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If India is not secular, then India is not India at all. Atal Bihari Vajpayee

Vol. LXIII No. 05 May 2018

IIPA NEWSLETTER64 years of excellence in the service of the nation

64th Founders’ Day Lecture

64th Founders’ Day lecture on

the theme of “Role of Executive in

Democracy” was organised on May

31, 2018. Hon’ble Justice Shri R. C

Lahoti, former Chief Justice of India

was invited as the Chief Guest. Shri

Amitabh Ranjan, Registrar, IIPA

presented the introductory remarks

and welcomed the guests. In his

welcome address, Dr. Tishyarakshit

Chatterjee, Director of IIPA stated

that starting with the Masters Degree

Programme in IIPA, the Institute

has successfully grown into one of

professional mid-career training,

research and consultingcentres,

reinforcing a service orientation among officer

participants. He also observed that the visionary tenets

of our founders and their colleagues of the early years

remain relevant even after 64 years. Vice-President of

IIPA, Shri Shekhar Dutt also addressed the audience.

In his presidential address, Shri T.N. Chaturvedi,

Chairman of IIPA, emphasised that it is necessary that

we always look and re-look at this particular role of the

Executive, whether it is in positive terms or in negative

terms or it is due to indifference or due to negligence,

the citizen ought not to suffer. The Chief Guest of the

event, ShriLahotiji in his insightful lectureemphasised

onthe doctrine of separation of powers and the

principle of balancing of powers. He also observed

that neither the Legislature nor the Judiciary but the

Executive which has an edge over the other wings of

governance and it is only the Executive which comes

in day-to-day live contact with the people whom the

laws are meant to serve. During the programme

the Hon’ble Justice Lahotiji released the following

publications: (i) Data Science Landscape by Usha

Mujoo Munshi and Neeta Verma, (ii) Panchayati Raj

and Women Empowerment by Nupur Tiwari (iii) I.T.

Act: Policies, Guidelines and Regulatory Framework

for e-Governance by Charru Malhotra. The new IIPA

brochure was also released during the occasion. Shri

Amitabh Ranjan, Registrar of IIPA, coordinated the

programme.

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Visit of delegates from Beijing

The Indian Institute of Public Administration

hosted a high profile delegation of six members

from Beijing Administration Institute of the People’s

Republic of China (BAI) on May 14, 2018. The

Chinese delegation was led by Mr. Wang Minzhong,

Executive Vice-President, BAI. He was accompanied

by administrative personnel and faculty members.

BAI which is directly under the Beijing Municipal

Government is an important institute to train junior and

senior civil servants, administrators, and scholars. Dr.

T. Chatterjee, Director, IIPA and Mr. Wang Minzhong

exchanged mutual academic experiences and future

collaboration. The Director also welcomed the other

members of the delegation.Dr.Chatterjee made a

presentation, where he shared a brief history along

with the present activities of the institute. He also

emphasised on the role of IIPA in inputing into policy

areas of governance. On behalf of BAI, Mr.Minzhong

presented a brief about their institute, along with an

introduction of five departments, viz. (i) Teaching, (ii)

Research, (iii) Consultation, (iv) Assistance and (v)

Administrative Departments and activities undertaken

by each.Both IIPA and BAI, in their respective

presentations, emphasised on the areas of possible

future mutual collaboration. The programme was

coordinated by Dr. Roma Debnath.

Smart Village Conclave 2018

Indian Institute of Public Administration with Indian

Trade Promotion Organisation (ITPO), Ministry of

Commerce and Exhibition Group of India organiseda

Smart Village Conclave under the ‘One Mega Event’

programme at Pragati Maidan on May 25, 2018. The

theme of the conclave “Making of Smart Villages

for Sustainable Future”was aimed at contributing to

the practice of developing attractive, safe and smart

settlements that evoke pride, passion and a sense of

belonging among citizens. Hon’ble Minister of State

Sh. Ram KripalYadav graced the event as the Chief

Guest. Sh. Shekhar Dutt, Vice-President, IIPA; Dr. N.C.

Saxena, Advisor-UNDP and Dr. T. Chatterjee, Director,

IIPA, spoke on the various aspects and perspectives

on the subject within the context of a much-needed

empowerment of rural India. Sh. Amitabh Ranjan,

Registrar IIPA chaired a session of ‘Smart Village’

conclave within the event. The event was conceived

and coordinated by Dr.Charru Malhotra.

Programme on Public Administration for the

Officers of Directorate of Prosecution, UP

A one-week training programme covering a

Module on Administration for the officers of Directorate

of Prosecution, Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, batch V was

organised from May 7-11, 2018. It was sponsored by

Directorate of Prosecution, Lucknow, UttarPradesh.

The programme was aimed at familiarising the

participants with the basic concepts and theories

of Public Administration. Prof. C. Sheela Reddy, Dr.

Mamta Pathania and Dr. Amit Kumar Singh were

programme coordinators.

Programme for IFS Officers

A o n e - w e e k c o m p u l s o r y

training course on “Role and Scope

of Environmental Economics in

Sustainable Development” was

organisedfor Indian Forest Service

Officers from May 14-18, 2018. The

programme was sponsored by the

Ministry of Environment Forest and Climate Change,

Government of India. Director Chatterjee introduced

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the subject as an essential supplement to measure

economic growth and resources efficiency. That

the continued dichotomy between development

and environment must be phased out and green

accounting should place the country’s real growth into

focus. The participants felt that four-days was too little

a period to do justice to this vast subject. Programme

coordinators were Dr. Saket Bihari and Dr. Anupam

Sarkar.

Programme for Executive Engineers (Civil and

Electrical), CPWD

A two-week residential training programme on

Higher Administration and Legal Matters for Executive

Engineers (Civil and Electrical), CPWD was organised

from May 7-18, 2018. It was sponsored by the Central

Public Works Department, Government of India.

The objective of the trainingwas to share knowledge

on various administrative and legal matters related

to CPWD area that has far reaching significance

in the direction of enhancing organisational values

and overall effectiveness. Dr.NupurTiwari and

Dr.SurabhiPandey coordinated the programme and

Director IIPA inaugurated.

Programme for the Faculty Members of Training

Institutions

The Centre for Consumer

Studies, Indian Institute of Public

Administration organised the 22nd

Training of Trainers Programme for

the Faculty Members of Training

Institutions on Consumer Protection

and Consumer Welfare from May

14-18, 2018.It was sponsored

by the Department of Consumer Affairs, Ministry

of Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution,

Government of India. The programme was aimed at

enhancing the knowledge and skill of the participants

in the area of Consumer Protection and Consumer

Welfare. Prof. Suresh Misra and Dr. Mamta Pathania

coordinated the programme.

Rajasthan Regional Branch

The branch organised an open house discussion on

Reforming Politics at the Management Development

Academy on May 20, 2018. Shri HL Chauhan, former

Chief Engineer, PWD was the keynote speaker. The

discussion was focussed on discipline, integrity and

democratic values in the Indian political system. On

May 21, the branch organised another open house

discussion on Reforming Society in which Prof. DK

Kothari, eminent demographer was the keynote

speaker. Both the programmes were presided over

by Prof. Ramesh K Arora, Chairman of the branch.

Tirupati Local Branch

The branch in association with SVU Retired

Teachers Association on Arts organised a session

on Certainly, Revolution can bring equality in world

said Marx on May 5, 2018. The day marked the

200 years birth anniversary of Karl H Marx. Prof A

Ranga Reddy, UGC Emeritus Fellow in Economics,

Chairman of the branch chaired the meeting and Dr A

Samanthakamani, Secretary of the branch proposed

the vote of thanks.

IIPA Faculty invited by Google Inc.

O n t h e i n v i t a t i o n

of Google Inc. Mountain

View, USA, Prof. Suresh

Misra, Professor Public

Administration (Consumer Affairs) and Project

Director, National Consumer Helpline and Ms.Deepika

Sur, Project Manager, National Consumer Helpline

from Centre for Consumer Studies, Indian Institute

of Public Administration participated in the 3rd Google

Global Consumer Summit at Google, Mountain View,

California, USA on May 1-2, 2018. The visit was

fully supported by Google. Participants from various

countries were invited to the Summit. During the two

days summit, sessions were held on various themes

like Fake News and Media Literacy; How Ads Work:

Can the Digital eco-system work for Consumers;

Identity and Control; Android and Play Eco Systems


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and Google AI Fire side Chat followed by visits and

presentations of best practices in consumer protection

by the delegates. A short film on the working of the

National Consumer Helpline of IIPA was also shown

during the Summit which evoked keen interest among

the participants.

Swajal Launched in 115 Aspirational Districts of

India

The Union Minister for Drinking Water and

Sanitation, Sushri Uma Bharti announced that Swajal

schemes in 115 aspirational districts of the country with

an outlay of Rs 700 crores through flexi-funds under

the existing NRDWP budget. These schemes will aim

to provide villages with piped water supply powered

by solar energy. The scheme will train hundreds of

rural technicians for operation and maintenance of

Swajal units. A National Consultation on the National

Rural Drinking Water Programme (NRDWP) and

Swajal was held in the Capital to discuss the reforms

needed in NRDWP and to outline a road map for the

Swajal scheme. Ministers-in-charge of Drinking Water

from 13 States, including Assam, Bihar, Goa, Gujarat,

Haryana, Himachal Pradesh, Jammu & Kashmir,

Maharashtra, Manipur, Meghalaya, Nagaland, Uttar

Pradesh and Uttarakhand, attended the consultation

and gave their views on the reforms needed in the

ongoing Centrally-sponsored drinking water schemes

being implemented in the respective states.

Revised Income Tax Informants Reward

Scheme, 2018

With the objective of obtaining people’s

participation in the Income Tax Department’s efforts

to unearth black money and reduce tax evasion, a

new reward scheme titled “Income Tax Informants

Reward Scheme, 2018” has been issued by the

Income Tax Department, superseding the earlier

reward scheme issued in 2007. Under the revised

scheme, a person can get reward up to Rs. 50 lakh

for giving specific information in prescribed manner to

the designated officers of Investigation Directorates

in Income Tax Department about substantial

evasion of tax on income or assets in India which

are actionable under the Income-tax Act, 1961.

Further, Government of India had earlier introduced

Black Money (Undisclosed Foreign Income and

Assets) and Imposition of Tax Act, 2015, in order to

investigate and assess income and specific assets

kept in foreign countries by people taxable in India,

recover tax on it and take other actions like penalty

and prosecution. With the objective of attracting

and encouraging people to give information about

such income and assets actionable under Black

Money (Undisclosed Foreign Income and Assets)

and Imposition of Tax Act, 2015, reward up to Rs. 5

crore has been introduced in the new reward scheme.

Foreigners will also be eligible for reward under this

scheme. Identity of the persons giving information

will not be disclosed and strict confidentiality shall

be maintained.

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number along with their name and address. The subscription for 1 year plus postage charges will be Rs

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Indian Institute of Public Administration, New Delhi

Annual Decision Making/Teaching Case Study Competition – 2018

The objective of IIPA’s Case Study Programme is to build a body of knowledge in governance through case

studies with a view to promote deeper and wider understanding of the functioning of Indian Administration in

its specific environmental and institutional framework and also to broaden our knowledge and understanding

of global and national best practices. In order to develop relevant case studies for use in the learning process,


A budget should reflect the values and priorities of our nation and its people. -Mary Landrieu

IIPA has renamed its annual case study competition as the Annual Decision Making/Teaching Case Study

Competition.

A case study submitted for this competition should aim to facilitate the development of conceptual,

behavioural and analytical skills, highlight areas for reform and improvement and promote sensitivity of

the readers towards important issues, problems and challenges of public administration and governance.

The case study may cover one or more of the following facets of public administration and governance.

i. Public policy issues and processes such as: conceptualization; planning; implementation; monitoring;

evaluation and review of plans; programmes; Schemes and projects with special reference to a

special State;

ii. Rural Development, Urban Development, Area based development policies, programmes, projects

and schemes such as MNREGA, Consumer Awareness, Gender Sensitization, Social Empowerment

and Social Inclusion, e-Governance, Human Rights, Elections and Electoral reforms; Law & Order;

Government to Citizen and Citizen to Government interaction; Swachh Bharat and

iii. Service sectors including physical, social and economic infrastructure development, social services,

voluntary organizations, cooperatives, non-governmental organizations (NGOs) and Public Private

Partnership (PPP);

iv Resource efficiency and the circular economy: studies of examples in the 3Rs (Reduce, Reuse and

Recycle) in the informal sector in India.

The case study must be in two parts.

Part I is to comprise 5-10 A4 size pages typed in double space using size 12 of Times New Roman font

and keeping one and half inches margin on each side of the page. It should consist of a description of an

official organizational context concluding with an important decision to be made. The following information

could be provided: the decision to be made – what, why and who has to make it; a brief history of the

organization, its vision/mission/values, goals/objectives; the present scenario; key strengths and weaknesses

of the organization; challenges, threats and opportunities; influential personalities/groups relevant to the

focal decision – their feelings/views (given in quotations) as obtained through interviews or accurately

paraphrased; socio-political, economic, technological and cultural pressures; group and personality factors

- values, attitudes, needs and expectations; skills; organizational reward system; behaviour modeling and

example setting by the organisation’s leadership and other factors relevant to the focal decision; visualized

options/alternatives that seem to be available and their immediate, short term, medium term and long term

consequences – the pros and cons thereof. Finally, instead of calling this part of the case study as Part I,

it should be given a title based upon either one of the following:

i. focal organization/department/division/unit/section, programme/project/ scheme;

ii. focal decision to be made.

Part II is to comprise 1 – 3 A4 size page(s) typed in double space using size 12 of Times New Roman font

and keeping one and a half inches margin on each side of the page. It should consist of the case writer(s)

perceptions of what actually happened – the decision that was actually made, why, with what expectations,

the actual consequences that occurred and any views that the case writer wished to share vis-à-vis the

case and the important learning – problems/concepts/insights and or skills – that the case may be utilized

for imparting in the teaching/training process. Finally, instead of calling this part of the case study as part

II, it should be entitled: Perceptions of the Case Writer (s).

An executive summary of the case study is to comprise 1 – 2 A4 size page(s) and typed in the same

way as Parts I and II mentioned earlier. Three copies each of the case study (i.e., Parts I and II) and the

executive summary are to be submitted.

Each case study should be accompanied by the following information: title of the case study; name of


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the case writer (s); address and telephone(s) of the Case Writer(s) and fax/email where available. The

case writer(s) should also state whether the case study has been approved for publication by the concerned

organization or whether approval is yet to be taken; and, finally, the signature(s) of the case writer(s).

The competition has a first prize award of Rs.10,000, a second, prize award of Rs. 6,000 and a third

prize award of Rs. 4,000/-. Excluding the award winning case studies, any other case studies that are

considered suitable for publication shall be given an honorarium of Rs. 2,000/- each.

Any individual or group of individuals may submit a case study to the Institute for the competition. In

case of joint authorship, the award will be equally distributed. However, each individual may submit only

one entry for the competition either individually or as part of a group.

A case study submitted for the competition must fall within the broad areas specified and be in the

format prescribed above. The case study should not have been published elsewhere as the copyright will

vest with the Institute and the writer, if the case study is selected for award/publication.

The last date for the receipt of the case study is 31st August 2018. The cover should be superscribed

with “Annual Decision Making/Teaching Case Study Competition – 2018” and be addressed to the

Registrar, Indian Institute of Public Administration, Indraprastha Estate, Ring Road, New Delhi – 110002.

The Executive Council in its meeting held on February 16, 2018 approved the topics/themes of the

following as under:

a) Annual Essay Prize Competition 2018

i) Right to Public Services provided by the State Government – Comparative Study of State Laws and

need for a Parliamentary Enactment

ii) NPA in Banks Affecting the Development in India

iii) Urban Planning in India: Developing an Integrated Approach

b) Members’ Annual Conference 2018

i) Role of Digital Technology in Governance

c) Special Issue of IJPA (July-September, 2018)

d) Independent Regulatory Authorities in India: A Comparative Perspective

i) Special Issue of Lok Prashashan (Hindi Journal) (July-Dec, 2018)

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ANNUAL ESSAY PRIZE COMPETITION-2018

Entries are invited for the Annual Essay Prize Competition-2018. The value of the prize for the competition

will be as under:

First Prize Rs. 10,000/-

Second Prize Rs. 7,000/-

Third Prize Rs. 5,000/-

Any competitor who has received a prize on one occasion will not, on any subsequent occasion, be

eligible for an equivalent or lower prize. The joint authorship of essays shall not be allowed and any essay

with joint authorship shall not be considered for competition.


To be a great nation and a great people, you have to do great things. -Homer Hickam

The topics for the competition are:

i) Right to Public Services provided by the State Government – Comparative Study of State Laws and

need for a Parliamentary Enactment

ii) NPA in Banks Affecting the Development of India

iii) Urban Planning in India: Developing an Integrated Approach

The essay writers are expected to cover the following aspects in their respective entries:

Topic: Right to Public Services provided by the State Government – Comparative Study of State

Laws and need for a Parliamentary Enactment

The essay should mainly cover the following broad points:

Public service delivery is recognised as an important right of citizens in many parts of the world. In

India too, there has been a growing realisation that the credibility and legitimacy of the state depends on

its capacity to take care of its citizens. Efficient and effective public service delivery has been a significant

challenge for public sector organisations. Many initiatives have been taken by the government to increase

citizen satisfaction with service delivery. The adoption of citizen charter and public grievance redressal

system has been important steps in this direction. However, years of experience with these revealed that

because of lack of legal backing, these could not provide much relief to the citizens. Despite providing the

timelines and nodal officers responsible for implementation, citizen charter framework could not provide

assured service delivery in most cases.

Given the federal framework of India, the responsibility for service delivery is divided between the Central,

State and local governments. Many states have attempted to address the issue by enacting a right to public

service delivery legislation. Madhya Pradesh was the first State of India to have enacted the law giving public

service the status of right in 2010. The legislation specified the services and departments to be covered.

Timely delivery of specified services was mandatory, failing which punitive provisions were introduced. Many

other State, such as, Bihar, Delhi, Punjab, Rajasthan, Himachal Pradesh, Kerala, Uttarakhand, Haryana,

Uttar Pradesh, Odisha, Jharkhand, Maharashtra, West Bengal, Goa, etc., have since moved in that direction.

There are differences in the nomenclature as well as provisions of these various laws. Their effectiveness

in terms of implementation and outcomes has varied too. It is time to look at the state experiences and draw

lessons from the comparative picture to further improve the citizen experience of public service. Whether

these laws have made any meaningful difference to the state of the citizens, and whether there is a need

for similar or different initiatives at the Central level for improving the delivery of public services are some

of the questions that need to be examined.

Topic: NPA in Banks Affecting the Development of India

The essay should mainly cover the following broad points:

1. What are NPA’s? What has led to increasing NPAs in the Banking Sector?

This section should explain the concept of NPA’s and enumerate on how NPAs in India have increased

exponentially, particularly since 2014. Are the rising NPAs in the banking sector affecting credit off take? If

yes, how?

2. How to curb the problem of growing NPAs? The short and long-term measures that need to be

taken to tackle this problem.

This section should include what are the likely short and long-term steps that the government and

the banks need to undertake to curb this problem including review of NPAs, Insolvency and bankruptcy

code, role of the asset reconstruction company and focus on long term issues such as Improving credit

risk management, strengthen credit monitoring, address corporate governance issues in public sector

banks etc


Good governance requires working toward common ground. It isn't easy. -Pete Hoekstra

3. steps taken by RBI and Government in last few years to curb nPAs

The section should explain steps already taken by RBI and government such as provisioning for

stressed assets, re-capitalisation of banks, writing off bad debt etc. How effective have been these steps

so far and what are the likely implications of these steps?

4. How NPAs have affected the goal of faster and inclusive growth and development in the country.

And what does international experience with respect to NPAs tell us.

This section should focus on the need for a technologically advanced, transparent and efficient banking

system in a growing economy like India. The need of the hour it to evaluate the growth of NPAs in India

and carry out a comprehensive analysis of the existing policies and structures to ensure that India remains

on a high growth trajectory.

Conclusion

Policy recommendations to focus on strengthening banking sector regulation in the country and

undertake a comprehensive relook into the existing policies and structures to ensure that NPAs don’t

hamper growth and development of the economy.

Topic: Urban Planning in India: Developing an Integrated Approach

Participantsof essaywritingcompetitionare expectedtocoverthefollowingfivemajorheadings(approximate

wordcountmentionedin bracket).

I. Definition of an urban area (about 500 words)

The essay writer should be clear about the definition of urban area in India and in other countries. The

definition of urban area makes India appear less urbanised than China. Urban area definitions are to be

seen critically to suggest definition, which may be more acceptable in Indian context.

2. Evolution of urban planning and influence of western models for urban planning process in

India (about 1000 words)

Urban planning is as old as human settlement itself, and archaeologists have sufficient evidence to

establish urban planning prevailed in the Middle East and North Africa, Latin America, Asia and sub-Saharan

Africa. These human settlements started from the river valleys like Nileriver valley, Indus river valley,

Euphrates and Tigris river valley and Yellow river valley. These settlements have always been planned,

though may not always by governments or according to some set principles of planning.

Mohenjo-daro and Harappain Indus Valley civilization, 3500 BC, were well-planned and compact towns

with booming art and culture, spreading over other countries like Mesopotamia. Ancient India followed

strict rules and regulations of Hindu Shastras and Puranas till the Moghuls came and established towns

as per the Islamic culture. Important towns of ancient India were Pataliputra, Ayodhya, Hasthinapuram,

Rajagriha, Kanchipuram, etc. Towns of medieval period were Fatehpur Sikri, Shahjahanabad, Jaipur, etc.

Towns, which came up during British regime,were Madras, Bombay, Calcutta, Allahabad, Lahore,

Nagpur, etc.

With advent of Industrial Revolutionin Western Europe in 19th century, new ideas of urban planning

were shaping human settlements. The principles of renowned scholars, which influenced the modern urban

planning throughout the world, should be critically assessed to bring out the positive points. Work of a few

prominent philosophers like Sir Ebenezer Howard’s Garden City concept which continued to be popular

among Indian planners till late 20th century; Raymond Unwin’s for concept of Central City with Satellite

towns and communities in its periphery; C.A. Perry’s advocacy for neighbourhood unit model; Patrick

Geddes’ trinity of place, work and folk; LeCorbusier’s ideas in his work of architecture and planning and

Dr. C.A. Doxiads’ idea of interrelating man with his environment.

History of Urban Planning in India should be studied and summarised as few of these concepts


The road to the sacred leads through the secular.-Abraham Joshua Heschel

are still relevant and are over shadowing the western concepts being followed since colonial period.

History of Urban Planning in India should be studied and summarised as few of these concepts

are still relevant and are over shadowing the western concepts being followed since colonial period.

3. Effectiveness of western urban planning approaches for Urban India assessed (about 750 words)

Colonialism diffused or rather imposed these western urban planning systems in India and other

countries under colonial rule during 20th century.These systems were unavoidably based on certain

assumptions of the time and space, which often were not so effective and appropriate for colonial urban

India, where these western models were diligently followed. British colonial authorities introduced new urban

concept of racial spatial segregation while establishing new towns and also influenced the development

of existing ones in India. Trade dictated their focus to develop port cities like Madras, Bombay, Calcutta,

Karachi, Colombo, Singapore and Hong Kong. Effectives or ineffectiveness of these western models in

Indian urban areas during those time and at present need to be critically assessed in this section.

4. Characteristics and status of Master Plan of urban areas in India (about1000 words)

Modern Urban Planning being followed since 20th century is top-down process producing rigid end-state

plans like master/ development plans, which are usually mono-functional producing unproductive urban

environments. Master Plan is a statutory document having map-suggesting areas for various sland-uses.

Indian urban population are residing in 7935 towns and cities (Census 2011) of which only limited urban

areas have Master Plan or Development Plans. A Master Plan is essential for the planned development

of an urban area, as in its absence growth occurs in haphazard manner. It is observed that even in urban

areas with Master Plan, unauthorised and unplanned growth is rampant.

Since the beginning of 21 st century Master Plan approach has been criticised, especially for being

ineffective in cities experiencing rapid growth and the pressures of globalisation. Major drawback of Master

Plan approach being absence of resource component– finance, human and natural resources, which

resulted in its poor implementation. Further, the Master Plan approach was no longer compatible after

the 74th CAA, which widened the role of local government and also gave a platform to stakeholders in

decision-making. Need for new paradigm in context of holistic approach to be established in this section.

5. Recent changes in urban planning in India (about 1750 words)

The 21 stcentury saw the advent of IT revolution, wh ich has made possible to discard age-old

techniques of planning and adopt IT-enabled techniques for better and faster preparation of Master Plan.

For preparation of Master Plan, the Ministry of Urban Development (MoUD) rechristened as Ministry

of Housing and Urban Affairs (MoUHA), got Urban and Regional Development Plan Formulation and

Implementation (URDPFI) Guidelines prepared in 2014, which replaced the earlier Urban Development Plan

Formulation and Implementation (UDPFI) guidelines,1996.UDPFI guidelines were the reference document

for executives– professionals, administrators, etc., of the urban local bodies and other para statals of

small and medium towns and cities across the states. Keeping the latest guidelines into consideration,

assess whether the suggested approach is sufficient to address the urban issues comprehensively. Finally,

suggest a holistic approach to urban planning for India.

General Guidelines for the Essay

The essay should be in English or Hindi language. The length of an essay should be

approximately around 5000 words. An essay exceeding 5500 word limit shall not be accepted.

The contestant must indicate the total number of words of the essay, failing which it shall not be

accepted. All essays must be typed in double space on only one side of the paper and those entries

which do not adhere to the stipulation may be rejected. It should be submitted in triplicate under a

“nom-de-plume” or “alias”. The full name and address of the competitor should be mentioned on


Politicians often claim secrecy is necessary for good governance or national security. -Heather Brooke

a separate sheet and enclosed in a sealed envelope bearing the nom-de-plume on the outer cover

with the following inscription.

Annual Essay Prize Competition – 2018, Indian Institute of Public Administration, New Delhi

All essays should be sent to the Director, Indian Institute of Public Administration, Indraprastha Estate,

Ring Road, New Delhi-110002, by Registered Post, so as to reach him not later than August 31, 2018.

The envelope should be marked “Annual Essay Prize Competition – 2018”. The entries received after the

due date will not be entertained.

The essay will be adjudged by a body of judges and the decision of the judges shall be deemed final.

The institute reserves the right to -- not give away any award -- if none of the essays submitted meets the

necessary standard.Any essay which receives an award shall become the joint intellectual property of the

author and IIPA.

N.B. Intending competitors who wish to seek any further clarification may write to the Director,

Indian Institute of Public Administration, Indraprastha Estate, Ring Road, New Delhi-110002

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