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<strong>Chapter</strong> 2Policy, Legislation and Regulationcrop/area/target group specific interventions, formulated in an inter-active mode andimplemented in a spirit of partnership with the States.2.2.1.5. National Environmental Policy 2006The National Environment Policy is intended to be a guide to action: in regulatory reform,programmes and projects for environmental conservation; and review and enactment oflegislation, by agencies of the Central, State, and Local Governments.The policy also seeks to stimulate partnerships of different stakeholders, i.e. public agencies,local communities, academic and scientific institutions, the investment community, andinternational development partners, in harnessing their respective resources and strengths forenvironmental management. The dominant theme of this policy is that while conservation ofenvironmental resources is necessary to secure livelihoods and well-being of all, the mostsecure basis for conservation is to ensure that people dependent on particular resources obtainbetter livelihoods from the fact of conservation, than from degradation of the resource.The principal Objectives of this policy are enumerated below.i. Conservation of Critical Environmental Resources: To protect and conserve critical ecologicalsystems and resources, and invaluable natural and man-made heritage, which are essential forlife support, livelihoods, economic growth, and a broad conception of human well-being.ii. Intra-generational Equity: Livelihood Security for the Poor: To ensure equitable access toenvironmental resources and quality for all sections of society, and in particular, to ensurethat poor communities, which are most dependent on environmental resources for theirlivelihoods, are assured secure access to these resources.iii. Inter-generational Equity: To ensure judicious use of environmental resources to meet theneeds and aspirations of the present and future generations.iv. Integration of Environmental Concerns in Economic and Social Development: To integrateenvironmental concerns into policies, plans, programmes, and projects for economic and socialdevelopment.v. Efficiency in Environmental Resource Use: To ensureThe policy statement is too generic.efficient use of environmental resources in the senseIt also fails to address the currentof reduction in their use per unit of economic output, focus on issues of climate change andto minimize adverse environmental impacts.global warming and their implicationsvi. Environmental Governance: To apply the principles on production sector. However, itof good governance (transparency, rationality, strengthen the relevance of ESMF asaccountability, reduction in time and costs, the regulatory frameworks are mostlyparticipation, and regulatory independence) to the linked to this policy statementsmanagement and regulation of use of environmental resources.vii. Enhancement of Resources for Environmental Conservation: To ensure higher resourceflows, comprising finance, technology, management skills, traditional knowledge, and socialcapital, for environmental conservation through mutually beneficial multi-stakeholderpartnerships between local communities, public agencies, the academic and researchcommunity, investors, and multilateral and bilateral development partners.
Environmental Assessment Report<strong>Kerala</strong> Local Government Strengthening Project2.2.1.6. National Urban Housing and Habitat Policy 2007This policy intends to promote sustainable development of habitat in the country with a viewto ensuring equitable supply of land, shelter and services at affordable prices to all sections ofsociety. Given the magnitude of the housing shortage and budgetary constraints of both theCentral and State Governments, it is amply clear that Public Sector efforts will not suffice infulfilling the housing demand. In view of this scenario, the National Urban Housing and HabitatPolicy, 2007 focuses the spotlight on multiple stake-holders namely, the Private Sector,Cooperative Sector and Industrial Sector for labour housing and the Services/InstitutionalSector for employee housing. In this manner, the Policy seeks to promote various types ofpublic-private partnerships for realizing the goal of Affordable Housing For All.The National Urban Housing and Habitat Policy, 2007 seeks to use the perspective of RegionalPlanning as brought out in the 74th Amendment Act in terms of preparation of District Plans byDistrict Planning Committees (DPCs) and Metropolitan Plans by Metropolitan PlanningCommittees (MPCs) as a vital determinant of systematic urban planning. The policy seeks topromote a symbiotic development of rural and urban areas. In this regard, the policy seeks toensure refinement of Town and Country Planning Acts (wherever required) and their effectiveimplementation.The focus areas of the policy are:Provision of “Affordable Housing For All” with special emphasis on vulnerable sections ofsociety such as Scheduled Castes/Scheduled Tribes, Backward Classes, Minorities and theurban poor.The substantive gap between demand and supply both for housing and basic services. Thepolicy seeks to assist the poorest of poor who cannot afford to pay the entire price of ahouse by providing them access to reasonably good housing on rental and ownership basiswith suitable subsidization. The policy seeks to enhance the supply of houses especially forthe disadvantaged, duly supplemented by basic services.To develop innovative financial instruments like development of Mortgage BackedSecuritization Market (RMBS) and Secondary Mortgage Market. It also seeks to attractForeign Direct Investment (FDI) in areas like integrated development of housing and newtownship development.To draw from innovations in the area of housing and infrastructure in India and elsewhere.It also gives a menu of actionable points which inter-alia includes Public-Private-Partnerships, conservation of natural resources and formulation of regulations & bye-lawsthat are environment friendly, investment-friendly and revenue-generating.To emphasize appropriate fiscal concessions for housing and infrastructure.To accelerate construction activities for giving a boost to employment for vulnerablesections of society.To promote development of cost-effective, quality approved building materials andtechnologies with a view to bringing down the cost of EWS/LIG houses.To complement poverty alleviation and employment generation programmes for achievingthe overall objective of “Affordable Housing For or All” with sustainable development.The roles of various stakeholders and specific action required pertaining to Land, Finance,Legal and Regulatory Reforms as well as Technology Support and Transfer.28
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