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Municipal Finance
Standardising financial information on cities, nationally
Launched by the Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs in May 2020, cityfinance.in is a national municipal finance portal that serves as a framework of standardised, timely, and credible information on cities.
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Streamlining allocations and improving devolutions
Janaagraha supported the 15th Finance Commission in developing recommendations for Urban Local Bodies that focussed on increasing the quantum of funds granted, tracking grant utilisation through an online portal, creating Municipal Shared Services, improving accounting standards, and concentrating on metropolitan agglomerations.
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Landscape Study of City-Systems in Haryana
Janaagraha provided technical support to the 6th State Finance Commission of Haryana by assessing the quality of urban governance and the financial sustainability of the state’s urban sector.
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Building financially sustainable cities through policy reform
Janaagraha partners with union, state, and city governments to augment city revenues through a ‘Whole of Systems’ transformation of the property tax lifecycle rather than a piecemeal approach. This is currently adapted to improve fees and user charges too.
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Tracking the full life-cycle of grants from State/Centre to ULBs
Janaagraha aims to improve public finance systems by enabling efficient allocation, and fast and full utilization, of funds. We are working on ensuring frictionless expenditure and are re-engineering the processes of public finance systems. Additionally, we are also developing a data ecosystem for reporting, transparency and accountability in a way that improves service delivery.
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