Comparative Analysis of Training Efforts by Urban Local Bodies in Maharashtra

Introduction

The state government have been entrusted more responsibilities in the local bodies that pushes it to raise its powers and resources. The movement towards empowering the local bodies was already given in the past amendments in the Indian federal. There are many expected results in the settled training efforts for the urban local bodies such as the significant changes in the fiscal scenario in the economy.

Background and Problem Statement

The empowerment on the urban local bodies (ULBs), however, needs to clarify the functional and expenditure and the matching of the resources and with the justifiable utilization. The intention of the amendments centers in the state and local level which emphasized that the role of the state and its areas of intervention such as the training efforts should be well defined. The problem in the ULBs should be tackled in order to achieve the necessary training efforts that will suit to the present and future situation in Maharashtra. The training program attempts to understand the fiscal problems being faced by the government. However, what are the changes that occurred in the training programs of ULBs to ensure its effectiveness and satisfy their role in the Maharashtra?

Research Aim and Objectives

The main aim of the study is to compare and analyze the training efforts being held on ULBs in Maharashtra to emphasize the outcome. In order to facilitate the investigation, there are three objectives that need to be scrutinized. First is to investigate the training efforts founded in the last ten years for the ULBs in Maharashtra. Second is to identify the reasons on why the state of Maharashtra needs to improve the ULBs. And third is to recognize the design of the training, as well as its mechanisms and principles that may fulfill the objectives of ULBs.

Literature Review

The state of Maharashtra needs to look on the effective ways of improving the fiscal health, therefore, there are arranges designs for the intergovernmental transfers. Significantly, through the set efforts of the state, they recognized the growth for about 8%. The training efforts are identified to be coordinated with the process of evolution and the reality (Pethe & Lalvani, 2006). However, there are traced influences coming from the political bodies, same as the interaction between various levels of governments. Among the efforts of ULBSs in Maharashtra, there is variety of Acts resulted in their training: Bombay Municipal Corporation Act (1888); City of Nagpur Corporation Act (1948); Bombay Provincial Municipal Corporations Act (1949); and Maharashtra Municipal Councils, Nagar Panchayats and Industrial Townships Act (1965). However, it is identified that the ULBs have very limited autonomy in their revenues and hence the entire revenue-expenditure process are affected. In addition, the ULBs are also subject with the limited conventional sources. Therefore, the power of ULBs in Maharashtra is restricted and empowering the ULBs through training efforts should be settled (Pethe, & Lalvani, 2005). There are underlying principles of ULBs for training efforts. The projects implemented in the ULBs are expected to reap positives effects such as the improvement in the use of technologies and efficiencies in their work. The training efforts on the ULBs built the capacity and special skills among the people. The training efforts in the ULBs are expected to take effect in a short-run period that will emphasize the strong and weak points existed in the system of Maharashtra (Pethe & Lalvani, 2006b). In order to facilitate the effectiveness of the training efforts of ULBs, the sector are bound to adjust the budget borrowings to support the projects in the state like the infrastructure projects. The main reason on this action is to answer the weak financial position and lack of capacity of ULBs in preparing the projects recorded for the past years (Karnik & Karmarkar, 2001).

Methodology

The suggested method in the study is the use of secondary information that will focus on the training efforts being implemented in the ULBs, particularly in the state of Maharashtra. Through the help of the method, the study can understand the in-depth rationale and the center of action on ULBs in the state. Furthermore, the study can link the response of ULBs in the current conditions of the state. The use of state reports, case studies, investigative reports, and other contexts that focused in the ULBs are expected to give rise to the training efforts set before them. With that the study can give the necessary analysis on the training efforts of the ULBs and its effectiveness in the state.

References:

Karnik, A., & Karmarkar, D., (2001) Developing a Quantitative Framework for Determining Devolution of funds from the State Government to Local Bodies, Maharashtra State Finance Commission, Government of Maharashtra, (September), Accessed 28 July 2010, from http://www.mu.ac.in/arts/social_science/economics/pdf/pethe.pdf

Pethe, A., & Lalvani, M., (2005) A Comparative Study of Municipal Finances in Maharashtra: Patterns, Problems and Prospects, Urban India, 25(1), Accessed 28 July 2010, from http://www.mu.ac.in/arts/social_science/economics/pdf/wp16.pdf

Pethe, A., & Lalvani, M., (2006a) Fiscal Situation in Maharashtra: An Assessment, A Critique, and Some Policy Suggestion, Study Commissioned by NIPFP-World Bank (with Mala Lalvani) Journal of Indian School of Political Economy (JISPE), Vol. 17(3), Accessed 28 July 2010, from http://www.nipfp.org.in/working_paper/wp05_nipfp_028.pdf

Pethe, A., & Lalvani, M., (2006b) Towards Economic Empowerment of ULBSs in Maharashtra, Economic and Political Weekly of India (EPW), 41(7), Accessed 28 July 2010, from http://www.mu.ac.in/arts/social_science/economics/pdf/wp15.pdf