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Influential Events in India

1960 1970 1980 1990 2000
bullet Major policy document on Urban Land Policy stressing social controls over land
bullet Calcutta Master Plan (1966)
bullet Integrated Urban Development Projects
bullet Basti improvement programme, Calcutta
bullet Sites and services programme
bullet Slum improvement and upgrading programme
bullet Establishment of HUDCO (1972)
bullet Urban Land Ceiling and Regulation Act (1976)
bullet Environment improvement of Urban Slums
bullet Integrated Development of Small and Medium Towns
bullet Task Forces on Housing and Urban Development (1982)
bullet Urban Basic Services (1985)
bullet National Commission on Urbanization established (1986)
bullet Self Employment Programme for the Urban Poor (1986)
bullet Renaming of the Ministry of Works and Housing to Ministry of Urban Development
bullet Report of the National Commission on Urbanization (1988)
bullet National Housing Bank established (1988)
bullet Nehru Rozgar Yojna
bullet 65th Constitutional Amendment dealing with Municipalities presented to the Parliament (lost)
bullet 74th Constitutional Amendment (1992)
bullet State urban development strategies (1994)
bullet State Finance Commissions established (1994)
bullet Mega-cities project (1994)
bullet Urban Basic Services Programme for the Poor
bullet Renaming of the Ministry of Urban Development to Ministry of Urban Affairs and Employment (1995)
bullet Technical Committees: (1995)
  1. Urban perspective
  2. Financing of urban development
  3. Urban planning
1960 1970 1980 1990 2000