CONTENTS Foreword i Acknowledgment. iii Executive Summary iv 1 City Cluster Economic Development in India 1 Background to the CCED Project 1 The City Cluster Economic Development (CCED) Project 2 1.3 Methodology of the Study on CCED in India 3 1.4 Importance of the CCED for Development of Indian Cities 4 2Content and Presentation of the Report 4 Urban Growth and Economic Development in India 6 2.1 Urban Led Growth and Development in India 6 2.2 Strategic Planning Framework of Indian Cities 6 2.3 New Initiatives in Urban Planning and Development 7 2.4 Financing of City Infrastructure and Public Private Partnership (PPP) 8 2.4.1Public Private Partnership (PPP) in Urban Infrastructure 10 2.5 Issues facing the Economic Development of Indian Cities. 10 3 The Competitiveness of Indian Cities 12 3.1 The International Focus on the competitiveness of Cities 12 3.2 The Competitiveness of Cities 12 3.3 Recent Studies on the Competitiveness of Indian Cities 13 3.3.1 India: City Competitiveness 13 3.3.2 Dynamic City-Regions in India 14 3.4 Evaluating the Competitiveness of Indian Cities 16 3.4.1Methodology for Assessing the Competitiveness of Indian Cities 16 3.4.2 City Competitiveness and Ranking 17 3.4.3 Methodology of Data Collection & Processing 23 3.5 Key Observations on Ranking of Cities 23 3.6 Improving the Competitiveness of Indian cities 25 4 Analysis of the Competitiveness of National Capital Region- Background 26 4.1 Economic Development Policy and Planning Process 26 4.2 Planning process- National Capital Territory (NCT) 26 4.3 Development Policies 27 4.3.1 Environment Policy 27 4.3.2 Industrial Policy 27 4.3.3 Key Strategies and Plans 27 4.3.4 Administrative Set up 28 4.3.5 Financing of Activities 28 4.4 Delhi Metropolitan Towns 28 4.4.1 Location 28 4.4.2 Gurgaon, Sonepat and Faridabad 29 4.4.3 NOIDA, Greater NOIDA and Ghaziabad30 4.4.4 Industrial Policies of Uttar Pradesh Government - Ghaziabad and Noida 31 4.5 Economic and Industrial Development in Central National Capital Region 32 4.5.1 Demographic Profile 32 4.6 Enterprise Composition and Growth Trends in CNCR 33 4.6.1 National Capital Territory: Growth Patterns 33 4.6.2 Employment under different economic activities 35 4.6.3 Structural Changes in the Economy 38 4.6.4 Location factors and industrial activities 39 4.6.5 Demand factors .41 4.7 Manufacturing base of NCT 43 4.7.1 Manufacturing Locations 43 4.7.2 Planned Industrial Areas 43 4.7.3 Unplanned Industrial Areas 45 4.7.4 Important industrial Estates Mayapuri 45 4.7.5 Household Industries 45 4.8 Other CNCR towns 45 4.8.1 Gurgaon 45 4.8.2 Faridabad 46 4.8.3 Sonipat 47 4.8.4 Ghaziabad 48 4.8.5 Noida 49 4.9 Analysis of Economic Activities in CNCR 50 4.10 Employment Trends of the NCR Towns 50 4.11 Analysis of Manufacturing Activities in CNCR 55 4.12 Technology and clusters 57 4.13 Emerging City Clusters in CNCR 57 5 CCED Study of the three Clusters in the NCR 58 5.1 The Readymade Garments Cluster- Okhla, Delhi 59 5.1.1 International Scenario 59 5.1.2 National Scenario 60 5.1.3 Apparel Manufacturing in NCR 60 5.1.4 Delhi Textile (RMG) Cluster 61 5.1.5 Related and supporting industries 63 5.1.6 Firm's Strategy, Structure and Rivalry 64 5.1.7 Role of Government 65 5.1.8 Social Capital in the Cluster 65 5.1.9 Industry Structure Analysis 66 5.1.10 Diamond Model Exercise 66 5.1.11 Future Requirements 67 5.1.12 Action Plan for the RMG Cluster 68 5.2 Light Engineering Cluster- Faridabad 74 5.2.1 National Scenario 74 5.2.2 Light engineering in NCR 75 5.2.3 Faridabad Light Engineering Cluster 75 5.2.4 Related and Supporting Industries .78 5.2.5 Firm's Strategy, Structure and Rivalry 78 5.2.6 Diamond Model Exercise 79 5.2.7 Action Plan for the Light Engineering Cluster 80 5.3 Auto Component Cluster-Gurgaon 84 5.3.1 National Scenario .85 5.3.2 Auto Components in NCR 85 5.3.3 Gurgaon Auto Parts Cluster 86 5.3.4 Strategy and Nature of Rivalry 89 5.3.5 Related and Supporting Industries 89 5.3.6 Diamond Model Exercise 90 5.3.7 Action Plan for the Auto Component Cluster 90 6 Conclusion and Way Forward 94