This presentation is about Urban Development Policy and related programmes/ missions running in India. 'Public policy provides signals and sets the regulatory and institutional framework that influence the actions of all actors including private investors and consumers.', UN Conference on Climate Change 2021. This presentation brief about National Urban Policy Framework, 2018 and the talks about various policies running for various sectors int the year 2022, like the Economic sector, Housing sector, Transport sector, Infrastructure, Industry, Informal sector, Tourism, Environment and Climate Change.

1. Urban Development Policies & Programmes

2. Policy Definition
• ………….

3. Objectives and Process of Policy

4. National Urban Policy Framework,
2018
• ……….

5. Hierarchy and Sectors of Policy

6. Sector of Policies:
• National Policy on Skill Development
and Entrepreneurship, 2015
• DAY-NULM
• Aatmnirbhar Bharat Abhiyan
• Nai Manzil: Integrated education and
livelihood initiative for minority
communities

7. Aatm Nirbhar Bharat, 2020
• The swadeshi
movement was one
of India's most
successful pre-
independence
movements.
• Same concept have
been floating in
Five-Year Plans
from 1947 to 2014.
• Since 2014, various
versions were
introduced like
Make-in-India and
Vocal for Local.
• During pandemic
induced lockdown in
2020, India adapted
and popularly
adopted the idea of
self-reliance in 5
sectors.
Image
source:
indianconstitution.com

8. Sector of Policies:
• JNNURM
• National Urban Housing
and Habitat Policy
• PMAY-HFA (U)
• AMRUT
• Smart City Mission

9. National Urban Housing and Habitat
Policy, 2007 (NUHHP)
Need:
• By the end of 10th Five-Year Plan, a huge need & supply gap was estimated in
housing sector to be met in near future. Most gaps were anticipated from LIG and MIG
categories over & above the existing slum population which was more than ¼ of urban
population nation wide.
• With subsequent plans of affordable housing, access to basic services to the urban
poor was realised for decent habitation.
• Henceforth came National Housing Policy, 1994 (focused on ‘economics’), succeeded
by National Housing and Habitat Policy, 1998 (focused on ‘habitat,), and on-going
version of NUHHP was launched in 2007 (focused on ‘provision & facilitation’)
Programmes:
• NSDP National Slum Development Programme
• VAMBAY Valmiki Ambedkar Awas Yojana
• RAY Rajiv Awas Yojana
• TMHP Two Million Housing Programme
• JNNURM Jawaharlal Nehru National Urban & Renewal Mission

10. National Urban Housing and Habitat
Policy, 2007 (NUHHP)
Aim:
• Urban Planning
• Affordable Housing
• Increase flow of Funds
• Spatial Incentives
• Increase Supply of Land
• Special Provision for
SC/ST/OBC/Minorities/Disabled
• Special Provision for Women
• Employment Generation
• Public-Private Partnerships
• Management Information System
• Healthy Environment
Specific areas of action:
• Land
• Finance
• Legal and Regulatory Reforms
• Technology support and its transfer
• Infrastructure
• Sustainability Concerns
• Employment issues relating to the
Housing Sector
• Slum improvement and upgradation

11. National Urban Housing and Habitat
Policy, 2007 (NUHHP)
Old programmes ended;
RAY, JNNURM, VAMBAY, TMHP, NSDP
New programmes substituted;
PMAY-HFA Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana- Affordable Housing for All, 2021
AMRUT Atal Mission for Renewal and Urban Transformation, 2015
Model State Affordable Housing Policy, 2015:
NUHHP, 2007, envisaged that the States would prepare a State Urban Housing and
Habitat Policy and also a State Urban Housing & Habitat Action Plan. The policy
empowers the States to include passing of specific Acts by the States to achieve the
housing policy objectives through institutional, legal & regulatory reforms, fiscal
concessions, financial sector reforms and innovations in the area of resource
mobilization for housing and related infrastructure development including promotion of
cost effective building materials and technologies at the State level.

12. PMAY- Housing For All (U), 2021
• Vision is to curb urban housing
shortage among the EWS/LIG and
MIG categories including the slum
dwellers by ensuring a pucca house
to all eligible urban households by
the year 2022.
• Features comes with 5 goals………..
• Schemes/ components to achieve
mission
1. “In-situ” Slum Redevelopment
using land as resource
2. Promotion of Affordable Housing
through Credit Linked Subsidy
(CLSS)
3. Affordable Housing in Partnership
(AHP) with Public & Private
sectors
4. Subsidy for Beneficiary-Led
individual house construction
/enhancement.

13. PMAY- Affordable Rental Housing
Complexes (ARHCs)
Access to dignified affordable rental housing close to
their workplace is to be achieved by:
1. Utilizing existing Government funded vacant houses in
cities by converting them into ARHCs under Public
Private Partnership (PPP) mode or by Public agencies
as a Centrally Sponsored Scheme,
2. Construction, Operation and Maintenance of Affordable
Rental Housing Complexes by Public/ Private Entities
on their own available vacant land as a Central Sector
Scheme.
Principles and objectives:
i. To address the vision of ‘AatmaNirbhar Bharat
Abhiyan’ significantly by creating a sustainable
ecosystem of affordable rental housing solutions for
urban migrants/ poor.
ii. To achieve overall objective of “Housing for All”
encompassing the need of affordable rental housing
for urban migrants/ poor. ARHCs will provide them
dignified living with necessary civic amenities near
their place of work.
iii.To create a conducive environment by incentivizing
Public/ Private Entities to leverage investment for
creating affordable rental housing stock to take care of
their own requirements for workforce and also cater to
neighboring areas, if they have available vacant land.
Vision:

14. PMAY- GHTC and CLAP
• Global Housing Technology Challenge - India (GHTC-India) which aims to identify and
mainstream a basket of innovative construction technologies from across the globe for
housing construction sector that are sustainable, eco-friendly and disaster-resilient.
Light House Projects (LHP), shall mean a model housing project with approximate 1,000
houses built with shortlisted alternate technology suitable to the geo-climatic and hazard
conditions of the region. This will demonstrate and deliver ready to live houses with speed,
economy and with better quality of construction in a sustainable manner.
• CLSS Awas Portal (CLAP) is a web based monitoring system providing common
platform to all stakeholders i.e. MoHUA, Central Nodal Agencies, Primary Lending
Institutions, Beneficiaries and Citizens to integrate in real time environment. The portal
facilitates processing of applications along with tracking of subsidy status by
beneficiaries. CLSS tracker has also been incorporated in PMAY(U) mobile App and
UMANG platform.

15. Sector of Policies:
• National Transport Policy
• Scheme to Augment City Buses
& Urban Green Mobility
• PM Gati Shakti

16. National Urban Transport Policy,
2014
• ………….

17. National Urban Transport Policy,
2014
• ………….

18. Sector of Policies:
• National Heritage City
Development and Augmentation
Yojana (HRIDAY), 2015
• National Water Policy, 2012
• Jal Jeevan Mission, 2020
• Jal Shakti Abhiyan, 2021
• National Urban Sanitation Policy,
2016
• Swachh Bharat Abhiyan, 2014
• National Electricity Policy, 2005
• Draft National Electricity Policy,
2021
• National Education Policy, 2020
• National Health Policy, 2017

19. National Water Policy, 2012
Need for new NWP;
• Water insecurity and effects of Climate Change
• Issues related to water governance, inter & intra cities/ States
• Citizens behavior towards available water & resources
• Inter-govt issues hamper the optimal utilization of water resources
Contents of NWP 2012;
• Water Framework Law
• Uses of Water
• Adaptation to Climate Change
• Enhancing Water Available for Use
• Demand Management and Water Use Efficiency
• Water Pricing
• Conservation of River Corridors, Water Bodies And Infrastructure
• Project Planning And Implementation
• Management Of Flood & Drought
• Water Supply And Sanitation
• Institutional Arrangements
• Trans-boundary Rivers
• Database & Information System
• Research & Training Needs
National Water
Policy 1987
National Water
Policy 2002
National Water
Policy 2012

20. National Urban Sanitation Policy,
2016
• ………….

21. National Electricity Policy, 2005

22. National Education Policy, 2020
Aim;
To increase the Gross Enrolment Ratio in higher
education including vocational education from 26.3%
(2018) to 50% by 2035
Key Principles;
• The foundational pillars of this Policy are access,
equity, quality, affordability and accountability.
• It believes that the purpose of education is to develop
good human beings - capable of rational thought and
action, possessing compassion and empathy, courage
and resilience, scientific temper and creative
imagination, with sound ethical moorings and values.
• It aims at producing engaged, productive, and
contributing citizens for building an equitable, inclusive,
and plural society as envisaged by our Constitution
National
Education
Policies
NEP 1968
NEP 1986
NEP 1992
NEP 2016
NEP 2020

23. National Health Policy, 2017
Goals
The policy envisages as its goal the attainment of the highest possible
level of health and well-being for all at all ages and universal access to
good quality health care services
Key Policy Principles
1. Professionalism, Integrity and Ethics:
2. Equity and Affordability
3. Universality
4. Patient Centered & Quality of Care:
5. Accountability
6. Inclusive Partnerships:
7. Pluralism
8. Decentralised of decision making
9. Dynamism and Adaptiveness
Objectives
1. Progressively achieve Universal Health Coverage
2. Reinforcing trust in Public Health Care System:
3. Align the growth of private health care sector with public health goals

24. Sector of Policies:
Industrial Policy

25. Industrial Policy
National
Industrial
Policies
Industrial Policy
1948
Industrial Policy
Statement 1956
Industrial Policy
Statement 1977
Industrial Policy
1980
Industrial Policy
1991
The main objectives of the Industrial Policies of the
Government are;
i. to maintain a sustained growth in productivity;
ii. to enhance gainful employment;
iii. to achieve optimal utilisation of human
resources;
iv. to attain international competitiveness; and
v. to transform India into a major partner and
player in the global arena.
To achieve these objectives, the Policy focus is on
deregulating Indian industry; allowing freedom and
flexibility to the industry in responding to market
forces; and providing a policy regime that facilitates
and fosters growth.
Economic reforms initiated since 1991 envisages a
significantly bigger role for private initiatives.

26. Sector of Policies:
• National Policy on Urban Street
Vendors, 2009

27. National Policy on Urban Street
Vendors, 2009
NPUSV proposed three measures to manage
and organise street vendors,
1. Promulgate zoning laws for stationary street
vendors
2. Institute participatory TVCs
3. Promise some form of social security
measures for the street vendors
Three zonal catagories:

28. Sector of Policies:
• Draft National Tourism Policy,
2021
• Supportive schemes;
• Swadesh Darshan
• Adopt A Heritage
• Iconic Sites

29. National Tourism
Policy, 2021 (Draft)
Draft National Tourism Policy, 2021
Goal : The overall goal of the Policy is “to make India one of the top 5 destinations in the world in
terms of both, the international arrivals and international tourism receipts by 2030.”
Mission : “to create an enabling policy framework and strategic plan in partnership with Central,
State and Local Governments and Industry Stakeholders to improve framework conditions for
tourism in the Country, support tourism industries, strengthen tourism support functions and
develop various tourism sub sectors.”

30. Draft National Tourism Policy, 2021
Objectives:
1. To enhance the contribution of tourism in Indian
economy by increasing the visitation, stay and spend
2. To create jobs and entrepreneurial opportunities in
tourism sector and ensure supply of skilled work force
3. To enhance the competitiveness of tourism sector and
attract private sector investment
4. To preserve and enhance the cultural and natural
resources of the country
5. To ensure sustainable, responsible and inclusive
development of tourism in the country.
Key Guiding Principles:
1. To promote sustainable, responsible and inclusive
tourism
2. To promote digitalization, innovation and technology in
tourism sector
3. To follow a whole of Government approach
4. Private Sector led growth
5. To promote ‘Ek Bharat Shreshtha Bharat’
6. To follow a destination centric and tourist centric
approach
Highlighted missions in Policy;
1. National Green Tourism
Mission
2. National Digital Tourism
Mission
3. Tourism and Hospitality
Sector Skill Mission
4. National Mission on
Destination Management
Organisations (DMOs)
5. National Mission on Tourism
MSMEs

31. Sector of Policies:
• National Environment Policy, 2006
• National Action Plan on Climate
Change, 2021
• National Policy on Disaster
Management, 2009
• National Agroforestry Policy
• National policy on Biofuels

32. National Environment Policy, 2006
It’s a response to India’s national commitment to a
clean environment, mandated in the Constitution
in Articles 48 A and 51 A (g), (DPSP)
strengthened by judicial interpretation of
Article 21. It is recognized that the maintenance of
the Healthy environment is not the responsibility of
the state alone. It is the responsibility of every
Citizen and thus a spirit of partnership is to be
realized through the environment Management.
Objectives
1. Conservation of Critical Environmental
Resources
2. Intra-generational Equity: Livelihood Security for
the Poor
3. Inter-generational Equity
4. Integration of Environmental Concerns in
Economic and Social Development:
5. Efficiency in Environmental Resource Use
6. Environmental Governance
7. Enhancement of Resources for Environmental
Conservation

33. National Environment Policy, 2006
Principles:
1. Human Beings are at the Centre of
Sustainable Development Concerns:
2. Right to development must be fulfilled so as to
equitably meet developmental and
environmental needs of present and future
generations.
3. In order to achieve sustainable development,
environmental protection shall constitute an
integral part of the development process and
cannot be considered in isolation from it.
4. Where there are credible threats of serious or
irreversible damage to key environmental
resources, lack of full scientific certainty shall
not be used as a reason for postponing cost-
effective measures to prevent environmental
degradation.
5. In various public actions for environmental
conservation, economic efficiency would be
sought to be realized

34. National Policy on Disaster
Management, 2009
Vision:
To build a safe and disaster resilient India by developing a holistic, proactive, multi-disaster
oriented and technology driven strategy through a culture of prevention, mitigation,
preparedness and response.
Objectives:
• Promoting a culture of prevention, preparedness and resilience at all levels through
knowledge, innovation and education.
• Encouraging mitigation measures based on technology, traditional wisdom and
environmental sustainability.
• Mainstreaming disaster management into the developmental planning process.
• Establishing institutional and techno-legal frameworks to create an enabling regulatory
environment and a compliance regime.
• Ensuring efficiant mechanism for identification, assessment and monitoring of disaster
risks.
• Developing contemporary forecasting and early warning systems backed by responsive
and fail-safe communication with information technology support.
• Ensuring efficient response and relief with a caring approach towards the needs of the
vulnerable sections of the society.
• Undertaking reconstruction as an opportunity to build disaster resilient structures and
habitat for ensuring safer living.
• Promoting a productive and proactive partnership with the media for disaster management.