NITI Aayog to Launch Report on \u2018Reforms in Urban Planning Capacity in India\u2019<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\nWhat are the Key Findings of the Report?<\/b><\/h5>\n
India is home to 11% of the total global urban population. By 2027, India will surpass China as the most populous country in the world. However, unplanned urbanisation will exert great strain on our cities. Hence, there is an urgent need for planning and management<\/strong> of our cities.<\/span><\/p>\nRecommendations of the report on Urban Planning<\/b><\/h5>\n
Healthy Cities Programme<\/b>: <\/b>Every city must aspire to become a \u2018Healthy City for All<\/strong>\u2019 by 2030. Fo<\/span>r this purpose, the report suggests a central sector scheme<\/strong> titled \u201c500 Healthy Cities Programme<\/strong>\u201d for a period of five years, where priority cities will be selected jointly by the states and local bodies<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\nRamping Up of Human Resources:<\/b> To combat the shortage of urban planners in the public sector, the report recommends that states\/UTs may need to expedite the filling up of vacant positions of town planners and additionally sanction new posts as lateral entry positions.<\/span><\/p>\nRe-engineering of Urban Governance:<\/b> The report recommends the constitution of a high-powered committee<\/strong> to re-engineer the present urban-planning governance structure.<\/span><\/p>\nThe report also suggests the government to revise<\/strong> the Town and Country Planning Acts.<\/b><\/p>\nCitizens Participation: <\/b>The report<\/span> recommends a \u2018Citizen Outreach Campaign<\/strong>\u2019 for enabling citizens participation in urban planning.<\/span><\/p>\nEnhancing the Role of the Private Sector: <\/b>The report recommends strengthening the role of the private sector to improve the overall planning capacity in the country.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\nRecommendations of the report on Urban Planning Education<\/b><\/h5>\n
Postgraduate Programmes in Urban Planning:<\/b> The Central universities and technical institutions in all the other States\/UTs are encouraged to offer postgraduate degree programmes (M. Tech Planning) to cater to the requirement of planners in the country in a phased manner.<\/span><\/p>\nFaculty Shortage:<\/b> Faculty shortage in educational institutions conducting degree and PhD programmes in planning needs to be resolved in a time-bound manner by 2022.<\/span><\/p>\nOther Recommendations of the report<\/b><\/h5>\n
National Council of Town and Country Planners:\u00a0<\/b>The report recommends the constitution of a \u2018<\/span>National Council of Town and Country Planners<\/b>\u2019 as a statutory body<\/strong> of the Government of India.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\nAlso, a \u2018<\/span>National Digital Platform of Town and Country Planners\u2019<\/b> is suggested to be created within the National Urban Innovation Stack<\/strong> of MoHUA. This portal will enable the <\/span>self-registration of all planners <\/b>and evolve as a marketplace for potential employers and urban planners.<\/span><\/p>\nSource:<\/b> \u00a0<\/span>This post is based on the article<\/span> \u201cNITI Aayog Launches Report on \u2018Reforms in Urban Planning Capacity in India\u201d <\/b>published in <\/span>PIB on 16th September 2021.<\/b><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"What is the News? NITI Aayog has launched a report titled \u2018Reforms in Urban Planning Capacity in India\u2019. Read more: NITI Aayog to Launch Report on \u2018Reforms in Urban Planning Capacity in India\u2019 What are the Key Findings of the Report? India is home to 11% of the total global urban population. By 2027, India… Continue reading NITI Aayog Launches Report on Reforms in Urban Planning Capacity in India<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10317,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1566,1305,7965,9],"tags":[1944,9804,4523],"class_list":["post-134828","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-daily-factly-articles","category-index-reports-bodies","category-miscellaneous-daily-factly-articles","category-public","tag-niti-aayog","tag-urban-planning","tag-urbanisation","entry"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","views":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/134828","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10317"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=134828"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/134828\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=134828"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=134828"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=134828"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}