URBAN GOVERNANCE
- February 13, 2022
- Posted by: OptimizeIAS Team
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URBAN GOVERNANCE
TOPIC: Governance
Context- Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman announced a high-level committee, five centres of excellence and a rethinking of urban planning in her Budget 2022-2023 speech.
Concept-
- By 2050, 50% of India’s population will be urban.
- India is no longer going to be a rural economy and is moving towards an urban economy.
Role of NIUA
- National Institute of Urban affairs is an institute for research, training and information dissemination in urban development and management.
- It is located in New Delhi, India.
- It was established in 1976 as an autonomous body under the Societies Registration Act.
- The Institute is supported by the Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs,Government of India, State Governments, urban and regional development authorities and other agencies concerned with urban issues.
- NIUA can be an aggregator or knowledge provider to the more than 4,000 urban local bodies.