12th
Finance Commission
National Seminar on
Municipal Finance
29-30 December 2003
Conference Hall, IIPA,
Programme
1000 to 1100 Hrs
Inaugural session
Welcome
Dr. P.L. Sanjeev Reddy
Opening Remarks
Sh. T.R. Prasad, Member,TFC
Inaugural Address Dr. C. Rangarajan,
Vote of Thanks
Dr. P.S.N. Rao
1100 to 1130
Tea / Coffee Break
1130 to 1300 Hrs
Technical Session - I
Theme: Role of National Finance Commission in Fiscal Decentralisation.
Chair
Dr. G.C
Srivastava,
Member Secretary, TFC
Presentation
Prof. Abhijit Datta
Discussants
1. Prof. Amaresh Bagchi
2. Sh. Junaid Ahmed,
Lead Economist, World Bank
1300 to 1400 Hrs
Lunch
1400 to 1530 Hrs
Technical Session – II
Theme: SFC Recommendations and Performance of States
Chair
Sh. Sompal
Member, TFC
Presentation
Sh. O.P. Mathur
Discussant
Dr. Y. Anantani
1530 to 1600 Hrs
Tea
/ Coffee Break
1600 to 1730 Hrs
Technical Session – III
Theme: Fiscal Capacity of ULBs vis a vis their
Responsibilities to Private Core Services
Chair
Sh. M C Gupta
Former Director, IIPA
Presentation
Dr. Nageshwara Rao, Director
TN,Institute of Urban
Studies,
Discussant
Sh. P.KSrihari, Addl.Comm.
Bangalore Municipal Corp.,
1000 to 1230 Hrs
Technical Session – IV
Theme: Adequacy of Resources for Performing Newly Transferred
Functions
Chair
Sh. D. K. Srivastava
Member, TFC
Presentations
1. Prof. P. K.
Chaubey,
Discussants
1. Dr. K.K Pandey,
Sen. Fellow, HSMI/HUDCO
2. Dr. K.C.
Sivaramakrishnan
Former Secretary, Govt. of
3.Dr. Ravikant
Joshi, CRISIL
1100 to 1130
Tea / Coffee Break
1245 to 1330 Hrs
Concluding Session
Concluding Remarks Dr. P.L.
Sanjeev Reddy
Director, IIPA
Vote of Thanks
Dr. P.S.N. Rao
Prof. of Urban Management,
IIPA
1330 to 1415 Hrs
Lunch