Understanding the Contribution of the BSUP (JNNURM) to Inclusive Cities in India

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Author(s)
Burra, S. et al.
Publication language
English
Pages
48pp
Date published
01 Feb 2018
Publisher
ESID
Type
Research, reports and studies
Keywords
Livelihoods, Poverty, Urban
Countries
India

The Basic Services for the Urban Poor (BSUP) sub-Mission of the Jawaharlal Nehru National Urban Renewal Mission (JNNURM) sought to address the needs of some of the lowest-income and most vulnerable urban dwellers in Indian cities. The promise was that these residents would receive ‘a garland of 7 entitlements’ – security of tenure, affordable housing, water, sanitation, health, education and social security in low-income settlements in the 63 Mission cities. We researched the outcomes of the BSUP in five Indian cities (Bhopal, Bhubaneswar, Patna, Pune and Visakhapatnam), which were selected because of their diversity. They presented a wide range of socio-economic contexts and economic development and also differed in the nature and extent of civil society involvement in BSUP programming.