The Twelfth Five-Year Plan aims to foster more
inclusive and sustainable growth. Urban transport finds mention in its
chapters on sustainable development, environment, and urban development,
which focus not only on aspects of public transport, but also urban
planning and governance.
Identifying the three main themes that emerge
from the Plan's recommendations, this paper takes a critical look at
them. It comments on what appears to be a significant divergence from
the policy recommendations in the Plan and the Plan outlays, both in the
first phase of the Jawaharlal Nehru National Urban Renewal Mission and
what is proposed in the second phase, before going on to make specific
recommendations on how matters could be improved.
