Managing Urbanisation
- Overview
- The Managing Urbanization (MU) Division provides data-based policy inputs for making India’s urbanization manageable, economically productive, environmentally appropriate, and equitable. It offers advice and policy guidance to key stakeholders involved in urban planning, development, and management. The Division engages with the Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs, State Governments as well as local governments in formulating policies, programmes, initiatives and reforms. It also collaborates with various national and international academic institutions, research organizations, development partners and eminent experts to advance the discussion towards making a long-term impact on policy approaches for managing urbanization.
- Core Functions
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- Analyzing and providing comments on various urban sector schemes, programmes, and projects through the appraisal of preliminary project reports; analyzing and providing comments for proposals under EFC and SFC; reviewing and commenting upon PIB/DIB memoranda and Cabinet Notes.
- Engaging with the Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs, State Governments as well as local governments on various issues, policies and schemes.
- Developing strategy papers on various thematic areas and factors that affect urban growth across settlements, infrastructural systems supporting them, and networks connecting them. These sectors, inter alia, include urban planning, housing, water supply, sewerage, solid waste management, urban transport, urban land policy, and so on.
- Conducting research with various organizations and development partners and holding discussions with eminent experts in the domains of urbanization, urban planning, management, etc.
- Line Ministries
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Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs
- Reports
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Title Download Economic Master Plan to Develop Surat City-Region as a Growth Hub by 2047 
Transition to Accrual Accounting Waste-Wise Cities: Best practices in municipal solid waste management Handbook on Sustainable Urban Plastic Waste Management Reforms in Urban Planning Capacity in India Annexure of Reforms in Urban Planning Capacity in India Faecal Sludge and Septage Management in Urban Areas: Service and Business Models TDR Guidelines for Implementation of TDR Tool for Achieving Urban Infrastructure Transition in India Preliminary Design Report, Ballari Recycled Water Treatment Plant Delivery Options and Model Document Report, Ballari Recycled Water Treatment Plant Feasibility Study Report: Recycled Water Treatment Plant - Projects
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- Developing city regions as Growth Hubs (G-Hub)
- Urban Reforms Agenda
- Small City Planning Initiative
- Hill City Regions Planning Initiative
- Affordable housing
- Urban & Regional Transport Governance
- Heritage Site developed to be growth drivers
- Who’s Who
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Name Designation Email ID Ms. Anna Roy Principal Economic Adviser annaroy[at]nic[dot]in Ms. Urmila Director b[dot]urmila[at]nic[dot]in Sh. Arunava Dey Research Officer dey[dot]arunava[at]gov[dot]in Sh. Anchal Saxena Consultant Grade I anchal[dot]saxena[at]niti[dot]gov[dot]in Sh. Kaustubh Srivastava Consultant Grade I kaustubh[dot]srivastava[at]nic[dot]in Sh. Akshat Thakore Consultant Grade I akshat[dot]thakore[at]niti[dot]gov[dot]in Sh. Maudood Karimi Consultant Grade I maudood[dot]ak[at]niti[dot]gov[dot]in Sh. Deepak Rana Young Professional deepak[dot]rana1994[at]niti[dot]gov[dot]in