Janaagraha City Governance Awards: Indore wins Best Municipality Award

The second edition of the Janaagraha City Governance Awards was held online on Tuesday, presided by Minister for Housing and Urban Affairs, Mr Hardeep Singh Puri.

Delivering the keynote address, Mr Puri described how cooperative and competitive federalism are in-built into the design and execution of various schemes and missions. “My Ministry is clear that only a partnership between citizens, municipalities, states and MoHUA can deliver transformative urban change in this country. We have seen such a partnership in action, at scale, across hundreds of cities, in schemes like the Swachh Bharat Mission. In the next phase of urban development, we need to invest in building the capacities of municipalities as institutions of local self-government.  As part of Atmanirbhar Bharat, there is sharp focus on shoring up own revenues of municipalities through property tax and user charge reforms,” he said.

Here are the winners of the Janaagraha City Governance Awards:            

Best State

Winner – JAGA Mission, Department of Housing and Urban Development, Government of Odisha

First Runner-Up – Decentralisation of Plan Approvals, Urban Development Department, Government of Maharashtra

Second Runner-Up – Geo-spatial Mapping of Urban Properties, Commissioner and Director of Municipal Administration Department, Government of Telangana

Best Municipality

Winner – PPP Based Integrated Solid Waste Management, Indore Municipal Corporation

First Runner Up – My City Beautiful City, Thiruvananthapuram Municipal Corporation

Second Runner Up – GIS Based Property Tax Administration System, Raipur Municipal Corporation

Honourable Mention – Zero Waste Initiative, Kollam Municipal Corporation

Honourable Mention – Decentralised Solid Waste Management, Vellore Municipal Corporation

Honourable Mention – Decentralised Solid Waste Management, Petlad Municipality

Best Civic Agency

Winner – Piped Water Supply Scheme for all Urban Households, Public Health Engineering Organisation, Odisha

First Runner-Up – Municipal E-Governance Project, Punjab Municipal Infrastructure Development  Company

Second Runner-Up – Integrated Transport Management System, Navi Mumbai Municipal Transport

Honourable Mention – E-Platform and ERP System, Mussoorie Dehradun Development Authority

The Janaagraha City Governance Awards are instituted in the memory of Mr V Ramachandran, a doyen of decentralisation, to recognize ground-breaking work in decentralisation in urban context by institutions across government.

A recording of the Award ceremony is available here.