Tamil Nadu Urban Infrastructure Financial Services ... - Municipal
Tamil Nadu Urban Infrastructure Financial Services ... - Municipal
Tamil Nadu Urban Infrastructure Financial Services ... - Municipal
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5. <strong>Urban</strong> governance and management<br />
5.1 Policy oversight and institutional framework – State level<br />
The governance of urban local bodies assumes importance with the adoption of 74th Constitutional<br />
Amendment Act. The Act proposes mandatory elections and greater devolution of functions to the<br />
urban local bodies including Town Corporations. The enactment of the 74th CAA provides an entirely<br />
new framework for the governance of the <strong>Urban</strong> Local Body. The Act provides for mandatory<br />
elections and a substantially larger devolution of functions to the ULBs, including several new areas<br />
hitherto not under their control. The <strong>Tamil</strong> <strong>Nadu</strong> District <strong>Municipal</strong>ities Act (1920) governs the<br />
management of <strong>Municipal</strong>ity and Town Panchayats of <strong>Tamil</strong> <strong>Nadu</strong>. An amendment to the<br />
<strong>Municipal</strong>ities Act (1920) was made in 2003 to provide impetus for environment improvement<br />
through Rain Water Harvesting.<br />
The <strong>Urban</strong> sector in <strong>Tamil</strong> <strong>Nadu</strong> comes under the oversight of the Department of <strong>Municipal</strong><br />
Administration and Water Supply, Government of <strong>Tamil</strong> <strong>Nadu</strong> (MAWS). The institutional structure<br />
for the urban sector is presented in Exhibit 5.1 below:<br />
Parastatal<br />
agencies<br />
Exhibit 5.1 <strong>Urban</strong> sector - Institutional framework - State Level<br />
Government of <strong>Tamil</strong> <strong>Nadu</strong> (GoTN)<br />
Department of <strong>Municipal</strong> Administration and Water Supply (MAWS)<br />
Directorate of Town<br />
Panchayats (DTP)<br />
• <strong>Tamil</strong> <strong>Nadu</strong> Water and<br />
Drainage Board (TWAD)<br />
• Chennai Metro water Supply<br />
and Sewerage Board<br />
(CMWSSB)<br />
Commissioner of <strong>Municipal</strong><br />
Administration (CMA)<br />
• 5 Corporations and 152<br />
municipalities under CMA<br />
• 561 Town Panchayats<br />
under DTP<br />
Source : Policy Notes, MAWS. Government of <strong>Tamil</strong> <strong>Nadu</strong>, IMaCS analysis<br />
Chennai<br />
Corporation<br />
Financing<br />
Intermediaries<br />
• TNUIFSL / TNUDF<br />
• <strong>Tamil</strong> <strong>Nadu</strong> <strong>Urban</strong><br />
Finance and <strong>Infrastructure</strong><br />
Development Corporation<br />
(TUFIDCO)<br />
The department of <strong>Municipal</strong> Administration and Water Supply administers <strong>Urban</strong> Local Bodies and<br />
also implements development programs for the <strong>Urban</strong> Local Bodies in the State. The department is<br />
also responsible for planning and implementing water supply and under ground sewerage schemes in<br />
both rural and urban areas in the State.<br />
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