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December 2024

Delay in local body elections weakens grassroots democracy

29 December 2024 | The Week

Area sabhas remain defunct in Coimbatore

17 December 2024 | Times of India

How to clean up India’s filthy cities

17 December 2024 | The Economist

Tepid demand for urban infra fund for tier-2 and tier-3 cities

16 December 2024 | Hindustan Times

November 2024

‘जनागृह’ के सम्मेलन में शहरों के हालात को संवारनेर की दिशा में नीति-निर्माताओं ने अनुभव साझा किए

22 नवंबर 2024 | युग प्रदेश

नीति आयोग के उपाध्यक्ष ने कहा- ध्यानाकर्षण के लिए जूझ रहे शहर

21 नवंबर 2024 | दैनिक जागरण

स्थित संगठन “जनागृह “ने विस्तारित योजना प्रस्तुत की

21 नवंबर 2024 | युग प्रदेश

शहरी नीतियां क्षेत्र आधारित हों, देशव्यापी नहीं: जनाग्रह

20 नवंबर 2024 | दैनिक जागरण

Tamil Nadu has highest number of women councillors: report

19 November 2024 | The Hindu

Delayed election in urban local bodies hurts citizen participation, says survey report

19 November 2024 | Deccan Herald

The elections you rarely read about…

16 November 2024 | Times of India

What is ailing urban local bodies in 18 states: CAG flags 42% resource-expenditure gap, 37% staff vacancy

16 November 2024 | Indian Express

Cash-starved civic bodies struggle to take up public works; generate only 32% revenue from own sources: CAG

15 November 2024 | Times of India

Civic bodies lack powers, fund to perform basic municipal tasks: CAG audits

14 November 2024 | Hindustan Times

Over 30 yrs after 74th Amendment, CAG flags ‘weak compliance’ with law empowering urban local bodies

14 November 2024 | The Print

कैग की रिपोर्ट: शहरों के पास न पैसा, न योजना; 18 राज्यों में 74वें संविधान संशोधन के क्रियावन्यन का किया आंकलन

13 नवंबर 2024 | दैनिक जागरण

‘Bengaluru Metropolitan Planning Committee met just 3 times since 2016’: CAG audit slams Karnataka’s slow progress on local governance

12 November 2024 | Indian Express

October 2024

Municipal bonds herald way for public amenities

25 October 2024 | Hindustan Times

September 2024

Report exposes critical shortcomings in Karnataka’s urban governance, urges action on participatory democracy

2 September 2024 | The indian Express

Average delay of 22 months in Karnataka civic polls, Bengaluru without city council for 4 yrs

2 September 2024 | The Print

Local governance not in good shape in Karnataka

2 September 2024 | Bengaluru Mirror

22-month average delay in civic polls in 11 cities in K’taka: Report

2 September 2024 | Times of India

ಸ್ಥಳೀಯ ಸಂಸ್ಥೆ ಆಡಳಿತದಲ್ಲಿ ಪಾರದರ್ಶಕತೆ ಇಲ್ಲ: ವರದಿ

1 ಸೆಪ್ಟೆಂಬರ್ 2024 | ಪ್ರಜಾವಾಣಿ

ರಾಜ್ಯದ ಶೇ.39 ಜನರು ಪಟ್ಟಣದಲ್ಲಿ ವಾಸ!

1 ಸೆಪ್ಟೆಂಬರ್ 2024 | ಉದಯವಾಣಿ

ಸ್ಥಳೀಯ ಸಂಸ್ಥೆ ಆಡಳಿತ ವ್ಯವಸ್ಥೆ ಸುಧಾರಣೆ ಕುರಿತು ಜನಾಗ್ರಹ ವರದಿ ಬಿಡುಗಡೆ

1 ಸೆಪ್ಟೆಂಬರ್ 2024 | ವಿಜಯ ಕರ್ನಾಟಕ

Report finds serious lapses in urban governance in Karnataka cities, recommends reforms

1 September 2024 | Deccan Herald

City corporations in Karnataka do not have full control over 15 of the 18 municipal functions, finds study

1 September 2024 | The Hindu

August 2024

ಬೆಂಗಳೂರಿನ ಕಥೆ: ದುಂಡುಮೇಜಿನ ಸಭೆ

27 ಆಗಸ್ಟ್ 2024 | ಪ್ರಜಾವಾಣಿ

सुमन बेरी ने गोलमेज चर्चा का नेतृत्व किया

27 अगस्त 2024 | युग प्रदेश

Janaagraha hosts roundtable discussion led by NITI Aayog vice chairperson on Bengaluru

27 August 2024 | The Hindu

बेंगलुरु के विकास पर गोलमेज बैठक का आयोजन, नीति आयोग के उपाध्यक्ष भी हुए शामिल

26 अगस्त 2024 | Oneindia

Two Greater Bengaluru Governance Bills: Which one works better?

11 August 2024 | South first

Greater Bengaluru Governance Bill 2024 — Hits and misses

9 August 2024 | Bengaluru Mirror

Greater B’luru Governance Bill limited in scope: Report

9 August 2024 | The New Indian Express

New urban governance bill in Bengaluru faces criticism, takes away citizen power says analysis

9 August 2024 | Mongabay

ಗ್ರೇಟರ್ ಬೆಂಗಳೂರು 3.5 ಅಂಕ

9 ಆಗಸ್ಟ್ 2024 | ವಿಜಯ ಕರ್ನಾಟಕ

ಪ್ರಗತಿಪರ ಅಂಶಗಳಿಲ್ಲದ ಗ್ರೇಟ‌ರ್ ಬೆಂಗಳೂರು ಮಸೂದೆ: ಜನಾಗ್ರ

9 ಆಗಸ್ಟ್ 2024 | ಉದಯವಾಣಿ

Greater Bengaluru Governance Bill, 2024, scores only slightly better than BBMP Act, 2020: Study

8 August 2024 | The Hindu

Greater Bengaluru Governance Bill: 8 Reasons It Could Push India’s IT Hub ‘Backwards’ – Report

8 August 2024 | Times now

For Bengaluru to be able to deliver a good quality of life to its citizens, it needs to have legislation that caters to the 21st century opportunities and challenges.

8 August 2024 | Property world global

Greater Bengaluru Governance Bill 2024 will only take city backwards’, claims study

8 August 2024 | Indian Express

Op-ed

The missing spotlight on urban local government polls

Santosh Nargund & Maansi Verma | 13 December 2024 | The Hindu

Delhi, Bengaluru, Chennai and beyond — what Indian cities can do to cope with floods

Karthik Seshan | 19 September 2024 | Indian Express

ಚರ್ಚೆ: ಬೆಂಗಳೂರಿನ ಆಡಳಿತ ಸುಧಾರಣೆಗೆ ಬಿಬಿಸಿ ಜಿಬಿಜಿ ಮಸೂದೆಯೇ ಸೂಕ್ತ

ಶ್ರೀಕಾಂತ್ ವಿಶ್ವನಾಥನ್ | 14 ಸೆಪ್ಟೆಂಬರ್ 2024 | ಪ್ರಜಾವಾಣಿ

Moving the spotlight to grassroots democracy

Srikanth Viswanathan & Santosh Nargund| 30 August 2024 | The Hindu

Save NPS from being pensioned off

Kesavan Srinivasan | 15 August 2024 | Deccan Herald

What India’s cities should expect from the Union Budget 2024-25

Srikanth Viswanathan | 22 July 2024 | Forbes India

Why our large cities need metropolitan governance

Srikanth Viswanathan & VR Vachana| 18 July 2024 | Hindustan times

Local government reforms can create a new vision for India’s cities of the future

Srikanth Viswanathan | 17 July 2024 | Live Mint

Guarantee Nagar Swaraj to redeem India’s cities

Santosh Nargund | 15 July 2024 | Deccan Herald

Women leaders in public finance, gender-responsive budgeting leads to better gender outcomes

Apula Singh | 3 July 2024 | Hindustan times

Every road in every neighbourhood in every city in India needs to be a ‘janpath’

Srikanth Viswanathan & Nithya Ramesh | 2 July 2024 | Indian Express

The three part series on 16th finance commission

Srikanth Viswanathan & Kesavan Srinivasan | 25 June 2024 | Live Mint

Reboot Governance

Santosh Nargund | 22 June 2024 | Deccan Herald

Is it time to reimagine the 74th Constitutional Amendment Act?

VR Vachana | 1 June 2024 | Hindustan times