E NAGAR POLICY SOONER IN

GUJARAT

1. G.R ALORIA(A.C.S) Urban development and
housing, said They will be adopting e nagar services
,which wre launched recently as first step in that
direction.
Ref( the Times of INDIA(Ahemdabad)).
2. States approach THINK BIG,START SMALL AND
SCALE FAST.
3. Through this, citizen can know ward of their city.
E NAGAR SERVICES
Based on three fundamentals that characterize its
initiative are as.
Responsiveness.
Transparency
Accountabilty
Based on easy Accesibility and one stop solution for
delivery of various municipal services.

ONLINE SERVICES IN E NAGAR
PROPERTY TAX- citizens can pay proper taxes .users
can select their respective city and enter details.
PROFESSION TAX- users can select their respective
city and enter the details of their professional number
to check the amount of paid.
Water charges- citizens can pay by selecting their
respective city and enter the details of water
connection number to check the amount to be paid.
Birth registration- to register for birth certificate.


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DEATH REGISTRATION- citizens register here and
users can select their respective city and search their
status.
SMART CLASS- new way of educating children, easily
grasped by students.
E WARD citizens can know the ward data of their
city.
TP SCHEMES- citizens can know the schemes of their
city.


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CIVIC CENTRES- citizens can locate their civic centres
and locate their addresses and contact numbers.
COMPLAINT STAUS- citizens can check there status
of complaint filed by them.
M GOVERNANCE- citizens can know this facility
provided in the city.
Promoting Efficient Land Use and
Enhancing Food Security China
Good urbanization policy includes conservation of natural
resources energy, water, land and the environment.
The incentives faced by urban managers encourage implicit
or explicit conversion of farmland to urban use and over-
dependence on automobiles which promotes urban sprawl.
Efficient land use between the urban and rural sectors and
within cities would be promoted through more market-
oriented policies which improve property rights and
incentive systems and regulate emerging urban land
markets.
Contd.
Some possibilities discussed in the report include the
following:
Full recognition of the property rights of peasants over
their rural leaseholds and village lands. Have cities face
the true cost of taking of agricultural land.
Strengthen the property rights of existing urban land
users, so as to encourage redevelopment of (brown-
field) land for new uses within the city, instead of
(green-field) conversion of farmland.

Contd.
Institute zoning law to strengthen urban land use
regulation.
Master/zoning plans could be approved by the local
Peoples Congress to give them legal status, so as to
better regulate land allocations to coordinate public
and private land use and transport systems.
Integrate urban villages into city administration,
while preserving property rights

Contd.
International experience shows that China could
significantly improve grain production in the next
decade, with large reductions in farm population and
declines in the amount of agricultural land.
Such improvements require transformation of
agriculture, with relaxation of policies restricting sales
of rural leaseholds, to encourage consolidation of
land- holding, along with improvement in rural
education and investment in agricultural
mechanization.

The Dutch programme on
socioeconomic inequalities in health
Two comprehensive research programmes were
commissioned to increase understanding of health
inequalities.
The first, 19891993, generated considerable
knowledge about the extent of inequalities and their
determinants in the Netherlands. The causes of
inequalities were revealed to be both structural, such
as living and working conditions, and behavioural,
such as smoking and exercise.
Contd.
A second programme was initiated in 1995 in order to
generate more knowledge on the effectiveness of
interventions and policies to reduce these inequalities.

The strategy
The Dutch Programme on Socioeconomic Inequalities
in Health, established in 2001, has four policy
strategies (30):
To reduce inequalities in education and income;
To reduce the negative effects of health problems on
socioeconomic position;
To reduce the negative effects of socioeconomic
position on health (for example, reduce prevalence of
smoking in the lower socioeconomic groups); and
To improve access and effectiveness of health care for
low socioeconomic groups.
Targets relating to socioeconomic
disadvantage
The percentage of children from poorer families who
enter secondary education is to be increased from 12%
in 1989 to 25% by 2020.
The income inequalities in the Netherlands are to be
maintained at the level of 1996 (Gini coefficient =
0.24).
The percentage of households with an income below
105% of the social minimum is to be reduced from
10.6% in 1998 to 8% by 2020.
Targets to reduce effects of health on
socioeconomic disadvantage
The disability benefit for total work incapacity due to
occupational health problems is to be maintained at
the 2000 level.
The percentage of chronically ill people aged 2564 in
paid employment is to be increased from 48% in 1998
to 57% by 2020.
Targets related to factors mediating the
effect of socioeconomic disadvantage
on health
The difference in smoking between those with lower and
those with higher education is to be halved, by decreasing
the percentage of smokers among those with only primary
school education from over 38% in 1998 to 32% by 2020.
The difference in physical inactivity between those with
lower and those with higher education is to be halved, by
decreasing the percentage of the physically inactive among
those with only primary school education from over 57% in
1994 to 49% by 2020.
The difference in obesity between those with lower and
those with higher education is to be halved, by decreasing
the percentage of obese persons among those with only
primary school education from over15% in 1998 to 9% by
2020.
contd.
The difference between lower and higher education groups
in percentage of those engaged in heavy physical labour is
to be halved, by decreasing the proportion of people with
complaints resulting from physical labour among those
with primary school education only from 53% in 1999 to
43% by 2020.
The difference in control in the workplace between those
with lower and those with higher education is to be halved,
by increasing the percentage of persons who controlled the
execution of their work among those with only primary
school education from 58% in 1999 to 68 by 2020.
Targets related to accessibility and
quality of health care services
Differences in use of health care facilities
(consultation with GPs, medical specialists and
dentists; hospital admissions; prescribed drugs)
between lower and higher education groups are to be
maintained at the level in 1998.