Financing cities in India : municipal reforms, fiscal accountability and urban infrastructure / Prasanna K. Mohanty.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Mohanty, P. K. (Prasanna Kumar), 1954- author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Municipal finance--India.

Municipal finance.

Municipal revenue--India.

Municipal revenue.

Local taxation--India.

Local taxation.

Municipal services--India.

Municipal services.

Municipal government--India.

Municipal government.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (329 pages) : illustrations, tables

Place of Publication:

New Delhi, India : Sage, 2016.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

How is management of municipal finances related to economic growth and productive employment in urban India? This book identifies Indian municipalities as among the weakest globally in terms of access to resources, revenue-raising capacity and fiscal autonomy. Advocating reforms in these sectors, it discusses the lack of clarity, consistency, adequacy and predictability in municipal taxation, user charging, inter-governmental transfers and development financing as key factors plaguing city finances. Topical and up-to-date, the book brings out the need to align particular types of revenues to particular categories of expenditure so that services can be delivered in a responsive, transparent and accountable manner.

Contents:

Overview

India's urban fiscal problem

A portfolio of municipal taxes

Taxation of urban land value

Reforming the property tax

User charges, benefit charges and fees

Inter-governmental transfers to municipalities

Development financing instruments

Value creation, capture and recycling

Financing cities in india: an agenda for reforms.

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

93-5150-874-9

93-5150-876-5