CONTENTS: 1. An Appreciation of Urban Poverty 1 Ramanath Jha, IAS Principal Secretary, Home (Transport and State Excise), Government of Maharastra 2. Urban Land Tenure 5 Ramanath Jha, IAS Principal Secretary, Home (Transport and State Excise), Government of Maharastra 3. Towards Alleviating Urban Poverty 21 Dr. (Prof.) Sneha Palnitkar Director, RCUES of AIILSG, Mumbai 4. Gender Budgeting in Urban Local Bodies 55 Nandini Y. Kapdi, IA & AS 5. Institutionalizing Community Participation in 67 Civic Governance: Building on Past Experiences Dr. Amita Bhide Reader, Tata Institute of Social Sciences, Mumabi 6. Health of the Urban Poor in India : 71 Current Scenario, Challenges and the Way Forward Siddharth Agarwal, S. Kaushik Executive Director, Urban Health Resouces Centre, New Delhi 7. Solid Waste Management, Urban Informal 75 Sector and the Urban Poor Dr. (Prof.) Sncha Palnitkar Director, AIILSG, Mumbai. 8. Development of Micro - Enterprises in Municipal Solid Waste Management 94 Mr. Ajitkumar-Jain,IAS, Former Sr. Advisor (SWM), AIILSG and Principal Secretary, Water Supply and Sanitation, Government of Maharshtra 9. Impact of Productive Loans in a Poor Urban Habitat in Mumbai 98 Dr. Sangita Kamdar Professor and Head, Department of Ecomomics, SVKM's NMIMS University, Mumbai 10. Urban Poverty & Micro Finance 113 NRCUP Research Team 11. 'SMILE' - A SHOP WITH A PURPOSE- an Innovative Partnership 146 between Pune Municipal Corporation and Sfuni Mahila Mandal, an NGO NRCUP Research Team