Capacities and Resources - Finance
Budgeted Capex vs Actual Revenue
Municipal Budgets Actual 2013-14 (Rs Cr)
Own revenue Total Expenditure
Budget Variance
Severe under-capacity in staffing
- No Performance Management system mandated for any city
- Lack of specialization in urban services
- Top scorers Mumbai amp Pune score high on human resources due to availability of Municipal Cadre and stable tenure for their Commissioners with relevant urban experience
- Kolkata is the top scorer on stability of tenure of the Commissioner (2 in 5 yrs) Bangalore (6 in 5 yrs) Jaipur (6 in 5 yrs)Raipur (8 in 5 yrs) score poorly on Commissioner tenure
Most corporations have huge vacancies severely impacting the quality of service delivery
Average Tenure of a Municipal Commissioner in office Raipur has had 8 Commissioners in the last 5 years
Insights Urban Capacities and Resources - Staffing
Data for last 2 Commissioners who held office
bull Mayors
Kolkata is the only city where the MPC has been constituted with the Mayor has an ex-officio member
8 cities have directly elected Mayors with five-year terms Bhopal Chennai Dehradun Jaipur Kanpur Lucknow Raipur and Ranchi
5 large cities have Mayors with lt 25 year terms Mumbai Bangalore Ahmedabad Surat and Pune
Insights Empowered amp Legitimate Political Representation
Mayoral Term
bull Disempowered Councils Most functions are now being undertaken through
para-statals that are not overseen by the elected council
In Bangalore only 15 of the total expenditure in the city is overseen by the elected body BBMP
ISEC Compilation
bull Poor turnout in ULB elections - TVM and Kolkata are the exceptions with turnout
comparable to LS elections
bull Councils- No disclosure of related party interests
- Few functions and powers
bull Councilors lack resources to do their job effectively - Councilors are paid even less than Grade D employees- No staff or research support to help them effectively
monitor the administration
Monthly Compensation Jaipur Municipal Corporation
Voter Turnouts
Insights Empowered amp Legitimate Political Representation
bull Open Government Maharashtra passed the Maharashtra Guarantee of Public Services Bill in July 2015 which helped scores for Mumbai and Pune Bangalore is a beacon in terms of sharing information on its website including
Property tax collection report Works information and Payment Information
bull Audit Largely not an independent function No disclosure of audited annual accounts by any city
bull Ombudsman- Thiruvananthapuram is the only city that has an Ombudsman for service complaints
bull Participation 14 out of 21 states have enacted Nagara Raj Bill only Hyderabad has constituted Area Sabhas Pune stands out with a functioning Participatory Budgeting process Delhi Governmentrsquos initiative in participatory budgeting where 20 crores has been allocated to each Assembly is path breaking
Insights Transparency Accountability amp Participation
Urban Planning Mandate 3 tiers of Spatial Plans ndash Regional Municipal and Ward Level Competent personnel for development and implementation of Spatial Development Plans Effective mechanism to monitor and prevent plan violations Urban design standards to guide execution of city projects
Urban Capacities amp Resources Access to more buoyant revenue streams make audit of balance sheets mandatory Comprehensive review of Cadre amp Recruitment rules to ensure availability of adequate skilled staff Real time works management to track lifecycle of all civic works
Empowered amp Legitimate Political Representation Minimum Mayoral Term of 5 years Greater powers for Council for key services like planning water transport
Transparency Accountability amp Participation Adoption of Open Data Standards introduction of a Participatory budgeting for allocating a portion of cityrsquos budget
based on citizen inputs Have an effective complaint management system with feedback mechanism
Focus Areas
City UPD 2015 UCR 2015 TAP 2015 ELPR 2015 ASICS Score 2015
Mumbai 25 53 45 46 42
Thiruvananthapuram 24 23 57 64 42
Kolkata 30 33 41 59 41
Pune 19 47 46 51 41
Bhopal 24 28 50 46 37
Delhi 37 43 29 37 37
Chennai 29 33 28 56 36
Hyderabad 29 24 57 33 36
Kanpur 26 25 49 43 36
Lucknow 24 26 44 43 34
Patna 22 34 34 45 34
Bangalore 27 25 54 25 33
Raipur 18 12 42 58 32
Ranchi 18 28 26 55 32
Surat 24 35 27 38 31
Ahmedabad 24 32 26 40 30
Bhubaneswar 26 23 34 36 30
Dehradun 25 16 30 50 30
Ludhiana 22 16 36 40 29
Jaipur 26 19 22 46 28
Chandigarh 06 23 25 27 20
London 94 99 82 100 94
Newyork 98 100 88 100 97
ASICS 2015 - Scorecard
Reform Roadmap
Reform Roadmap
Reform Roadmap
ASICS 2015 report can be accessed here
httpjanaagrahaorgreportsASICS-2015pdf
For more information contact
Srikanth Viswanathan| Srikanthjanaagrahaorg| 073535 88724Anil Nair| anilnairjanaagrahaorg | 09871916608
AnnexureScore card for 11 Principal Questions
Does your city have a decentralised system of Spatial Development Planning
How successfully has your city implemented its SDPs
Does your city have effective mechanisms to deter plan violations
Does your city encourage Participatory Planning
Does your city invest adequate funds in public infrastructure and services
Does your city have adequate number of skilled human resources
Does your city make optimum use of information technology
Do your city leaders have adequate power
How democratic is your city
Does your city put out adequate information and facilitate citizen participation
How well does your city address citizen complaints
Thank you
For more information contact
Srikanth Viswanathan| Srikanthjanaagrahaorg| 073535 88724Anil Nair| anilnairjanaagrahaorg | 09871916608
Weak Finances Mumbai Pune among the few cities to have relatively high Per Capita
capex and higher share of own revenues (gt Rs 4000 70+)
No FRBM in place for any city only 6 cities have realistic budgets(lt15) Huge variance in budget vs Actual TVM (79 ) BLR (61 ) HYD (24)
Most Cities do not generate enough revenue surplus to finance their capex requirements hence heavily dependent on state and Centre grants
Insights Urban Capacities and Resources - Finance
Budgeted Capex vs Actual Revenue
Municipal Budgets Actual 2013-14 (Rs Cr)
Own revenue Total Expenditure
Budget Variance
Severe under-capacity in staffing
- No Performance Management system mandated for any city
- Lack of specialization in urban services
- Top scorers Mumbai amp Pune score high on human resources due to availability of Municipal Cadre and stable tenure for their Commissioners with relevant urban experience
- Kolkata is the top scorer on stability of tenure of the Commissioner (2 in 5 yrs) Bangalore (6 in 5 yrs) Jaipur (6 in 5 yrs)Raipur (8 in 5 yrs) score poorly on Commissioner tenure
Most corporations have huge vacancies severely impacting the quality of service delivery
Average Tenure of a Municipal Commissioner in office Raipur has had 8 Commissioners in the last 5 years
Insights Urban Capacities and Resources - Staffing
Data for last 2 Commissioners who held office
bull Mayors
Kolkata is the only city where the MPC has been constituted with the Mayor has an ex-officio member
8 cities have directly elected Mayors with five-year terms Bhopal Chennai Dehradun Jaipur Kanpur Lucknow Raipur and Ranchi
5 large cities have Mayors with lt 25 year terms Mumbai Bangalore Ahmedabad Surat and Pune
Insights Empowered amp Legitimate Political Representation
Mayoral Term
bull Disempowered Councils Most functions are now being undertaken through
para-statals that are not overseen by the elected council
In Bangalore only 15 of the total expenditure in the city is overseen by the elected body BBMP
ISEC Compilation
bull Poor turnout in ULB elections - TVM and Kolkata are the exceptions with turnout
comparable to LS elections
bull Councils- No disclosure of related party interests
- Few functions and powers
bull Councilors lack resources to do their job effectively - Councilors are paid even less than Grade D employees- No staff or research support to help them effectively
monitor the administration
Monthly Compensation Jaipur Municipal Corporation
Voter Turnouts
Insights Empowered amp Legitimate Political Representation
bull Open Government Maharashtra passed the Maharashtra Guarantee of Public Services Bill in July 2015 which helped scores for Mumbai and Pune Bangalore is a beacon in terms of sharing information on its website including
Property tax collection report Works information and Payment Information
bull Audit Largely not an independent function No disclosure of audited annual accounts by any city
bull Ombudsman- Thiruvananthapuram is the only city that has an Ombudsman for service complaints
bull Participation 14 out of 21 states have enacted Nagara Raj Bill only Hyderabad has constituted Area Sabhas Pune stands out with a functioning Participatory Budgeting process Delhi Governmentrsquos initiative in participatory budgeting where 20 crores has been allocated to each Assembly is path breaking
Insights Transparency Accountability amp Participation
Urban Planning Mandate 3 tiers of Spatial Plans ndash Regional Municipal and Ward Level Competent personnel for development and implementation of Spatial Development Plans Effective mechanism to monitor and prevent plan violations Urban design standards to guide execution of city projects
Urban Capacities amp Resources Access to more buoyant revenue streams make audit of balance sheets mandatory Comprehensive review of Cadre amp Recruitment rules to ensure availability of adequate skilled staff Real time works management to track lifecycle of all civic works
Empowered amp Legitimate Political Representation Minimum Mayoral Term of 5 years Greater powers for Council for key services like planning water transport
Transparency Accountability amp Participation Adoption of Open Data Standards introduction of a Participatory budgeting for allocating a portion of cityrsquos budget
based on citizen inputs Have an effective complaint management system with feedback mechanism
Focus Areas
City UPD 2015 UCR 2015 TAP 2015 ELPR 2015 ASICS Score 2015
Mumbai 25 53 45 46 42
Thiruvananthapuram 24 23 57 64 42
Kolkata 30 33 41 59 41
Pune 19 47 46 51 41
Bhopal 24 28 50 46 37
Delhi 37 43 29 37 37
Chennai 29 33 28 56 36
Hyderabad 29 24 57 33 36
Kanpur 26 25 49 43 36
Lucknow 24 26 44 43 34
Patna 22 34 34 45 34
Bangalore 27 25 54 25 33
Raipur 18 12 42 58 32
Ranchi 18 28 26 55 32
Surat 24 35 27 38 31
Ahmedabad 24 32 26 40 30
Bhubaneswar 26 23 34 36 30
Dehradun 25 16 30 50 30
Ludhiana 22 16 36 40 29
Jaipur 26 19 22 46 28
Chandigarh 06 23 25 27 20
London 94 99 82 100 94
Newyork 98 100 88 100 97
ASICS 2015 - Scorecard
Reform Roadmap
Reform Roadmap
Reform Roadmap
ASICS 2015 report can be accessed here
httpjanaagrahaorgreportsASICS-2015pdf
For more information contact
Srikanth Viswanathan| Srikanthjanaagrahaorg| 073535 88724Anil Nair| anilnairjanaagrahaorg | 09871916608
AnnexureScore card for 11 Principal Questions
Does your city have a decentralised system of Spatial Development Planning
How successfully has your city implemented its SDPs
Does your city have effective mechanisms to deter plan violations
Does your city encourage Participatory Planning
Does your city invest adequate funds in public infrastructure and services
Does your city have adequate number of skilled human resources
Does your city make optimum use of information technology
Do your city leaders have adequate power
How democratic is your city
Does your city put out adequate information and facilitate citizen participation
How well does your city address citizen complaints
Thank you
For more information contact
Srikanth Viswanathan| Srikanthjanaagrahaorg| 073535 88724Anil Nair| anilnairjanaagrahaorg | 09871916608
Severe under-capacity in staffing
- No Performance Management system mandated for any city
- Lack of specialization in urban services
- Top scorers Mumbai amp Pune score high on human resources due to availability of Municipal Cadre and stable tenure for their Commissioners with relevant urban experience
- Kolkata is the top scorer on stability of tenure of the Commissioner (2 in 5 yrs) Bangalore (6 in 5 yrs) Jaipur (6 in 5 yrs)Raipur (8 in 5 yrs) score poorly on Commissioner tenure
Most corporations have huge vacancies severely impacting the quality of service delivery
Average Tenure of a Municipal Commissioner in office Raipur has had 8 Commissioners in the last 5 years
Insights Urban Capacities and Resources - Staffing
Data for last 2 Commissioners who held office
bull Mayors
Kolkata is the only city where the MPC has been constituted with the Mayor has an ex-officio member
8 cities have directly elected Mayors with five-year terms Bhopal Chennai Dehradun Jaipur Kanpur Lucknow Raipur and Ranchi
5 large cities have Mayors with lt 25 year terms Mumbai Bangalore Ahmedabad Surat and Pune
Insights Empowered amp Legitimate Political Representation
Mayoral Term
bull Disempowered Councils Most functions are now being undertaken through
para-statals that are not overseen by the elected council
In Bangalore only 15 of the total expenditure in the city is overseen by the elected body BBMP
ISEC Compilation
bull Poor turnout in ULB elections - TVM and Kolkata are the exceptions with turnout
comparable to LS elections
bull Councils- No disclosure of related party interests
- Few functions and powers
bull Councilors lack resources to do their job effectively - Councilors are paid even less than Grade D employees- No staff or research support to help them effectively
monitor the administration
Monthly Compensation Jaipur Municipal Corporation
Voter Turnouts
Insights Empowered amp Legitimate Political Representation
bull Open Government Maharashtra passed the Maharashtra Guarantee of Public Services Bill in July 2015 which helped scores for Mumbai and Pune Bangalore is a beacon in terms of sharing information on its website including
Property tax collection report Works information and Payment Information
bull Audit Largely not an independent function No disclosure of audited annual accounts by any city
bull Ombudsman- Thiruvananthapuram is the only city that has an Ombudsman for service complaints
bull Participation 14 out of 21 states have enacted Nagara Raj Bill only Hyderabad has constituted Area Sabhas Pune stands out with a functioning Participatory Budgeting process Delhi Governmentrsquos initiative in participatory budgeting where 20 crores has been allocated to each Assembly is path breaking
Insights Transparency Accountability amp Participation
Urban Planning Mandate 3 tiers of Spatial Plans ndash Regional Municipal and Ward Level Competent personnel for development and implementation of Spatial Development Plans Effective mechanism to monitor and prevent plan violations Urban design standards to guide execution of city projects
Urban Capacities amp Resources Access to more buoyant revenue streams make audit of balance sheets mandatory Comprehensive review of Cadre amp Recruitment rules to ensure availability of adequate skilled staff Real time works management to track lifecycle of all civic works
Empowered amp Legitimate Political Representation Minimum Mayoral Term of 5 years Greater powers for Council for key services like planning water transport
Transparency Accountability amp Participation Adoption of Open Data Standards introduction of a Participatory budgeting for allocating a portion of cityrsquos budget
based on citizen inputs Have an effective complaint management system with feedback mechanism
Focus Areas
City UPD 2015 UCR 2015 TAP 2015 ELPR 2015 ASICS Score 2015
Mumbai 25 53 45 46 42
Thiruvananthapuram 24 23 57 64 42
Kolkata 30 33 41 59 41
Pune 19 47 46 51 41
Bhopal 24 28 50 46 37
Delhi 37 43 29 37 37
Chennai 29 33 28 56 36
Hyderabad 29 24 57 33 36
Kanpur 26 25 49 43 36
Lucknow 24 26 44 43 34
Patna 22 34 34 45 34
Bangalore 27 25 54 25 33
Raipur 18 12 42 58 32
Ranchi 18 28 26 55 32
Surat 24 35 27 38 31
Ahmedabad 24 32 26 40 30
Bhubaneswar 26 23 34 36 30
Dehradun 25 16 30 50 30
Ludhiana 22 16 36 40 29
Jaipur 26 19 22 46 28
Chandigarh 06 23 25 27 20
London 94 99 82 100 94
Newyork 98 100 88 100 97
ASICS 2015 - Scorecard
Reform Roadmap
Reform Roadmap
Reform Roadmap
ASICS 2015 report can be accessed here
httpjanaagrahaorgreportsASICS-2015pdf
For more information contact
Srikanth Viswanathan| Srikanthjanaagrahaorg| 073535 88724Anil Nair| anilnairjanaagrahaorg | 09871916608
AnnexureScore card for 11 Principal Questions
Does your city have a decentralised system of Spatial Development Planning
How successfully has your city implemented its SDPs
Does your city have effective mechanisms to deter plan violations
Does your city encourage Participatory Planning
Does your city invest adequate funds in public infrastructure and services
Does your city have adequate number of skilled human resources
Does your city make optimum use of information technology
Do your city leaders have adequate power
How democratic is your city
Does your city put out adequate information and facilitate citizen participation
How well does your city address citizen complaints
Thank you
For more information contact
Srikanth Viswanathan| Srikanthjanaagrahaorg| 073535 88724Anil Nair| anilnairjanaagrahaorg | 09871916608
bull Mayors
Kolkata is the only city where the MPC has been constituted with the Mayor has an ex-officio member
8 cities have directly elected Mayors with five-year terms Bhopal Chennai Dehradun Jaipur Kanpur Lucknow Raipur and Ranchi
5 large cities have Mayors with lt 25 year terms Mumbai Bangalore Ahmedabad Surat and Pune
Insights Empowered amp Legitimate Political Representation
Mayoral Term
bull Disempowered Councils Most functions are now being undertaken through
para-statals that are not overseen by the elected council
In Bangalore only 15 of the total expenditure in the city is overseen by the elected body BBMP
ISEC Compilation
bull Poor turnout in ULB elections - TVM and Kolkata are the exceptions with turnout
comparable to LS elections
bull Councils- No disclosure of related party interests
- Few functions and powers
bull Councilors lack resources to do their job effectively - Councilors are paid even less than Grade D employees- No staff or research support to help them effectively
monitor the administration
Monthly Compensation Jaipur Municipal Corporation
Voter Turnouts
Insights Empowered amp Legitimate Political Representation
bull Open Government Maharashtra passed the Maharashtra Guarantee of Public Services Bill in July 2015 which helped scores for Mumbai and Pune Bangalore is a beacon in terms of sharing information on its website including
Property tax collection report Works information and Payment Information
bull Audit Largely not an independent function No disclosure of audited annual accounts by any city
bull Ombudsman- Thiruvananthapuram is the only city that has an Ombudsman for service complaints
bull Participation 14 out of 21 states have enacted Nagara Raj Bill only Hyderabad has constituted Area Sabhas Pune stands out with a functioning Participatory Budgeting process Delhi Governmentrsquos initiative in participatory budgeting where 20 crores has been allocated to each Assembly is path breaking
Insights Transparency Accountability amp Participation
Urban Planning Mandate 3 tiers of Spatial Plans ndash Regional Municipal and Ward Level Competent personnel for development and implementation of Spatial Development Plans Effective mechanism to monitor and prevent plan violations Urban design standards to guide execution of city projects
Urban Capacities amp Resources Access to more buoyant revenue streams make audit of balance sheets mandatory Comprehensive review of Cadre amp Recruitment rules to ensure availability of adequate skilled staff Real time works management to track lifecycle of all civic works
Empowered amp Legitimate Political Representation Minimum Mayoral Term of 5 years Greater powers for Council for key services like planning water transport
Transparency Accountability amp Participation Adoption of Open Data Standards introduction of a Participatory budgeting for allocating a portion of cityrsquos budget
based on citizen inputs Have an effective complaint management system with feedback mechanism
Focus Areas
City UPD 2015 UCR 2015 TAP 2015 ELPR 2015 ASICS Score 2015
Mumbai 25 53 45 46 42
Thiruvananthapuram 24 23 57 64 42
Kolkata 30 33 41 59 41
Pune 19 47 46 51 41
Bhopal 24 28 50 46 37
Delhi 37 43 29 37 37
Chennai 29 33 28 56 36
Hyderabad 29 24 57 33 36
Kanpur 26 25 49 43 36
Lucknow 24 26 44 43 34
Patna 22 34 34 45 34
Bangalore 27 25 54 25 33
Raipur 18 12 42 58 32
Ranchi 18 28 26 55 32
Surat 24 35 27 38 31
Ahmedabad 24 32 26 40 30
Bhubaneswar 26 23 34 36 30
Dehradun 25 16 30 50 30
Ludhiana 22 16 36 40 29
Jaipur 26 19 22 46 28
Chandigarh 06 23 25 27 20
London 94 99 82 100 94
Newyork 98 100 88 100 97
ASICS 2015 - Scorecard
Reform Roadmap
Reform Roadmap
Reform Roadmap
ASICS 2015 report can be accessed here
httpjanaagrahaorgreportsASICS-2015pdf
For more information contact
Srikanth Viswanathan| Srikanthjanaagrahaorg| 073535 88724Anil Nair| anilnairjanaagrahaorg | 09871916608
AnnexureScore card for 11 Principal Questions
Does your city have a decentralised system of Spatial Development Planning
How successfully has your city implemented its SDPs
Does your city have effective mechanisms to deter plan violations
Does your city encourage Participatory Planning
Does your city invest adequate funds in public infrastructure and services
Does your city have adequate number of skilled human resources
Does your city make optimum use of information technology
Do your city leaders have adequate power
How democratic is your city
Does your city put out adequate information and facilitate citizen participation
How well does your city address citizen complaints
Thank you
For more information contact
Srikanth Viswanathan| Srikanthjanaagrahaorg| 073535 88724Anil Nair| anilnairjanaagrahaorg | 09871916608
bull Poor turnout in ULB elections - TVM and Kolkata are the exceptions with turnout
comparable to LS elections
bull Councils- No disclosure of related party interests
- Few functions and powers
bull Councilors lack resources to do their job effectively - Councilors are paid even less than Grade D employees- No staff or research support to help them effectively
monitor the administration
Monthly Compensation Jaipur Municipal Corporation
Voter Turnouts
Insights Empowered amp Legitimate Political Representation
bull Open Government Maharashtra passed the Maharashtra Guarantee of Public Services Bill in July 2015 which helped scores for Mumbai and Pune Bangalore is a beacon in terms of sharing information on its website including
Property tax collection report Works information and Payment Information
bull Audit Largely not an independent function No disclosure of audited annual accounts by any city
bull Ombudsman- Thiruvananthapuram is the only city that has an Ombudsman for service complaints
bull Participation 14 out of 21 states have enacted Nagara Raj Bill only Hyderabad has constituted Area Sabhas Pune stands out with a functioning Participatory Budgeting process Delhi Governmentrsquos initiative in participatory budgeting where 20 crores has been allocated to each Assembly is path breaking
Insights Transparency Accountability amp Participation
Urban Planning Mandate 3 tiers of Spatial Plans ndash Regional Municipal and Ward Level Competent personnel for development and implementation of Spatial Development Plans Effective mechanism to monitor and prevent plan violations Urban design standards to guide execution of city projects
Urban Capacities amp Resources Access to more buoyant revenue streams make audit of balance sheets mandatory Comprehensive review of Cadre amp Recruitment rules to ensure availability of adequate skilled staff Real time works management to track lifecycle of all civic works
Empowered amp Legitimate Political Representation Minimum Mayoral Term of 5 years Greater powers for Council for key services like planning water transport
Transparency Accountability amp Participation Adoption of Open Data Standards introduction of a Participatory budgeting for allocating a portion of cityrsquos budget
based on citizen inputs Have an effective complaint management system with feedback mechanism
Focus Areas
City UPD 2015 UCR 2015 TAP 2015 ELPR 2015 ASICS Score 2015
Mumbai 25 53 45 46 42
Thiruvananthapuram 24 23 57 64 42
Kolkata 30 33 41 59 41
Pune 19 47 46 51 41
Bhopal 24 28 50 46 37
Delhi 37 43 29 37 37
Chennai 29 33 28 56 36
Hyderabad 29 24 57 33 36
Kanpur 26 25 49 43 36
Lucknow 24 26 44 43 34
Patna 22 34 34 45 34
Bangalore 27 25 54 25 33
Raipur 18 12 42 58 32
Ranchi 18 28 26 55 32
Surat 24 35 27 38 31
Ahmedabad 24 32 26 40 30
Bhubaneswar 26 23 34 36 30
Dehradun 25 16 30 50 30
Ludhiana 22 16 36 40 29
Jaipur 26 19 22 46 28
Chandigarh 06 23 25 27 20
London 94 99 82 100 94
Newyork 98 100 88 100 97
ASICS 2015 - Scorecard
Reform Roadmap
Reform Roadmap
Reform Roadmap
ASICS 2015 report can be accessed here
httpjanaagrahaorgreportsASICS-2015pdf
For more information contact
Srikanth Viswanathan| Srikanthjanaagrahaorg| 073535 88724Anil Nair| anilnairjanaagrahaorg | 09871916608
AnnexureScore card for 11 Principal Questions
Does your city have a decentralised system of Spatial Development Planning
How successfully has your city implemented its SDPs
Does your city have effective mechanisms to deter plan violations
Does your city encourage Participatory Planning
Does your city invest adequate funds in public infrastructure and services
Does your city have adequate number of skilled human resources
Does your city make optimum use of information technology
Do your city leaders have adequate power
How democratic is your city
Does your city put out adequate information and facilitate citizen participation
How well does your city address citizen complaints
Thank you
For more information contact
Srikanth Viswanathan| Srikanthjanaagrahaorg| 073535 88724Anil Nair| anilnairjanaagrahaorg | 09871916608
bull Open Government Maharashtra passed the Maharashtra Guarantee of Public Services Bill in July 2015 which helped scores for Mumbai and Pune Bangalore is a beacon in terms of sharing information on its website including
Property tax collection report Works information and Payment Information
bull Audit Largely not an independent function No disclosure of audited annual accounts by any city
bull Ombudsman- Thiruvananthapuram is the only city that has an Ombudsman for service complaints
bull Participation 14 out of 21 states have enacted Nagara Raj Bill only Hyderabad has constituted Area Sabhas Pune stands out with a functioning Participatory Budgeting process Delhi Governmentrsquos initiative in participatory budgeting where 20 crores has been allocated to each Assembly is path breaking
Insights Transparency Accountability amp Participation
Urban Planning Mandate 3 tiers of Spatial Plans ndash Regional Municipal and Ward Level Competent personnel for development and implementation of Spatial Development Plans Effective mechanism to monitor and prevent plan violations Urban design standards to guide execution of city projects
Urban Capacities amp Resources Access to more buoyant revenue streams make audit of balance sheets mandatory Comprehensive review of Cadre amp Recruitment rules to ensure availability of adequate skilled staff Real time works management to track lifecycle of all civic works
Empowered amp Legitimate Political Representation Minimum Mayoral Term of 5 years Greater powers for Council for key services like planning water transport
Transparency Accountability amp Participation Adoption of Open Data Standards introduction of a Participatory budgeting for allocating a portion of cityrsquos budget
based on citizen inputs Have an effective complaint management system with feedback mechanism
Focus Areas
City UPD 2015 UCR 2015 TAP 2015 ELPR 2015 ASICS Score 2015
Mumbai 25 53 45 46 42
Thiruvananthapuram 24 23 57 64 42
Kolkata 30 33 41 59 41
Pune 19 47 46 51 41
Bhopal 24 28 50 46 37
Delhi 37 43 29 37 37
Chennai 29 33 28 56 36
Hyderabad 29 24 57 33 36
Kanpur 26 25 49 43 36
Lucknow 24 26 44 43 34
Patna 22 34 34 45 34
Bangalore 27 25 54 25 33
Raipur 18 12 42 58 32
Ranchi 18 28 26 55 32
Surat 24 35 27 38 31
Ahmedabad 24 32 26 40 30
Bhubaneswar 26 23 34 36 30
Dehradun 25 16 30 50 30
Ludhiana 22 16 36 40 29
Jaipur 26 19 22 46 28
Chandigarh 06 23 25 27 20
London 94 99 82 100 94
Newyork 98 100 88 100 97
ASICS 2015 - Scorecard
Reform Roadmap
Reform Roadmap
Reform Roadmap
ASICS 2015 report can be accessed here
httpjanaagrahaorgreportsASICS-2015pdf
For more information contact
Srikanth Viswanathan| Srikanthjanaagrahaorg| 073535 88724Anil Nair| anilnairjanaagrahaorg | 09871916608
AnnexureScore card for 11 Principal Questions
Does your city have a decentralised system of Spatial Development Planning
How successfully has your city implemented its SDPs
Does your city have effective mechanisms to deter plan violations
Does your city encourage Participatory Planning
Does your city invest adequate funds in public infrastructure and services
Does your city have adequate number of skilled human resources
Does your city make optimum use of information technology
Do your city leaders have adequate power
How democratic is your city
Does your city put out adequate information and facilitate citizen participation
How well does your city address citizen complaints
Thank you
For more information contact
Srikanth Viswanathan| Srikanthjanaagrahaorg| 073535 88724Anil Nair| anilnairjanaagrahaorg | 09871916608
Urban Planning Mandate 3 tiers of Spatial Plans ndash Regional Municipal and Ward Level Competent personnel for development and implementation of Spatial Development Plans Effective mechanism to monitor and prevent plan violations Urban design standards to guide execution of city projects
Urban Capacities amp Resources Access to more buoyant revenue streams make audit of balance sheets mandatory Comprehensive review of Cadre amp Recruitment rules to ensure availability of adequate skilled staff Real time works management to track lifecycle of all civic works
Empowered amp Legitimate Political Representation Minimum Mayoral Term of 5 years Greater powers for Council for key services like planning water transport
Transparency Accountability amp Participation Adoption of Open Data Standards introduction of a Participatory budgeting for allocating a portion of cityrsquos budget
based on citizen inputs Have an effective complaint management system with feedback mechanism
Focus Areas
City UPD 2015 UCR 2015 TAP 2015 ELPR 2015 ASICS Score 2015
Mumbai 25 53 45 46 42
Thiruvananthapuram 24 23 57 64 42
Kolkata 30 33 41 59 41
Pune 19 47 46 51 41
Bhopal 24 28 50 46 37
Delhi 37 43 29 37 37
Chennai 29 33 28 56 36
Hyderabad 29 24 57 33 36
Kanpur 26 25 49 43 36
Lucknow 24 26 44 43 34
Patna 22 34 34 45 34
Bangalore 27 25 54 25 33
Raipur 18 12 42 58 32
Ranchi 18 28 26 55 32
Surat 24 35 27 38 31
Ahmedabad 24 32 26 40 30
Bhubaneswar 26 23 34 36 30
Dehradun 25 16 30 50 30
Ludhiana 22 16 36 40 29
Jaipur 26 19 22 46 28
Chandigarh 06 23 25 27 20
London 94 99 82 100 94
Newyork 98 100 88 100 97
ASICS 2015 - Scorecard
Reform Roadmap
Reform Roadmap
Reform Roadmap
ASICS 2015 report can be accessed here
httpjanaagrahaorgreportsASICS-2015pdf
For more information contact
Srikanth Viswanathan| Srikanthjanaagrahaorg| 073535 88724Anil Nair| anilnairjanaagrahaorg | 09871916608
AnnexureScore card for 11 Principal Questions
Does your city have a decentralised system of Spatial Development Planning
How successfully has your city implemented its SDPs
Does your city have effective mechanisms to deter plan violations
Does your city encourage Participatory Planning
Does your city invest adequate funds in public infrastructure and services
Does your city have adequate number of skilled human resources
Does your city make optimum use of information technology
Do your city leaders have adequate power
How democratic is your city
Does your city put out adequate information and facilitate citizen participation
How well does your city address citizen complaints
Thank you
For more information contact
Srikanth Viswanathan| Srikanthjanaagrahaorg| 073535 88724Anil Nair| anilnairjanaagrahaorg | 09871916608
City UPD 2015 UCR 2015 TAP 2015 ELPR 2015 ASICS Score 2015
Mumbai 25 53 45 46 42
Thiruvananthapuram 24 23 57 64 42
Kolkata 30 33 41 59 41
Pune 19 47 46 51 41
Bhopal 24 28 50 46 37
Delhi 37 43 29 37 37
Chennai 29 33 28 56 36
Hyderabad 29 24 57 33 36
Kanpur 26 25 49 43 36
Lucknow 24 26 44 43 34
Patna 22 34 34 45 34
Bangalore 27 25 54 25 33
Raipur 18 12 42 58 32
Ranchi 18 28 26 55 32
Surat 24 35 27 38 31
Ahmedabad 24 32 26 40 30
Bhubaneswar 26 23 34 36 30
Dehradun 25 16 30 50 30
Ludhiana 22 16 36 40 29
Jaipur 26 19 22 46 28
Chandigarh 06 23 25 27 20
London 94 99 82 100 94
Newyork 98 100 88 100 97
ASICS 2015 - Scorecard
Reform Roadmap
Reform Roadmap
Reform Roadmap
ASICS 2015 report can be accessed here
httpjanaagrahaorgreportsASICS-2015pdf
For more information contact
Srikanth Viswanathan| Srikanthjanaagrahaorg| 073535 88724Anil Nair| anilnairjanaagrahaorg | 09871916608
AnnexureScore card for 11 Principal Questions
Does your city have a decentralised system of Spatial Development Planning
How successfully has your city implemented its SDPs
Does your city have effective mechanisms to deter plan violations
Does your city encourage Participatory Planning
Does your city invest adequate funds in public infrastructure and services
Does your city have adequate number of skilled human resources
Does your city make optimum use of information technology
Do your city leaders have adequate power
How democratic is your city
Does your city put out adequate information and facilitate citizen participation
How well does your city address citizen complaints
Thank you
For more information contact
Srikanth Viswanathan| Srikanthjanaagrahaorg| 073535 88724Anil Nair| anilnairjanaagrahaorg | 09871916608
Reform Roadmap
Reform Roadmap
Reform Roadmap
ASICS 2015 report can be accessed here
httpjanaagrahaorgreportsASICS-2015pdf
For more information contact
Srikanth Viswanathan| Srikanthjanaagrahaorg| 073535 88724Anil Nair| anilnairjanaagrahaorg | 09871916608
AnnexureScore card for 11 Principal Questions
Does your city have a decentralised system of Spatial Development Planning
How successfully has your city implemented its SDPs
Does your city have effective mechanisms to deter plan violations
Does your city encourage Participatory Planning
Does your city invest adequate funds in public infrastructure and services
Does your city have adequate number of skilled human resources
Does your city make optimum use of information technology
Do your city leaders have adequate power
How democratic is your city
Does your city put out adequate information and facilitate citizen participation
How well does your city address citizen complaints
Thank you
For more information contact
Srikanth Viswanathan| Srikanthjanaagrahaorg| 073535 88724Anil Nair| anilnairjanaagrahaorg | 09871916608
Reform Roadmap
Reform Roadmap
ASICS 2015 report can be accessed here
httpjanaagrahaorgreportsASICS-2015pdf
For more information contact
Srikanth Viswanathan| Srikanthjanaagrahaorg| 073535 88724Anil Nair| anilnairjanaagrahaorg | 09871916608
AnnexureScore card for 11 Principal Questions
Does your city have a decentralised system of Spatial Development Planning
How successfully has your city implemented its SDPs
Does your city have effective mechanisms to deter plan violations
Does your city encourage Participatory Planning
Does your city invest adequate funds in public infrastructure and services
Does your city have adequate number of skilled human resources
Does your city make optimum use of information technology
Do your city leaders have adequate power
How democratic is your city
Does your city put out adequate information and facilitate citizen participation
How well does your city address citizen complaints
Thank you
For more information contact
Srikanth Viswanathan| Srikanthjanaagrahaorg| 073535 88724Anil Nair| anilnairjanaagrahaorg | 09871916608
Reform Roadmap
ASICS 2015 report can be accessed here
httpjanaagrahaorgreportsASICS-2015pdf
For more information contact
Srikanth Viswanathan| Srikanthjanaagrahaorg| 073535 88724Anil Nair| anilnairjanaagrahaorg | 09871916608
AnnexureScore card for 11 Principal Questions
Does your city have a decentralised system of Spatial Development Planning
How successfully has your city implemented its SDPs
Does your city have effective mechanisms to deter plan violations
Does your city encourage Participatory Planning
Does your city invest adequate funds in public infrastructure and services
Does your city have adequate number of skilled human resources
Does your city make optimum use of information technology
Do your city leaders have adequate power
How democratic is your city
Does your city put out adequate information and facilitate citizen participation
How well does your city address citizen complaints
Thank you
For more information contact
Srikanth Viswanathan| Srikanthjanaagrahaorg| 073535 88724Anil Nair| anilnairjanaagrahaorg | 09871916608
ASICS 2015 report can be accessed here
httpjanaagrahaorgreportsASICS-2015pdf
For more information contact
Srikanth Viswanathan| Srikanthjanaagrahaorg| 073535 88724Anil Nair| anilnairjanaagrahaorg | 09871916608
AnnexureScore card for 11 Principal Questions
Does your city have a decentralised system of Spatial Development Planning
How successfully has your city implemented its SDPs
Does your city have effective mechanisms to deter plan violations
Does your city encourage Participatory Planning
Does your city invest adequate funds in public infrastructure and services
Does your city have adequate number of skilled human resources
Does your city make optimum use of information technology
Do your city leaders have adequate power
How democratic is your city
Does your city put out adequate information and facilitate citizen participation
How well does your city address citizen complaints
Thank you
For more information contact
Srikanth Viswanathan| Srikanthjanaagrahaorg| 073535 88724Anil Nair| anilnairjanaagrahaorg | 09871916608
AnnexureScore card for 11 Principal Questions
Does your city have a decentralised system of Spatial Development Planning
How successfully has your city implemented its SDPs
Does your city have effective mechanisms to deter plan violations
Does your city encourage Participatory Planning
Does your city invest adequate funds in public infrastructure and services
Does your city have adequate number of skilled human resources
Does your city make optimum use of information technology
Do your city leaders have adequate power
How democratic is your city
Does your city put out adequate information and facilitate citizen participation
How well does your city address citizen complaints
Thank you
For more information contact
Srikanth Viswanathan| Srikanthjanaagrahaorg| 073535 88724Anil Nair| anilnairjanaagrahaorg | 09871916608
Does your city have a decentralised system of Spatial Development Planning
How successfully has your city implemented its SDPs
Does your city have effective mechanisms to deter plan violations
Does your city encourage Participatory Planning
Does your city invest adequate funds in public infrastructure and services
Does your city have adequate number of skilled human resources
Does your city make optimum use of information technology
Do your city leaders have adequate power
How democratic is your city
Does your city put out adequate information and facilitate citizen participation
How well does your city address citizen complaints
Thank you
For more information contact
Srikanth Viswanathan| Srikanthjanaagrahaorg| 073535 88724Anil Nair| anilnairjanaagrahaorg | 09871916608
How successfully has your city implemented its SDPs
Does your city have effective mechanisms to deter plan violations
Does your city encourage Participatory Planning
Does your city invest adequate funds in public infrastructure and services
Does your city have adequate number of skilled human resources
Does your city make optimum use of information technology
Do your city leaders have adequate power
How democratic is your city
Does your city put out adequate information and facilitate citizen participation
How well does your city address citizen complaints
Thank you
For more information contact
Srikanth Viswanathan| Srikanthjanaagrahaorg| 073535 88724Anil Nair| anilnairjanaagrahaorg | 09871916608
Does your city have effective mechanisms to deter plan violations
Does your city encourage Participatory Planning
Does your city invest adequate funds in public infrastructure and services
Does your city have adequate number of skilled human resources
Does your city make optimum use of information technology
Do your city leaders have adequate power
How democratic is your city
Does your city put out adequate information and facilitate citizen participation
How well does your city address citizen complaints
Thank you
For more information contact
Srikanth Viswanathan| Srikanthjanaagrahaorg| 073535 88724Anil Nair| anilnairjanaagrahaorg | 09871916608
Does your city encourage Participatory Planning
Does your city invest adequate funds in public infrastructure and services
Does your city have adequate number of skilled human resources
Does your city make optimum use of information technology
Do your city leaders have adequate power
How democratic is your city
Does your city put out adequate information and facilitate citizen participation
How well does your city address citizen complaints
Thank you
For more information contact
Srikanth Viswanathan| Srikanthjanaagrahaorg| 073535 88724Anil Nair| anilnairjanaagrahaorg | 09871916608
Does your city invest adequate funds in public infrastructure and services
Does your city have adequate number of skilled human resources
Does your city make optimum use of information technology
Do your city leaders have adequate power
How democratic is your city
Does your city put out adequate information and facilitate citizen participation
How well does your city address citizen complaints
Thank you
For more information contact
Srikanth Viswanathan| Srikanthjanaagrahaorg| 073535 88724Anil Nair| anilnairjanaagrahaorg | 09871916608
Does your city have adequate number of skilled human resources
Does your city make optimum use of information technology
Do your city leaders have adequate power
How democratic is your city
Does your city put out adequate information and facilitate citizen participation
How well does your city address citizen complaints
Thank you
For more information contact
Srikanth Viswanathan| Srikanthjanaagrahaorg| 073535 88724Anil Nair| anilnairjanaagrahaorg | 09871916608
Does your city make optimum use of information technology
Do your city leaders have adequate power
How democratic is your city
Does your city put out adequate information and facilitate citizen participation
How well does your city address citizen complaints
Thank you
For more information contact
Srikanth Viswanathan| Srikanthjanaagrahaorg| 073535 88724Anil Nair| anilnairjanaagrahaorg | 09871916608
Do your city leaders have adequate power
How democratic is your city
Does your city put out adequate information and facilitate citizen participation
How well does your city address citizen complaints
Thank you
For more information contact
Srikanth Viswanathan| Srikanthjanaagrahaorg| 073535 88724Anil Nair| anilnairjanaagrahaorg | 09871916608
How democratic is your city
Does your city put out adequate information and facilitate citizen participation
How well does your city address citizen complaints
Thank you
For more information contact
Srikanth Viswanathan| Srikanthjanaagrahaorg| 073535 88724Anil Nair| anilnairjanaagrahaorg | 09871916608
Does your city put out adequate information and facilitate citizen participation
How well does your city address citizen complaints
Thank you
For more information contact
Srikanth Viswanathan| Srikanthjanaagrahaorg| 073535 88724Anil Nair| anilnairjanaagrahaorg | 09871916608
How well does your city address citizen complaints
Thank you
For more information contact
Srikanth Viswanathan| Srikanthjanaagrahaorg| 073535 88724Anil Nair| anilnairjanaagrahaorg | 09871916608