AN INTEGRATED AND INCLUSIVE VISION FOR MUMBAI Lok Satta Party March 2009

Ae dill …hai mushkil …jeena yahan, zara hatke, zara bachke… yeh hai Bambai meri jaan!

Critical Issues Integrated PlanLeadershipGovernanceFinancing

Integrated Plan our plan must be – Simple – Inclusive – Encompassing – Think of Tomorrow – Not just fill in gaps today

Goals Increase GDP growth and employment Improve infrastructure Build physical and social security Reduce urban stress; improve quality of life

GDP Growth and Employment  Need to find sectors which  Have high returns/sq ft, given real estate costs  Use Mumbai’s natural advantages of professionalism and commercial culture  Are non-polluting and environment friendly Surprise! Mumbai’s GDP growth lags both that of Maharashtra and the country

Obvious Focus of interest  Financial services – Mumbai as a global financial center  Media – could become the media hub of Asia  IT and ITES  Fashion and Merchandising  Pharma, Biotech and Gene Therapy  Financial services – Mumbai as a global financial center  Media – could become the media hub of Asia  IT and ITES  Fashion and Merchandising  Pharma, Biotech and Gene Therapy

 Increase supply of land by integrating Mumbai Port Trust, Defense, Mazagaon Docks, BARC, IPCL and HPCL lands; recycle existing lands  Co-ordinated public transport (rail/subway, road, water)  Augment water and power  Expand sewage and drainage; modernize solid waste management and disposal  Fast track social housing  Heritage and conservation

Physical security, Police reforms Can provide employment in skills development, disaster management and actual security Police reforms bill pending in Parliament Physical security, Police reforms Can provide employment in skills development, disaster management and actual security Police reforms bill pending in Parliament

We Need - A Structural Change in Leadership MUMBAI NEEDS AN INDEPENDENTLY ELECTED FULLY EMPOWERED CITY GOVERNOR / MAYOR / WHATEVER Police and city agencies will report in to the city governor (not the State government or municipal corporation)

Mumbai – And India needs a Change In Governance It should be bottom up – i.e., citizens should speak to ward officers who should speak to representatives who should instruct the bureaucrats accordingly – and accountable Lok Satta is committed to this type of local self government, with a live model currently active in the Juhu corporator ward

Mumbai contributes about 50,000 cr annually to the centre and state; against that it receives about 1,500 cr a year (3%) Other states received 30.5% of their contribution back Mumbai MUST get the same treatment 15,000 cr a year for 15 years works out to 225,000 cr, about what McKinsey has estimated as the necessary capital outlay for the plan Mumbai contributes about 50,000 cr annually to the centre and state; against that it receives about 1,500 cr a year (3%) Other states received 30.5% of their contribution back Mumbai MUST get the same treatment 15,000 cr a year for 15 years works out to 225,000 cr, about what McKinsey has estimated as the necessary capital outlay for the plan

So, The money’s there The plan is there, in great detail addressing all of the issues listed (including a how-to to deal with political constraints) We just have to put it all together Let’s do it!