India Municipal Finance

• Completion date जनवरी., 2010
• Sponsor Asian Development Bank
• Project leader O.P. Mathur
• Other faculty Debdulal Thakur
• Consultants/Other authors Samik Chowdhury
• Focus

  The key question that the study addressed was “Is the existing municipal finces system adequate for meeting the contemporary challenges of urbanisation, decentralisation, and globalisation?” Alysing a range of data on the finces of municipalities, the study concludes that the existing municipal fince system was idequate in addressing these challenges. In view of the fact that a number of initiatives for reforming and strengthening the municipal fince system have now been put in place under the JnNURM, the study builds and reinforces them with a set of additiol reform initiatives.

  The Korea Institute of Public Fince, Seoul, Republic of Korea organised a 3-day roundtable to discuss the prelimiry findings of the above NIPFP study. Experts from India, Korea, and Cada were invited to share intertiol experiences. Among others, who attended the roundtable were Urban Development Secretaries from five Indian states viz., Andhra Pradesh, Kerala, Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan, and Uttar Pradesh.