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Manual for Integrated District Planning 7.5 Explore the possibility of ‘intermediate consolidation’ or ‘cascading consolidation’ 7.5.1 In rural areas, the Panchayats are at three levels, organised as a hierarchy in some States, but not in others. Thus, different processes will have to be prescribed for these states. The question may also arise as to whether an intermediate consolidation process, say, between smaller municipalities and the local Panchayats cannot be provided for. Keeping these variations in mind, the processes of consolidation can be flexible. The basic idea is that the process should provide space for negotiation and the co-option of works by higher levels in the interest of efficiency and effectiveness in an atmosphere of trust and partnership. Higher level Panchayats have the advantages of scale which enables them to more efficiently undertake some tasks as compared to other levels of government below them. The Intermediate Panchayats should have a clear idea as to what are the draft plans of Village Panchayats, and similarly the District Panchayats would need to consider the approved plans of village and block Panchayats before finalising their plans. Therefore, instead of the DPC being the first forum where the exercise of consolidation is considered, a system of ‘cascading consolidation’ can also be put in place (See Box 71). Box 71: What is ‘cascading consolidation’? Cascading consolidation would mean that at several appropriate points in the planning process, the participants would pause and re-arrange works and projects of their own accord to different levels of government that are acting in concert, in the interest of efficiency. Such an exercise at the Intermediate Panchayat level would focus on three areas, as follows: (a) all Village Panchayats in the Intermediate Panchayat area would collectively identify those projects that for some or the other reason are better taken up collectively and list them separately; (b) the Intermediate Panchayat and the Village Panchayats would identify those projects that would be better implemented if entrusted to the Intermediate Panchayat; (c) The Municipal towns and other urban areas in the Intermediate Panchayat area would, in consultation with the Intermediate Panchayat, identify those projects that are best implemented by involving coordinated action by these bodies together. The option (c) of having an intermediate level consolidation of urban and rural plans at a Sub-District Planning Committee level, while being a novel idea, would have increasing value at a time when urbanisation is accelerating. While the dimension of swelling of large urban agglomerations is well known, a lesser-known dimension of urban growth is the expansion of district towns and taluk-level towns. A process of intermediate-level consolidation would throw up opportunities for urban-rural cooperation without it having to be initiated at the District Planning Committee level alone. 120
Manual for Integrated District Planning The system of intermediate consolidation suggested above will need to be patterned a little differently for those Intermediate Panchayats that are located in the district/block headquarters, or have large urban bodies at the sub-district level. In such cases, it is suggested that: (a) the municipality of the district headquarters would prepare its plan and send it to the District Planning Committee; (b) the Intermediate Panchayat could consolidate the plans of the Village Panchayats and municipal bodies that lie within its area; (c) the Intermediate Panchayat would also prepare its plan and send it either directly to the District Planning Committee or to the District Panchayat (both options are possible); (d) the District Panchayat would send its plan to the District Planning Committee; and (e) the District Panchayat could also send the consolidated Intermediate Panchayat plans to the District Planning Committee (See Box 72). For the above purposes of intermediate consolidation, the District Planning Committee will continue to play a major role as the district manager for providing a planning support framework down the line. It will be necessary to provide additional support at the intermediate level for a Block Planning Unit, as an extension of the District Planning Committee. Box 72 District Panchayat own plan DPC District HQs Urban Local Body District Panchayat Dist. HQ Intermediate Panchayat Other Intermediate Panchayats HQs Intermediate consolidation Moffussil urban local bodies 121
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