27.07.06: Pioneer:
Saigal panel for decentralisation
Rajesh Kumar | New Delhi
The Committee set up by the Union Government under
former Chief Secretary Omesh Saigal to suggest reforms
in the functioning of the Municipal Corporation of
Delhi (MCD) is all set to recommend decentralisation
of the gargantuan body.
The report, which is likely to be submitted to the
Union Home Ministry by August 7, would suggest greater
power at zonal levels and bringing suitable amendment
in the Delhi Municipal Act to make the recommendations
applicable...
Speaking to The Pioneer, Saigal said that the report
will recommend public bhagidari at every level. For
effective functioning separate budgets should be
prepared and taxation powers delegated at zonal level
so that people can take decision on their own. The
report will also recommend harsh penalty for violation
of the MCD Act...
The MHA had also constituted Ashok Pradhan Committee
to suggest ways to end multiplicity of authorities in
the Capital. The Pradhan committee too is expected to
submit its report in the month of August.
--- Gita Dewan Verma <mpisgplanner@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> HT, 21.06.06, p.3
>
> Consensus on full statehood in sight
>
> Proposal to restructure MCD may be accepted too
>
> Amitabh Shukla
> New Delhi June 20
>
> ... The dominant view emerging in meetings of the
> Ashok Pradhan committee so far is that there is
> chaos,
> confusion and the process of governance suffers due
> to
> the present structure. Full-fledged statehood for
> Delhi is being billed as the solution to the present
> mess. The committee is expected to submit its
> recommendations to the ministry of home affairs
> soon.
> The Pradhan Committee was constituted by the home
> ministry to look into the issue of multiplicity of
> authorities and urban development in the Capital.
> The
> committee is in the process of identifying agencies,
> which are discharging various functions in relation
> to
> urban development and determine their respective
> roles, responsibilities, inter-relationships and
> existing arrangements for co-ordination.
> ... In a meeting of the committee last week, it was
> accepted that multiplicity was leading to a
> miserable
> situation. "Due to such a scenario, the living
> conditions are getting worse," states advocate K.C.
> Mittal in his reply to the commission. Mittal, who
> has
> filed a PIL in the high court to enforce the concept
> of NCR in letter and spirit...
> ... The recommendations of the Pradhan and Omesh
> Saigal committee on restructuring of MCD would in
> all
> probability be accepted.
>
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Saigal panel for decentralisation
Rajesh Kumar | New Delhi
The Committee set up by the Union Government under
former Chief Secretary Omesh Saigal to suggest reforms
in the functioning of the Municipal Corporation of
Delhi (MCD) is all set to recommend decentralisation
of the gargantuan body.
The report, which is likely to be submitted to the
Union Home Ministry by August 7, would suggest greater
power at zonal levels and bringing suitable amendment
in the Delhi Municipal Act to make the recommendations
applicable...
Speaking to The Pioneer, Saigal said that the report
will recommend public bhagidari at every level. For
effective functioning separate budgets should be
prepared and taxation powers delegated at zonal level
so that people can take decision on their own. The
report will also recommend harsh penalty for violation
of the MCD Act...
The MHA had also constituted Ashok Pradhan Committee
to suggest ways to end multiplicity of authorities in
the Capital. The Pradhan committee too is expected to
submit its report in the month of August.
--- Gita Dewan Verma <mpisgplanner@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> HT, 21.06.06, p.3
>
> Consensus on full statehood in sight
>
> Proposal to restructure MCD may be accepted too
>
> Amitabh Shukla
> New Delhi June 20
>
> ... The dominant view emerging in meetings of the
> Ashok Pradhan committee so far is that there is
> chaos,
> confusion and the process of governance suffers due
> to
> the present structure. Full-fledged statehood for
> Delhi is being billed as the solution to the present
> mess. The committee is expected to submit its
> recommendations to the ministry of home affairs
> soon.
> The Pradhan Committee was constituted by the home
> ministry to look into the issue of multiplicity of
> authorities and urban development in the Capital.
> The
> committee is in the process of identifying agencies,
> which are discharging various functions in relation
> to
> urban development and determine their respective
> roles, responsibilities, inter-relationships and
> existing arrangements for co-ordination.
> ... In a meeting of the committee last week, it was
> accepted that multiplicity was leading to a
> miserable
> situation. "Due to such a scenario, the living
> conditions are getting worse," states advocate K.C.
> Mittal in his reply to the commission. Mittal, who
> has
> filed a PIL in the high court to enforce the concept
> of NCR in letter and spirit...
> ... The recommendations of the Pradhan and Omesh
> Saigal committee on restructuring of MCD would in
> all
> probability be accepted.
>
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