Mumbai: When we think of growth, we must think inclusive growth. The model to follow is PPPP – People Public Private Partnership where people have to be central partners in urbanization for cities to grow economically and drive the growth of the nation, said Mr. Arun Maira, Member, Planning Commission of India in his address at the Plenary Session on ‘Economic Growth – Imperative and Challenges of Urbanization’ at The Partnership Summit 2011 organized by Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) in collaboration with the Department of Industrial Policy & Promotion, Government of India and the Government of Maharashtra.
Finding better ways in which people can collaborate is the way forward. The need is for innovation in business models and institutional models that allow working together to make things happen, said Mr Maira. Warning against straightjacket measures in solving problems of cities, Mr. Maira said that a master-plan idea is no longer practical as cities are organic entities that grow in their own way and discover where they need to grow. So a plan that cannot be changed is not ideal for cities and innovation comes by letting people find solutions, he added.
Mr M C Singhi, Senior Economic Advisor, Department of Industrial Policy & Promotion, Ministry of Commerce & Industry, Government of India in his address said that while urbanization puts pressure on its limited resources, the existing cities need to be taken care of in terms of development in addition to focus on growing new cities.
Mr Taleen Kumar, Joint Secretary, Department of Industrial Policy & Promotion in his address said that Urbanization would be the defining feature of India’s growth in the next decade. Policies are needed to facilitate urbanization as cities are not just about higher income but also funding infrastructure as 80-85% of tax revenues are generated in cities. Rural population adjoining cities also benefit because they enjoy improved access to jobs markets, urban infrastructure etc., he added.
Ms. Isabelle Milbert, Professor, The Graduate Institute of Development Studies, Geneva speaking at the Plenary Session highlighted both the opportunities and threats that cities present. Cities present a full range of social and ecological questions with the urban centers in different parts of the world growing their own problems. But solutions exist and there is an opportunity to work together and benefit from the best practices of other cities, she added.
Mr. Jai Sinha, Managing Director - Booz & Company (India) Ltd., speaking at the session said that 30 years ago it was said that India lives in villages but 30 years from now the reverse would be the case. Indian urbanization presents a unique set of challenges. Mumbai is ten times as dense as New York. However there are successful models worldwide of intelligent urbanization which has three things in common: they are economically viable, socially equitable and environmentally sustainable, he alluded.
Moderating the Plenary Session, Mr. Vinayak Chatterjee, Chairman, CII Urbanisation & Future Cities Council and Chairman - Feedback Ventures Pvt. Ltd., said that while India has 600,000 villages, it also has 5,545 urban conglomerates each of which comes with problems of their own such as funding their growth, good governance, planning, developmental issues, transportation, state-centre intervention.
Finding better ways in which people can collaborate is the way forward. The need is for innovation in business models and institutional models that allow working together to make things happen, said Mr Maira. Warning against straightjacket measures in solving problems of cities, Mr. Maira said that a master-plan idea is no longer practical as cities are organic entities that grow in their own way and discover where they need to grow. So a plan that cannot be changed is not ideal for cities and innovation comes by letting people find solutions, he added.
Mr M C Singhi, Senior Economic Advisor, Department of Industrial Policy & Promotion, Ministry of Commerce & Industry, Government of India in his address said that while urbanization puts pressure on its limited resources, the existing cities need to be taken care of in terms of development in addition to focus on growing new cities.
Mr Taleen Kumar, Joint Secretary, Department of Industrial Policy & Promotion in his address said that Urbanization would be the defining feature of India’s growth in the next decade. Policies are needed to facilitate urbanization as cities are not just about higher income but also funding infrastructure as 80-85% of tax revenues are generated in cities. Rural population adjoining cities also benefit because they enjoy improved access to jobs markets, urban infrastructure etc., he added.
Ms. Isabelle Milbert, Professor, The Graduate Institute of Development Studies, Geneva speaking at the Plenary Session highlighted both the opportunities and threats that cities present. Cities present a full range of social and ecological questions with the urban centers in different parts of the world growing their own problems. But solutions exist and there is an opportunity to work together and benefit from the best practices of other cities, she added.
Mr. Jai Sinha, Managing Director - Booz & Company (India) Ltd., speaking at the session said that 30 years ago it was said that India lives in villages but 30 years from now the reverse would be the case. Indian urbanization presents a unique set of challenges. Mumbai is ten times as dense as New York. However there are successful models worldwide of intelligent urbanization which has three things in common: they are economically viable, socially equitable and environmentally sustainable, he alluded.
Moderating the Plenary Session, Mr. Vinayak Chatterjee, Chairman, CII Urbanisation & Future Cities Council and Chairman - Feedback Ventures Pvt. Ltd., said that while India has 600,000 villages, it also has 5,545 urban conglomerates each of which comes with problems of their own such as funding their growth, good governance, planning, developmental issues, transportation, state-centre intervention.
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