District Level Advisory and Monitoring Committees for planning and execution of urban development schemes
Q. Which of the following are the members of the newly setup District Level Advisory and Monitoring Committees for planning and execution of urban development schemes?
1) MPs
2) MLAs
3) District Collector- Published on 24 Jun 16a. 1, 3
b. 2, 3
c. 1, 2
d. All of the above
ANSWER: All of the above
- The Terms of Reference of the District Level Advisory and Monitoring Committees include - to promote effective citizen involvement, to review improvements in service level indicators like water supply, review progress of implementation of reforms with focus on e-governance and ease of sanctioning of construction permits, advise state and central governments regarding bottlenecks in implementation, suggest mid-course correction in implementation and facilitate coordination among various agencies.
- States/UTs will appoint the senior most Member of Parliament as the Chairperson of the Committee. Two more MPs, one each from Rajya Sabha and Lok Sabha will be the Co-chairpersons.
- All MLAs from respective districts representing the Urban Local Bodies, Mayors and Chairpersons of ULBs, Chairpersons and Chief Executives of Urban Development Authorities in districts, Commissioners and Chief Executive Officers of ULBs, senior most representatives of the Department of Public Health Engineering and senior most officials of para-statal bodies like water board, sewerage board will be the members of the District Level Advisory and Monitoring Committees.
- District Collector or Municipal Commissioner of metropolitan cities will be the Member Secretary.
