{"id":165860,"date":"2022-02-02T20:24:31","date_gmt":"2022-02-02T14:54:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.forumias.com\/?p=165860"},"modified":"2022-02-02T20:24:31","modified_gmt":"2022-02-02T14:54:31","slug":"fm-call-for-paradigm-change-in-urban-planning-opportunity-of-a-lifetime-experts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/fm-call-for-paradigm-change-in-urban-planning-opportunity-of-a-lifetime-experts\/","title":{"rendered":"FM call for paradigm change in urban planning \u2018opportunity of a lifetime\u2019: Experts"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

News:\u00a0<\/strong>On emphasizing urban planning, Finance Minister (FM) said when India will celebrate its 100th Independence Day, nearly half the population would be in urban areas.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Must read: Union Budget 2022-23: Highlights, tax proposals, concerns \u2013 Explained, pointwise\u00a0<\/a><\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n
What is the announcement on urban planning from budget 2022-23?<\/strong><\/h5>\n

FM said that urban planning will help India realize its economic potential, including livelihood opportunities for the demographic dividend. To achieve this, there is a need for a paradigm change, <\/strong>like<\/p>\n

– India needs to nurture the megacities and their hinterlands to become current centers of economic growth.<\/p>\n

–\u00a0 India needs to facilitate its tier 2 and 3 cities. There is a need to reinvent cities into centers of sustainable living with opportunities for all, including women and youth.<\/p>\n

What is the need for urban planning?<\/strong><\/h5>\n

First,\u00a0<\/strong>Indian urban planning is still working on philosophies of the socialist era. It is characterized by a command and control approach<\/strong>, license-permit raj,<\/strong> and an anti-market outlook<\/strong>. This brings more problems and harm to the poorest section of the urban population. So, it urgently needs reform and liberalization.<\/p>\n

Second,\u00a0<\/strong>Urban planning is missing in most of the Indian cities \u201cas their growth trajectory determined by realtors\u201d.<\/p>\n

What is the significance of good urban planning?<\/strong><\/h5>\n

According to experts:<\/p>\n

– \u00a0well-planned urbanism will add to the GDP and contribute to economic growth.<\/p>\n

– Involvement of various stakeholders at multiple levels and emphasis on paradigm change will help to make the urban sector perform better.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Read more: Urbanisation and the Need for Sustainable Cities \u2013 Explained, pointwise<\/a><\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n
What steps should the government need to adopt for better urban planning?<\/strong><\/h5>\n

– Lay plans that address specific problems and characteristics of specific cities.<\/p>\n

– Ensure good public transport is present in these areas.<\/p>\n

– Focus on creating mobility grids that would connect the secondary cities to megacities.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Read more: NITI Aayog Launches Report on Reforms in Urban Planning Capacity in India<\/a><\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

Source:\u00a0<\/strong>This post is based on the article “FM call for paradigm change in urban planning \u2018opportunity of a lifetime\u2019: Experts”\u00a0<\/strong>published in the\u00a0Indian Express\u00a0<\/strong> on\u00a02nd February,2022.<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

News:\u00a0On emphasizing urban planning, Finance Minister (FM) said when India will celebrate its 100th Independence Day, nearly half the population would be in urban areas. Must read: Union Budget 2022-23: Highlights, tax proposals, concerns \u2013 Explained, pointwise\u00a0 What is the announcement on urban planning from budget 2022-23? FM said that urban planning will help India… Continue reading FM call for paradigm change in urban planning \u2018opportunity of a lifetime\u2019: Experts<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5480,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1230,9],"tags":[263,10500],"class_list":["post-165860","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-9-pm-daily-articles","category-public","tag-gs-paper-1","tag-indian-express","entry"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","views":{"total":0,"cached_at":"","cached_date":1704665526},"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/165860","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\/5480"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=165860"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/165860\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=165860"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=165860"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=165860"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}