JNNURM - GANGAPEDIA

City Development Plan for Agra City in the state of Uttar Pradesh under JNNURM
10.6 STATUS OF MUNICIPAL E-GOVERNANCE
There is no system of e-governance in the Agra Nagar Nigam. For the purpose of property
tax collection, the Nagar Nigam had commissioned a consultant, which suggested various
property tax reforms along with e-governance for tax collection. However, the same has yet
to be implemented in the Corporation.
The usage of computers in the Corporation is presently limited to simple desktop publishing
and printing of birth and death certificates. We can therefore conclude that there is no egovernance
in the city.
10.7 STATUS OF IMPLEMENTATION OF 74TH CONSTITUTION
AMENDMENT ACT 1992
In terms of compliance to the 74th Constitution Amendment Act of 1992, the status of the
Agra Nagar Nigam is as under :
Functional Devolution - Incomplete
Reservation of Seats - Complied
Regular Conduct of Elections - Complied
Constitution of WCs - Yet to comply
Constitution of MPC - Yet to comply
Constitution of DPC - Yet to comply
Further, State Finance Commissions (SFCs) have been duly constituted and their reports
submitted. One can therefore conclude from the above that the Constitutional provisions
have only been partially implemented.
10.8 STATUS OF REFORMS UNDERTAKEN
In the municipal arena today, municipal reforms constitute broadly the following :
a) Introduction of double entry accounting system,
b) Full computerization of all accounting operations,
c) E-governance operations for a variety of service delivery activities,
d) Rationalized property tax administration,
e) Database development of all municipal owned / rented properties and
f) GIS mapping.
Interactive website development and electronic complaint redressal systems are other
reforms. As of date, no municipal reforms have been undertaken by the Agra Nagar Nigam.
However, at the state level, the Agra Nagar Nigams Act of 1959 has been duly amended, as
already discussed earlier. Further, at the state level, implementation of reform of Rent
Control Act and Urban Land Ceiling Act are other reforms which have been initiated.
10.9 IMPACT OF CURRENT SITUATION ON SERVICE DELIVERY
As already discussed earlier, the current situation of service delivery in the city is most
deplorable on account of the fact that none of the reforms have been implemented.
Moreover, since the city is a tourist city with a huge number of floating population, the need
for a robust civic infrastructure system is a crying need. Added to this, the city is also a home
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