CITY BUSINESS PLAN

City Business Plan for Muzaffarpur Municipal Corporation
Figure 1.1: Stages of CBP
CBP Final Report
Organisation of a Task Force meet to review the
draft CBP report
Preparation of a Final CBP report
Preparation of a city business catalogue
Collection and compilation of data from the
ULB, DIC, BIADA, Chamber of Commerce,
Agriculture Department etc.
Formation and meeting of a Task Force
chaired by the District Magistrate and
involving related CBP stakeholders for
review of progress and inputs vis-à-vis focus
areas of CBP as well as prioritising valuechains
2 on the basis of comparative advantage
and demand potential beyond limited local
demand as well as workforce participation
Study and compilation of an overview of the
city economy in each of the target cities
Study of economic sectors of each city and its
adjacent regions
Investment climate and business
competitiveness analysis
Study of alignment status with ongoing
Central and State Government programmes
Scrutiny of value chains and existing business
linkages of SMEs and micro enterprises
Scrutiny of circumstance vis-à-vis skill and
entrepreneurship training initiatives
Analysis of municipal approval systems; and
other DIC and BIADA related approval
systems as they apply to manufacturing and
service sector enterprises even within
municipal limits
Study of PPPs in investment opportunities;
study of municipal land as well as BIADA
land as manufacturing and also many service
sector enterprises are located in BIADA
estates; Study of City Development and
Investment Plans
Study of status of vendors
Preparation of the final CBP
incorporating comments from
Client.
Potential assessment and
preparation of draft CBPs
with intervention plan;
preparation of a business
catalogue
Status assessment “As is” of
parameters related to CBPs;
organisation of a Task Force
meeting to review and guide
CBP preparation
Project Initiation
Evolution and preparation of intervention
plan vis-à-vis:
Investment climate and business
competitiveness; and on critical (cluster) 1
value-chain interventions and business
linkages
Scope for alignment with ongoing Central
and State Government programmes and
schemes
Skill and entrepreneur training initiatives
Alignment with city development and
investment study (particularly vis-à-vis
“sectors” such as “Economy, trade and
commerce”)
Recommendations with respect to municipal
(and other related) approval systems
Recommendations upon municipal (and other
related) land auditing
PPPs in investment opportunities
Vendors
analysis
Submission of a Draft Report
Mobilisation and start-up
Meeting with SPUR-DFID and ULB officials;
Conduct of preliminary FGDs with ULB,
Chamber of Commerce, DIC, BIADA,
Polytechnic representatives and NGOs; and
individual consultative meets with
entrepreneurs in manufacturing and service
sectors and traders etc.
Basic identification of information sources in
the light of needs; preparation of information
check-list 3
Literature review 4
Finalisation of approach and methodology
Inception Report Submission
1
Cluster” refers to enterprise clusters of similar type of business activities (SPUR, 2010: City/Municipal business plan framework – Operations Manual, LED). The
Government of India considers clusters as manufacturing and service sector enterprises involved in similar type of activity agglomerated in one location such as a
district or taluka. Critical related and supporting enterprises involved in different value-chain activities are also considered part of a cluster.
2
Value-chains involve stakeholders in manufacturing and service sectors as well as in trading, retail and wholesale activities.
3
Annexure 1.1 presents the same and information was culled on this basis to the extent available/feasible. Annexure 1.2 presents a questionnaire schedule which
served more as a discussion format over FGDs and individual consultations with value-chain stakeholders.
4
City Development Plan; “Understanding the urban street vending sector: A socio economic study across 28 cities in Bihar”, SPUR DFID study, 2010; Bihar Municipal
Act (BMA), 2007; Applicable building bye-laws and zoning regulations; Industrial and investment policy of Bihar; ADB, 2010: “Competitive Cities”, Asian Development
Bank, Manila; M.E. Porter, 1988. “Clusters and the new economics of competition”, Harvard Business Review, Harvard University; SPUR, 2010. “Local Economic
Development”; other relevant documents.
Final Report
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