As a part of our series on Municipal Finance, we present a summary of Anand Sahasranaman’s paper on Pragmatic Municipal Finance Reforms in India, published in the November 2012…
In a report titled “Making Room for a Planet of Cities”, Shlomo Angel et al examine how the prevailing planning paradigm of containment, which is predicated on the containment…
This post is cross-posted from our Financing Small Cities blog. The post marks the beginning of a new blog series “Cities in Books”, in which we will put across…
The revenue share between state governments and ULBs is determined by the State Finance Commissions (SFCs) which are set up by state governments every 5 years. In essence, the…
Continuing our Municipal Finance blog series on the Financing Small Cities blog, in this two-part series we look at the Karnataka Municipalities Act, 1964, which is the enabling legislation…
Continuing our blog series on Municipal Finance in India, in this two-part series we provide a brief overview of the Jawaharlal Nehru Urban Renewal Mission (JNNURM).
Continuing our blog series on Municipal Finance in India, in this two-part series we review the Report on Indian Urban Infrastructure and Services (2011).
Following the posts on Functions of ULBs and Municipal Funds as part of the Municipal Finance blog series, this post provides an overview of functionaries at ULBs, explains why…
As part of our series on Municipal Finance, this blog post discusses the present state of municipal finances by taking an in-depth look at municipal revenue and expenditure in…
This is the second post in the series of posts on the Municipal Finance Scenario in India. In this post, we discuss the functions devolved to ULBs as per…
