100 Days Action Plan of the Ministry of Urban Development

100 Days Action Plan of the Ministry of Urban Development

S Jaipal Reddy, Union Minister for Urban Development inaugurated a Workshop on Centres of Excellence on Urban Development and Urban Transport on Monday.

The aim of the workshop was to establish Centres of Excellence to improve the financial management of urban local bodies, efficiency in service delivery, effective planning process, citizen interface and public participation, transparency and accountability of the ministry. ]
Setting up of the Centres of Excellence in the country falls under the 100 Days Action Plan of the Ministry of Urban Development.

The Ministry has established 13 Centres of Excellence within reputed academic institutions to introduce valuable research project that will and improve the domain’s technical knowledge practices in the area of municipal service delivery and reform, development of a dynamic integrated land-use planning model, preparation of climate change adaption plan for two cities, development of design guidelines for comprehensive decentralized waste water management systems, preparation of policy research papers etc.

Courtesy: Ministry of Urban Development release on 26 Oct 09.