Goa

HPEC (Ahluwalia) Report 2011

Highlights and Recommendations

May 30, 2014

Capacity Building Workshop

Shimla, Himachal Pradesh

Urban Share of Total Population in 2011

India and Some Selected Countries

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Urban Share of Total Population in 2011

India and 12 Selected States

(per cent)

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Himachal Pradesh

Assam Meghalaya Arunachal Pradesh

Sikkim Tripura Jammu and Kashmir

Nagaland Manipur Uttarakhand Mizoram Chandigarh

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25 26 27 29 29 30

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Except for Mizoram and Chandigarh, all the states have urbanisation levels that are lower

than the national average of 31 per cent in 2011. Himachal Pradesh has by far the lowest.

Per capita income and urbanisation levels: States 2011

Source: Estimates based on Census of India data and CSO.

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Besides Chandigarh and Mizoram, Jammu and Kashmir and Manipur have urbanisation levels

higher than expected given their income levels.

India is urbanising with increasing number of metropolitan cities

Metropolitan cities are cities with population over 1 million or 10 lakh (Class IA and Class IB cities); Other cities are

cities with population between 1 lakh and 10 lakh

Urban agglomeration is a continuous urban spread of a town and its adjoining outgrowths, or two or more physically

contiguous towns with or without outgrowths of such towns. An urban agglomeration must have at least one statutory

town and its total population should not be less than 20,000 (as per Census 2001).

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India’s urban population to increase

• From 377 million today to 600 million by 2031

• From 52 metropolitan cities in 2011 to 87 by 2031

• Of the 12 states and union territories, only Jammu & Kashmir

has Srinagar which is a metropolitan city

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Cities other than metropolitan cities

State Number of cities by population size (2011)

Below 20,000 20,000 – 49,999 50,000 – 99,999 1 lakh and above

Arunachal Pradesh 14 3 0 0

Assam 74 22 7 7

Himachal Pradesh 49 6 0 1

Jammu and Kashmir 58 4 5 2

Manipur 24 4 0 1

Meghalaya 6 2 1 1

Mizoram 19 2 0 1

Nagaland 3 4 2 0

Sikkim 8 1 0 0

Tripura 16 6 0 1

Uttarakhand 55 14 3 4

2001 2011

All India 1362 3894

Assam 45 126

Jammu and Kashmir 3 36

Tripura 10 26

Uttarakhand 12 42

Census Towns Statutory Towns

2001 2011

All India 3799 4041

Assam 80 88

Jammu and Kashmir 72 86

Tripura 13 16

Uttarakhand 74 74

Need to Recognise Urbanisation

Census towns have at least 75% of male working population engaged in non-agricultural activities, have a population of at

least 5,000 and have a population density of at least 400 per sq. km

Statutory towns have local bodies like municipal corporations, municipal committees, etc. irrespective of their

demographic characteristics

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2001 2011

Arunachal Pradesh 0 26

Nagaland 8 19

2001 2011

Arunachal Pradesh 17 1

Nagaland 1 7

The opposite observed in...

Census Towns Statutory Towns

In 6 out of the 12 states, there was parallel increase in Census Towns and Statutory Towns.

In 4 states, there is need to recognise urbanisation which is a more typical experience across India. .

In 2 states, we see the opposite trend.

Much more increase in Census Towns than in Statutory Towns

Composition of municipal solid waste in India (2011): per cent

Biodegradables 51.3

Recyclables 17.5

Inert 31.2

• Moisture content - 47%

• Calorific value - 7.3 mega joules per kg

Calorific value is the quantity of energy that can be released by complete combustion of a material.

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Source: Report of the Task Force on Waste to Energy (Volume 1), Planning Commission, 2014

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Deteriorating situation of municipal solid waste in India

2001 2011 2031*

Volume of municipal solid waste (million tonnes per year)

45.9 68.8 165.0

Per capita waste generated (kg/day)

0.4 0.5 0.7

1996 2011

Biodegradables (per cent) 42.2 52.3

Plastics/rubber (per cent) 0.6 7.9

* Projections from the Report of the Task Force on Waste to Energy (Volume 1), Planning Commission, 2014, which estimates current municipal

solid waste generation at 62 million tonnes per year.

Source: National Environmental Engineering Research Institute (NEERI)

Source: Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) and India Infrastructure Research.

Comparing growth of GDP: India and the states

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Role of rural-urban migration

• Pressure of rural-urban migration will increase further with

• increasing role of industry and services sector in growth

• with more labour absorbing growth resulting from increasing integration with the

world economy

• Many cities will experience peripheral expansion, with smaller municipalities and large

villages surrounding the core city becoming part of the metropolitan area.

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Net Rural-Urban

Migration

Census 2011

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Migration has played a

minor role in urbanisation

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Important Messages from HPEC (Ahluwalia) Report 2011:

The challenge of faster and more inclusive growth

• To sustain growth rates of GDP of 8 per cent per annum, or

• To sustain per capita income increases of about 5.5 to 6.5 per cent per annum

• Faster GDP growth has to come from industry and services, since agriculture at best

can grow at 4 to 4.5 per cent per annum

• To make growth of industry and services more labour intensive

modernise labour laws (to provide greater flexibility in hiring and firing labour)

provide social protection to those who do not find productive employment in the

organised sector.

• Fortunes of the rural sector are crucially linked to the manner in which growth in

the industrial and services sector unfolds

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• Decline in China’s working age population from 2010 onwards

• Decline in Brazil’s working age population from 2020 onwards

• Increase in India’s working age population will continue till 2040

and begin to decline mildly after that

• Demographic dividend can be reaped if

Youth is empowered with education, skills and innovative capacity

Employment opportunities expand

From demographic opportunity to demographic dividend

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Implications for urban development

The ground reality

• Cities and towns of India are visibly deficient in the quality of services they provide

• Current state of service delivery is far short of what is needed to realise the economic

potential of urban areas

The way forward

• Creating urban infrastructure

• Reforming governance for service delivery

• Providing access to universal service standards for all including the poor

• Consciously building rural-urban synergy

• Recognising importance of urban transport

• Integrating transport and land use planning

• Focussing on metropolitan planning

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Service Standards

• Water Supply : 100 per cent piped water, 24x7 flow, and 135 lpcd consumption per capita

• Sewerage : Underground sewerage with 100 per cent collection and treatment of

waste water

• Solid Waste : 100 per cent collection, transportation and treatment

• Urban Roads

: Area under roads 11 per cent area for cities

7 per cent for towns

: Road density (km per sq. km.) 12.25 km per sq. km. for cities

7 km per sq. km. for towns

• Storm Water

Drains : Network covering 100 per cent road length on both sides of the road

• Urban Transport : Rail-based and road-based Mass Rapid Transit System for cities with

population1 mn and above, city bus service for smaller cities and towns

• Street Lighting : Illuminance: 35 Lux for all cities and towns; 40 m spacing for major roads,

45 m for collector roads, and 50 m for access road spaces

• Traffic Support

Infrastructure : Details by city size in the Committee’s Report

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Urban Infrastructure Investment requirement (including for

slum redevelopment and capacity building): 2012- 2031

The HPEC provided an estimate of Rs 39 lakh crore as the urban infrastructure requirement

over the period 2012-2031.

Assuming:

• All the unserved and underserved population between 2012 and 2031 will be covered.

• All the additional population will be covered.

• Service standards will match the norms set by the Ministry of Urban Development.

• This estimate is based on 2009-10 prices.

• This estimate does not include primary education, primary health, electricity distribution

and land cost.

• GDP is assumed to increase at 8 per cent per annum for the 20-year period

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Share of Major Sectors in Total Investment Requirement of

Urban Infrastructure

Urban roads (backlog very large) 50 per cent

Transport and traffic support infrastructure 16 per cent

Water, sewerage, solid waste management, storm

water drains, street lighting 24 per cent

Other sectors 9 per cent

Total Rs 34 lakh crore

Sectors Rs lakh crore

Urban roads 17.3

Urban transport 4.5

Traffic infrastructure 1.0

Water supply 3.2

Sewerage 2.4

Storm water drains 2.0

Solid waste management 0.5

Street lighting 0.2

Other sectors 3.1

Slum Redevelopment Rs 4.1 lakh crore

(12% of infra investment)

Capacity Building Rs 1.0 lakh crore

(2.5 % of infra investment)

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Projections for Financing (per cent of GDP)

Large sums, but financeable if

• Government of India scales up urban development funding to 0.25 per cent of GDP

per year for 20 years

• State governments enter into Constitutionally mandated revenue-sharing arrangement

with ULBs

• State governments provide enabling environment for ULBs to reform

• ULBs aggressively push reforms to increase own revenues, i.e.,

Access to borrowing and PPP is made possible by working on a

Revenue Model which makes ULBs credit-worthy and market-worthy

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Governance is Crucial

And so is Capacity

• The JNNURM has created dynamism in the Indian urban sector which has long suffered

neglect. But progress in implementing reforms under the JNNURM has

been slow. The Mission has generally exposed the lack of capacity to prepare and

implement projects in urban infrastructure within an integrated framework of a City

Development Plan.

• Financing is crucially dependent on the reform of institutions and the capacity

of those who run the institutions for service delivery and revenue generation.

• Municipal entities need to be empowered to raise ‘own’ sources of revenue, predictable

transfers from state governments, and other transfers from the GoI

and state governments, to help them discharge the larger responsibilities assigned to

them by the 74th Constitutional Amendment.

• The ULBs themselves need to carry out reforms to strengthen their finances, and

improve service delivery

• Building and developing a Municipal cadre is very important

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Recommendations

A. Major recommendations on governance

Administrative

• One ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs at national level

• Urban Development, Urban Transport, and Housing in one department at state level

• Unified Mission (NIJNNURM)

• Unified command under an empowered and accountable Mayor

Regulatory framework

• Urban Utility Regulator

• Local Body Ombudsman

• Local Funds Audit Commission

Reforms for service delivery

• Corporatisation

• Inter municipal cooperation

• Legislative reforms at state level to facilitate PPPs

• Use of e-governance

Planning

• Town Planning related

• Metropolitan and Regional Planning related

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1. Tax reforms

• Introduce a ‛Local Bodies Finance List’ in the Constitution

• Empower ULBs with ‛exclusive’ taxes

• Constitutionally ensure sharing by the state governments of a pre-specified

percentage of their revenues from all taxes on goods and services with ULBs

• Provide for formula-based transfers and grants-in-aid to ULBs from the divisible pool

• Abolish octroi and entry taxes in all states

• Reform property tax so as to levy tax on constructed building under an Area Based

System and levy of vacant land tax on the basis of ready-reckoner capital value

B. Major recommendations on financing

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2. Unlocking land value

• Tapping land-based financing sources including conversion charges, betterment

charges, impact fees, and development charges

• Pricing of Floor Space Index (FSI) above a certain limit, within overall planning guidelines

• Preparing city-wide inventory of land assets

• Putting in place a transparent and accountable mechanism for monetisation of public land

with due attention to the needs of the poor and the marginalised

B. Major recommendations on financing...contd.

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3. Reforms to strengthen non-tax revenues

• Municipal Service Regulator should be assigned the responsibility of revising user

charges regularly. Even when different segments of the population are charged

differently, the cross-subsidisation should be such that the overall O&M cost is

recovered and a minimal surplus generated. Automatic indexation will ensure

smooth increase over time without the challenge of having to defend cumulative

adjustment every few years.

• User charges to be so structured as to meet O&M cost, debt servicing, and

depreciation towards the cost of the project. In addition, they must also generate

some surplus to enable building the equity base of ULBs, supported, where

appropriate, with viability gap funding (VGF)

• Levy water and sewerage charges separately rather than build into the property tax

• Introduce parking fee to enhance revenue streams and promote the use of public

transport

• Collect trade licensing fee on the basis of a self assessment return

B. Major recommendations on financing...contd.

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Other reforms

• State governments to set up state financial intermediaries to work with small ULBs

• Government of India to create a ‛Regulatory Guidelines Handbook for Municipal Borrowings’

• ULBs to prepare ‛Intended Use Plans’, requiring them to prepare a borrowing programme

based on their investment needs and repayment capacity

• Remove fixed cap of 8 per cent on annual interest on municipal bonds to make the

bonds attractive

• HUDCO to have a professional Board; to receive benefits available to infrastructure

financing companies; and be regulated by the Reserve Bank of India

B. Major recommendations on financing...contd.

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• Set up five Indian Institutes of Urban Management

• Create Reform and Performance Management Cells (RPMC) at Government of India, and

also at state government level

• Build/Reform Municipal cadres in all states

• Train 300 officers from the Indian Administrative Services (IAS) and other central services

annually as urban specialists

• Infuse funds and new talent into existing Schools of Urban Planning

• Promote think tank initiatives in urban policy through Centres of Excellence/Innovation

• Encourage lateral hiring of professionals

C. Major capacity building initiatives

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Thank You