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ond market for their urban renewable needs.
4) The size of the City Challenge Fund will be raised from the
present Rs. 500 crore.
5) At least ten Indian cities will be developed as Global Cities,
with world-class airports, efficient mass transportation systems, high
quality of social infrastructure, vibrant cultural life and a dynamic
environment for economic growth with strong global linkages.
6) The infrastructure and other urban renewal needs of Mumbai,
the country's commercial capital, will be addressed.
7) We recognize that municipal bodies have become the weakest link
in our system of governance. Also, the problems and needs of big cities
have become too complex to be handled in old ways. Therefore, the
NDA proposes to elevate municipal corporations in the ten proposed
Global Cities to the level of City Governments, within their respective
States. These would be vested with requisite financial, judicial,
planning, and law-enforcement powers. After evolving a political
consensus on this issue, necessary legislative and administrative
changes will be introduced.
8) At least twenty new cities and satellite towns will be
developed on completely futuristic lines.
9) An Urban Road Development Fund on the lines of the fund for
NHDP will be set up. This will fund two hundred flyovers a year in
smaller cities and big towns, as well as pedestrian subways and
widening of roads.
10) We shall create a state-facilitated, but privately funded and
implemented program of urban mass housing for lower and middle
classes.
11) The "Nirmal Bharat Abhiyan" program will be redesigned with
enlarged scope and enhanced resources to make our cities cleaner. It
will be turned into a people's campaign with strong government
support at all levels. Adequate number of community toilets, run on the
pay-and-use principle, will be constructed within three years in every
city. Efficient collection and productive utilization of garbage will be
made mandatory. Cities and neighborhoods that demonstrate success
stories will be suitably recognized.
Informal Sector
A National Policy for promotion of the Informal Sector will be
unveiled before the end of 2004. It will provide livelihood protection to
millions of people engaged in this sector, by freeing them from the
scourge of extortion and harassment. Legal recognition will be
accorded to entrepreneurs and self-employed people in the informal
sector and their assets, so that they can enter into contracts, avail
bank loans, benefit from various government schemes, and get better
market access for their products and services. These and other
measures will help them thrive in their myriad occupations, and create
more employment opportunities.
Self-help Groups
Self-Help Groups in India are already a big success story. Over 15 lakh
SHGs have been formed so far, providing bank-supported microfinance
to their members. Women's SHGs, under the "Swashakti"
program, have been particularly successful in increasing family incomes
of the rural and urban poor and in advancing the cause of women's
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