1. Strategizing Poverty Reduction at City Level: Approach for Hyderabad
Ramakrishna Nallathiga
Associate Professor
Construction Industry Staff College
NICMAR, NAC Campus,
Kothaguda X Road, Kondapur,
Hyderabad – (AP)
13th Thinkers and Writers Forum
June 9, 2012

2. Structure Background and Introduction UPRS: Objectives and Methodology
City and Urban Poverty Profile
Service delivery institutions
Institutionalisation of Service delivery
Strategic Levers and Actions
Implementation Framework

3. Background
Urban areas are becoming the concentrations of poverty with in-migration of rural population
The rapid rise of urban poverty in recent past makes it imperative to make concerted efforts to poverty reduction in cities
The multidimensional nature of urban poverty also calls for a paradigm shift in the approach to its reduction e.g., from needs-based approach to rights-based approach, which calls for a different strategy.
Poverty reduction strategies have tradionally been the instruments of donor/lending agencies at country level
Urban Poverty Reduction Strategy (UPRS) is an attempt to formulate such strategies for urban poverty alleviation that
can be appropriately targeted
involve community participation
innovative in their design and approach

4. Introduction
UPRS came to the fore in the background of current approach of the Government of India (GoI) to tackle urban poverty in a three pronged manner through:
(a) basic services under JnNURM,
(b) institutional reforms under 74th CAA and
(c) livelihood generation under SJSRY.
UPRS was drawn for 13 select cities with the main objectives of:
Sub-sectoral strategies aimed at leveraging resources for addressing the needs of urban poor.
Promoting the participation of urban poor in the UPRS
Promoting pro-poor institutional reforms
Hyderabad is one among the 13 cities chosen for the preparation of UPRS to culminate under National Strategy for Urban Poor (NSUP)

5. Objectives of UPRS
The specific objectives of preparing UPRS for Hyderabad city include:
§ To prepare a status report on the nature, magnitude and characteristics of urban poverty
§ To examine the nature and access of the poor to basic services and also to support services
§ To examine the poverty linkages with physical as well as economic aspects
§ To review the past and present initiatives and the development programs aimed at the urban poor
§ To examine the institutional arrangements for the delivery of services to the poor
§ To develop and evolve a set of strategies for reducing urban poverty

6. Methodology
Secondary information is collected and collated for preparing:
city profile and
urban poverty profile
Background documents are read to understand institutional set- ups of service delivery
Discussions were held with official and non-official stakeholders (incl 1 workshop)
UPRS was prepared based the insights from above analysis and workshops
It was further revised after presenting to the Government of India

7. City Profile
Hyderabad is a million-plus city vying to join the rank of metropolitan cities
It shows approximation towards national average in terms of
The rate of population growth (28%)
The level of urbanization (27%)
The growth of Hyderabad city is primarily taking place outside the ‘core city’ both in terms of
Population in neighboring municipalities
Economic activities in the suburbs (IT/biotech)
It is also accompanied by changing administrative and planning structures
GHMC/ MCH
HMA/ HUA

8. Poverty Profile
Urban poverty in Hyderabad (23%) is higher than Delhi, Chennai or Kolkata but lower than Mumbai
About 9% of the population is estimated to be living in about 811 slum settlements, of which
770 are notified
387 are recognised as developed
Slums are concentrated in large pockets of the old city to the South/West
PDS Targeting reaches about 13% of the BPL population
Much of the problems arise in the service coverage/ provision to slum and poor settlements

10. Issues of Urban Poverty Reduction
The issues of urban poverty are (listed after interactions)
Low-Income Settlements of sizeable number
Notified slums which are in a good number
Non-Slum Areas which require recognition
Houseless Population which is not getting counted
Tenure Regularization which has to be accelerated
Gender Issues making the women vulnerable
Vulnerability of the people to several hazards
Community Organization that is skewed

11. Poverty alleviation programs

12. Institutionalisation of Services
Institutional Framework
Provision of infrastructure/ basic services
Building partnerships
Community participation
Cost recovery approaches
Local government resources
Capacity building of the stakeholders

13. Strategic Action Plan Adequate living conditions for the urban poor
Regularization and upgrading of slum settlements
§ Regularization of slum settlements
§ Housing and Neighbourhood improvement
Relocation and housing development for the poor
§ Relocation of settlements
§ House construction
Providing alternative means of housing
Increasing upward housing mobility
Promoting the supply of low-cost own and rented housing
Access to social infrastructure (education and health care)
Innovative approaches

14. Strategic Action Plan
Adequate economic opportunities for the urban poor
Orientation towards sound urban economic development
Vocational and entrepreneurial training and education
Micro-enterprises development
Regulations and procedures
Market information
Space for micro-enterprises

15. Strategic Action Plan
Improved local governance through partnerships for urban poverty reduction
Promoting participation of the urban poor
Participatory micro level planning
Mainstreaming the vulnerable groups
Community organization
Community organization through SHGs and their associations
Promoting partnerships for poverty reduction
Recognition of complementary roles
Institutionalized collaboration between urban actors
Information, transparency and cost recovery

16. Strategic Action Plan Livelihoods promotion for the urban poor
Improving the accessibility and availability of finance
Bring all finance schemes under one umbrella
Providing micro credit services to the poor
Providing micro-insurance schemes for the poor
Planning and executing livelihood promotion services
Promotion of self-employment among the urban poor
Promotion of wage employment among the urban poor

17. Strategic Action Plan
An effectively and efficiently operating municipal corporation
Capacity building
Human resources development, i.e. the improvement of knowledge, skills and attitudes of the staff of organization
Organizational development, i.e. the improvement of the internal structure of the organization
Economic Development Unit in the Municipal Corporation
Management information systems
Institutional development

18. Implementation Plan

19. Implementation Plan

20. Thank You