Changing the Urban Face of Karnataka: Evidence From Three Urban Development Programmes

Authors: Dr. Kala Seetharam Sridhar, Dr. A. Venugopala Reddy & Pavan Srinath

This publication has its genesis in an evaluation study that Public Affairs Centre did tor the Expenditure Ketorms Commission, Government of Karnataka, on three programmes - the Urban Intrastructure Scheme for Small and Medium Towns (UIDSSMT), the Mukhya Mantrigala Nagarothana Yojane (MMNY), and the Swarna Jayanthi Shahari Rozgar Yojana (SJSRY). The ERC wanted to know if centrally-sponsored infrastructure schemes were any different from the state-sponsored schemes in terms of their cost-effectiveness. Although the centrally-sponsored schemes were much better in terms of contracting, the state-sponsored schemes were much better in terms of implementation since the infrastructure is eventually locally-owned and used. The recommendations of this report were incorporated in the Expenditure Reforms Commission's Third Report to the Government of Karnataka in May 2011.