2. State
of
India’s
City-Systems

3. Urban Planning & Design
• Only Kolkata and
Delhi score
over 3/10
• Pune scores < 1.0;
does not have a
Metropolitan level
Spatial Plan

4. Urban Capacities & Resources
• No Indian city
scores >= 3/10
• NO
• MTFP
• powers to
incentivise staff
• staff adequacy
• Performance
management

5. Empowered and Legitimate Political
Representation
• Mayor can’t
appoint MC
• No disclosure of
related party
interests

6. Transparency, Accountability and
Participation
• No Open Data
• Audit and Accounts
a weak spot
• Citizen participation
nearly absent

7. What are the Critical Action
Points for Indian Cities?
• Adopt a synergistic and systems-based approach
across ALL four parts of the City-Systems framework
• Fix the bigger issues, but do not miss the details

8. Some Examples
• Jaipur has a directly elected Mayor with a five year term,
but has control over few functions, has per capita Capital
Spend of Rs 344 (approx. $ 8), lowest among ASICS cities.
• Mumbai and Delhi have relatively better institutional
capacities, but term of the Mayor is short, and with
limited powers.

9. The Global Benchmarks
New York London

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11. Voice of India’s Citizens (VOICE)
• What do city-residents think about Quality of Life in
their cities?
• What do they think about Quality of City-Systems in
their cities?
• Do they believe Quality of City-Systems impacts
Quality of Life?
• If so, are they willing to bear with short-term
inconveniences while their City-Systems are being fixed?

12. T H A N K Y O U !