CONTENTSCERTIFICATE i UNDERTAKING ii ACKNOWLEDGEMENT iii List of Figures vii List of Table viii List of Charts ix ABBREVIATIONS x EXECUTIVE SUMMARY xi 1 THE STUDY 1 1.1 Urban planning In India 4 1.2 Legal framework 7 1.2.1 Land acquisition act, 1894 7 1.2.2 The urban land ceiling and regulation act, 1976 7 1.2.3 Housing and Urban land Act, 1976 8 1.2.4 National housing and habitat policy, 1987 8 1.3 Issues with reservation land 9 1.4 Research question 10 1.4.1 Other research question 10 1.5 Need for study 10 1.6 Aim and objectives 11 1.6.1 Aim 11 1.7 Objectives 11 1.8 Methodology 11 1.8.1 Macro level analysis 12 1.8.2 Micro level analysis 12 1.8.3 Survey 12 1.9 Scope 12 1.10 Research design 13 2 ISSUE OF LAND FOR URBAN POOR 15 2.1 Issues related to urban poor 15 2.2 Land for Urban Poor 19 2.3 Security of Land Tenure 22 2.4 Urban poor: magnitude of the problem 24 2.5 Urban Land Tenure system 25 2.6 Patta Act in India 26 2.7 Slum on Public land 27 2.8 Housing for Urban Poor in India 27 2.9 National Urban and Housing Habitat Policy, 2007 28 2.10 Initiative taken by State Government 29 2.10.1 Andhra Pradesh: 29 2.10.2 Madhya Pradesh: 29 2.10.3 Maharashtra State Housing Policy 30 2.10.4 Inferences 30 CHAPTER 3 32 3 LAND RESERVATION IN TOWN PLANNING SCHEME 32 3.1 Concept of public purpose land 32 3.2 Evolution of Town planning scheme 37 3.3 Legislative history of TPS in Gujarat and Ahmedabad 38 3.4 Gujarat town planning and development act, 1976 39 3.4.1 Mechanism of TPS 40 3.5 Amendment in the Gujarat town planning act, 1976 44 3.6 Process of change for reserved land 45 3.7 Inferences 46 CHAPTER 4 47 4 CITY PROFILE 47 4.1 Ahmedabad city 47 4.2 Location and linkage 47 4.3 Growth and spatial pattern of the city 49 4.4 Administration 50 4.5 Demography 52 4.6 Economy 55 4.7 Land use 58 4.7.1 Inferences 59 CHAPTER 5 61 5 URBAN POOR IN AHMEDABAD 61 5.1 Demography of urban poor 61 5.2 Location of slums 63 5.2.1 Conditions of housing 70 5.2.2 Infrastructure facilities 71 5.3 Issue of urban land 72 5.3.1 Laws related to land in ahmedabad 72 5.4 Issue with land 72 5.4.1 Inferences 74 CHAPTER 6 75 6 S.E.W.S RESERVATION IN AHMEDABAD 75 6.1 T.P.S mechanism for reservation (S&EWS) 76 6.2 Scenario of reservation land 78 6.3 Scenario of S&EWS 80 6.4 Land inventory method analysis 85 6.5 Zone wise analysis 86 6.5.1 East zone 86 6.5.2 North zone 89 6.5.3 South Zone 90 6.6 Sanction of T.P.S 100 6.7 Conclusion 103 Chapter -7 104 7 RECOMMENDATIONS AND CONCLUSIOn 104 7.1 Issues 104 7.1.1 Inefficient land use management- 104 7.1.2 Organizational issue 106 7.1.3 Financial issues 106 7.1.4 Planning issues 107 7.1.5 Implementation issue 109 7.1.6 Land availability 109 7.2 Recommendation 110 7.2.1 Policy intervention 111 7.2.2 Project Development Benefit 111 7.2.3 Procedural streamlining 117 7.2.4 Financial Allocation and it's uses 117 7.3 Conclusion 117 ANNEXURE 119 Bibliography 134