City Corporate & Business Plan - Municipal

Chapter - 1 Final Report: Ambur Municipality
1 BACKGROUND AND METHODOLOGIICAL
FRAMEWORK OF THE STUDY
1.1. BACKGROUND
The Tamil Nadu Urban Infrastructure Financial Services Limited (TNUIFSL) aims to assist
Ambur Municipality in strengthening and improving its financial position for effective
capital investment management and urban service delivery. The municipality has
good potential for immediate implementation of financial reforms for which it is
essential to formulate a City Corporate Cum Business Plan (CCCBP).
The CMA and TNUIFSL have initiated the process of preparing CCCBP for the
municipality with the vision of stakeholdersí growth of the town.
1.2. OBJECTIVES
The objective of this exercise is to visualise the town in the next 25 -30 years and
1. Define the growth direction and service up-gradations in relation to the
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activity mix / growth;
2. Assess the demand for the projects specified by the ULB, and come out with
gap in services with respect to the vision;
3. Broadly outline the infrastructure needs;
4. Define specific rehabilitation of infrastructure and capital improvement needs
with regard to provision of infrastructure in slums and other areas;
5. Indicate the priority of projects
6. Define revenue enhancement and revenue management improvements
required to sustain the rehabilitation proposed;
7. Suggest reforms required in local administration and service delivery including
public private partnership in infrastructure development
8. Suggest Measures to address common growth and infrastructure issues and to
promote integrated development
1.3. SCOPE OF WORK
The scope of work covers the following:
1. To assess the demand for the Projects listed out by these municipalities.
2. Financial Assessment of the ULBS- an assessment of the ULB finances for the past
5 years, in terms of sources and uses of funds, base and basis of levy, revision
history and impacts, state assignment and transfer-base and basis of transfer
and its predictability; use of funds outstanding liabilities (loans, power dues,
pension etc) and a review of revenue and service management arrangements.
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