Event: Workshop on Municipal Licenses and Registering Property
Organized by:
- National Institute of Urban Affairs
Date: 19 August 2008
Venue: Conference Room, NIUA, New Delhi
The
National Institute of Urban Affairs (NIUA) is carrying out a study on
Doing Business in Indian cities with a focus on Construction Licenses and
Registration of Property sponsored by the
Department
of Industrial Policy & Promotion (DIPP), Ministry of Commerce &
Industry. Under
the study, NIUA is preparing guidelines for model system of procedures for
the two parameters. Both the
subjects are reforms under Jawaharlal Nehru National Urban Renewal Mission
(JNNURM) Program of the Ministry of Urban Development.
A
workshop on the subject was organized at NIUA on August 19.
It was chaired by Shri Ajay Shankar, Secretary,
DIPP and participated by about 30
persons representing MoUD, DIPP, World Bank, National Capital Region Planning
Board, State 
Governments, Municipal Corporations, research organizations
and other professional organizations.
Prof.
Chetan Vaidya welcomed the participants and Dr. Rajat
Kumar, Director, DIPP gave a brief background of the study.
Dr. Debolina Kundu, made a brief presentation on the methodology and findings of the study. Extensive discussions took place regarding the methodology, need for improving building bye-laws and property registration system in urban India. The study will provide important inputs to Doing Business Report of the World Bank.