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Map 9: Location of slums in vulnerable zones in Guwahati
5. Institutional Analysis
This section presents the overall institutional set-up that drives urban development in the cities in India. The sectors are divided into urban planning, environment and disaster management, and housing and infrastructure for ease
of understanding. The section also presents the corresponding institutions for Assam state and for Guwahati city. Table 10 provides an overview of the sector wise institutional setups.
5.1 Urban Planning
National level framework The function of development planning falls in the State List of the Constitution of India. The Ministry of Urban
Development MoUD is responsible for formulating national level policies and coordinates the activities of various nodal authorities related to urban development in the country. The Town and Country Planning Organization
TCPO functions as the technical wing of MoUD for Urban Planning and related activities.
The Model Town and Country Planning Act 1960 and the 74th Constitutional Amendment Act CAA 1992, recognizes the urban local governments as the third tier of the government in the country and provides for various
provisions for empowering the urban local bodies and advises the State government to devolve about 18 functions including urban planning to the urban local bodies. Several key provisions of the 74th CAA are still to be fully
implemented in most cases.
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The Urban Development and Plan Formulation and Implementation UDPFI Guidelines have also been formulated by the MoUD and provide guidelines that can be used by the ULB or Development Authority for
planning at city zonal neighbourhood level. MoUD and the Ministry of Housing and Urban Poverty Alleviation MoHUPA are jointly implementing a programme called Jawaharlal Nehru National Urban renewal Mission
JnNURM which provides financial assistance to the cities under two basic components; a Basic services to urban poor b Urban Infrastructure provision and Governance. Under this, City Development Plans have been prepared
for 65 selected cities.
The MoUD is also the nodal Ministry for implementation of the the National Mission on Sustainable Habitat NMSH of the National Action Plan on Climate Change NAPCC which focuses on planning for sustainable urban
development in the country, given the future risks and impacts associated with climate change.
State level framework The state line department for urban planning in Assam is the Directorate of Town and Country Planning
TCPD, which comes under the Urban Development Department UDD of Government of Assam. The other line departments under UDD are the Directorate of Municipal Administration MAD, Guwahati Development
Department GDD, Assam Urban Water Supply Sewerage Board AUWSSB and Assam State Housing Board ASHB which are responsible for development of housing in the urban areas of the state. The TCPD is responsible
for preparation of Master Plans for urban areas in the state.
Guwahati city At the city level municipal area, Guwahati Municipal Corporation GMC is responsible for governing, developing
and managing the city including grant of building permissions, provision and maintenance of urban infrastructure services. For areas that do not fall under jurisdiction of GMC in the Guwahati Metropolitan Area, the Guwahati
Metropolitan Development Authority is the nodal agency for Master Planning, planning and provision of services water supply, seweragedrainage facilities and infrastructure roads, street lighting, and Housing. However
Guwahati being the state capital, a nodal department for coordination urban planning and development activities in the city – Guwahati Development Department – has been constituted.
5.2 Housing and Infrastructure
National level framework As per the federal structure of governance in India, matters pertaining to housing have been assigned the
State Governments. The Ministry of Housing and Urban Poverty Alleviation MoHUPA is the apex authority to formulate national level policies. The National Urban Housing and Habitat Policy 2007, aims at providing
equitable and affordable access to land and shelter to the residents of the city, with cooperative action between diverse stakeholders. MoHUPA is also the nodal Ministry for implementation of the component on Basic Services
to Urban Poor BSUP under JnNURM and the Rajiv Awas Yojana RAY- a scheme that targets provision of low cost housing to the urban poor.
State level framework The Assam State Housing Board, is the nodal agency which takes up different Housing scheme, such as LIGH,
MIGH, HIGH, EWSH, LIGR, JHSGen, JHSSTP, JHSS.C., Rental Housing Scheme for Govt. Employee, Labour Qtrs. In Tea Garden etc. with the fund available from the State plan and borrowing fund from other financial
Institution like HUDCO, LICI and Bank for both Urban and Rural areas of the States.
Besides, separate entities like Assam Industrial Infrastructure Development Corporation, Central Government organisations also provide for housing in their jurisdiction area.
Guwahati city GDD is the administrative department of GMC and GMDA and also looks after the execution of various central
schemes on housing including BSUP, RAY through the JNNURM cell of the Guwahati Municipal Corporation. The
