{"id":267755,"date":"2023-11-04T18:13:02","date_gmt":"2023-11-04T12:43:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/?p=267755"},"modified":"2023-11-04T18:13:02","modified_gmt":"2023-11-04T12:43:02","slug":"annual-survey-of-indias-city-systems-2023","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/annual-survey-of-indias-city-systems-2023\/","title":{"rendered":"Annual Survey of India\u2019s City-Systems 2023"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Source: <\/b>The post is based on the article <\/span>\u201cAnnual Survey of India\u2019s City-Systems 2023<\/b>\u201d<\/b> published in<\/span> \u201cThe Hindu\u201d on 3rd November 2023<\/b><\/p>\n

Why in the News?<\/b><\/h2>\n

The sixth edition of the Annual Survey of India\u2019s City-Systems (ASICS) 2023 report has been released.<\/span><\/p>\n

What is the Annual Survey of India\u2019s City-Systems (ASICS) 2023 report?<\/b><\/h2>\n

\"Annual<\/p>\n

Released by: <\/b>Janaagraha Centre for Citizenship and Democracy, a non-profit institution<\/span><\/p>\n

Aim: <\/b>To highlight the challenges and constraints faced by the Local Governments in Indian Cities.<\/span><\/p>\n

Key Highlights from the report:<\/b><\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
Specifications<\/b><\/td>\nDetails<\/b><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Active Master Plan<\/b><\/td>\n39% of India\u2019s capital cities lack an active master plan.\u00a0<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Sectoral Plans<\/b><\/td>\nOnly nine cities have prepared sectoral plans for key aspects such as sanitation, comprehensive mobility, and sustainability.<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Urban Legislations<\/b><\/td>\nEastern states, comprising Bihar, Chhattisgarh, Jharkhand, Odisha and West Bengal have relatively better urban legislations followed by southern states.<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Limited control over finances<\/b><\/td>\n(1) Majority of local governments are financially dependent on their State governments.
\n<\/span>(2) Only Assam empowers its city governments to collect all key taxes.
\n<\/span>(3) Except five States \u2014 Bihar, Jharkhand, Odisha, Meghalaya, and Rajasthan \u2014 all the others have to get approval from the State before borrowing money.<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Power Asymmetry across city categories<\/b><\/td>\nMayors in megacities are not directly elected and do not have a five-year tenure, whereas mayors in smaller cities are directly elected but have limited authority over city finances<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Limited Authority in Staff appointments<\/b><\/td>\nMayors and city councils have limited authority in appointing and promoting staff, including senior management teams, leading to challenges in accountability and efficient administration.<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Transparency issues\u00a0<\/b><\/td>\nOnly 11 of the 35 States\/Union Territories have enacted the Public Disclosure Law that mandates publishing of key civic data<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Staff Shortage<\/b><\/td>\n(1) 35% of posts in India\u2019s municipal corporations are vacant.
\n<\/span>(2) The vacancy progressively worsens with 41% posts being vacant among municipalities and 58% being vacant in town panchayats<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

UPSC Syllabus:<\/strong> Polity and Governance<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Source: The post is based on the article \u201cAnnual Survey of India\u2019s City-Systems 2023\u201d published in \u201cThe Hindu\u201d on 3rd November 2023 Why in the News? The sixth edition of the Annual Survey of India\u2019s City-Systems (ASICS) 2023 report has been released. What is the Annual Survey of India\u2019s City-Systems (ASICS) 2023 report? Released by:… Continue reading Annual Survey of India\u2019s City-Systems 2023<\/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":[1566,1760,1305],"tags":[11872],"class_list":["post-267755","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-daily-factly-articles","category-polity-and-nation","category-index-reports-bodies","tag-9pm-daily-factly","entry"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","views":{"total":80,"cached_at":"","cached_date":1700118932},"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/267755","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=267755"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/267755\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=267755"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=267755"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=267755"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}