TY - BOOK AU - Subareesh, Suresh (PP0007217) AU - Bandyopadhyay, Saswat (Guide) TI - India's roadmap in attaining SDGs ; financing strategies for making cities sustainable (Also available on CD) U1 - P TH-2395 PY - 2019/// N1 - Contents Undertaking i Certificate iii Acknowledgments vii Abstract ix Table of contents xii List of figures xvi Abbreviations xviii 1 Introduction 13 1.1 Context 13 1.2 SDGs vs MDGs 14 1.3 SDGs and Indian Cities 15 1.4 The Need for Research 18 1.5 Aim and Objective 18 1.5.1 Objectives 18 1.6 Methodology 19 1.6.1 Objective 1: To critically review and understand the SDG Baseline index by NITI Aayog GoI 19 1.6.2 Objective 2: To Understand various norms that try and define the term “Financial sustainability“ 19 1.6.3 Objective 3: A critique of how financing of cities and urban infrastructure has happened in the past – Review of past missions and Learnings 19 1.6.4 Objective 4: Listing of financial strategies that would help in transforming the Indian cities 19 1.7 Limitation to the Assessment 20 2 Literature Review 22 2.1 India and the SDGs 22 2.1.1 NITI Aayog, 23 2.1.2 Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation (MoSPI)23 2.1.3 States and Union Territories 24 2.2 Introducing the SDG baseline Index 2018 24 2.3 Composite SDG Index Score, 2018 25 2.4 Advantages of the SDG baseline Index 2018 26 2.5 Limitations and Critique of the SDG baseline Index 2018 27 2.6 Summary of the SDG Index 30 2.7 localization of urban goals and financial strategies 31 2.8 Diagnosis of the City Prosperity Initiative Tool 32 3 Goal 11 and the need for Financial Sustainability 34 3.1 Sustainability – Operational definition 34 3.2 Financial Sustainability norms 35 3.3 Financial stature of ULBs – A brief understanding.36 4 Financial strategies of National missions 39 4.1 Jawaharlal Nehru National Urban Renewal Mission (JNNURM) 39 4.2 Shortcomings of the Jawaharlal Nehru National Urban Renewal Mission (JNNURM) 40 4.3 Atal Mission for Rejuvenation and Urban Transformation (AMRUT 40 4.4 Prime Minister Awas Yojana 41 4.5 Smart City Mission 42 4.6 Resources plan of Smart cities and its critique 43 4.7 Missions components and the SDGs 44 4.8 Smart City cost vs Population 45 4.9 Smart City cost vs Average annual operating revenue 46 5 Financial Sustainability dashboard 47 5.1 SDG linkage and Financial sustainability dashboard 47 5.1.1 Dashboard of Ahmedabad 48 5.1.2 Dashboard of Surat 49 5.1.3 Dashboard of Vadodara 50 5.1.4 Dashboard of Rajkot 51 5.1.5 Dashboard of Dahod 52 5.1.6 Dashboard of Gandhinagar 53 5.2 Summary of the Financial Sustainability Dashboard 54 6 Recommendations to attain Financial Sustainability 55 6.1 The need for a standardized format – National review system 55 6.2 Classification of Categories and Rankings 56 6.3 Financial strategies - Aspirant category 56 6.4 Financial strategies – Performer category 57 6.5 Financial strategies – Front runner and Achiever category 58 6.6 Summary of the Financial strategies 59 References 61 ER -