NewsID: 86 Author Mohammad Azhar Dated 27 May 2016
Subject Consultants engaged for capacity building for Urban Local bodies
Consultants engaged for capacity building for Urban Local bodies
J&KERA under the assistance from Asian Development Bank (ADB) is executing capacity building of Urban Local Bodies of Jammu and Kashmir i.e., Srinagar Municipal Corporation and Jammu Municipal Corporation. To provide Consultancy Services for Capacity Building of Srinagar Municipal Corporation and Jammu Municipal Corporation. JK ERA has appointed M/s PSP Financial Consultants Private Limited as consultants, who will build capacity of Srinagar Municipal Corporation and Jammu Municipal Corporation to improve the service levels, operational efficiency and financial sustainability
The main objectives of the assignment is institutional restructuring of municipal corporations in urban areas of Srinagar and Jammu, Improvement of operational efficiency, Improvement of financial sustainability of operations, tariff rationalization plan and design of transparent subsidy mechanism, improved service levels and customer responsiveness, preparing a comprehensive organizational development plan with clear action plans and timelines to enhance the restructure, functions and staffing of the municipal corporations in J&K in order to improve overall efficiency, productivity and effectiveness of service delivery to citizens, preparing prescribed charter of functions for the municipalities drawing from structure prescribed in the Municipal Corporation Act (2000) and from the 74th Constitutional Amendment of Government of India; Preparing the recommended organizational chart, with duties and job charts for each position in the Corporations, Defining the job description for each department and its wings, Examining the existing systems, practices & methods of dealing with various issues in each department, suggesting improvements and developing new method for each group of functions and activities, recommending decentralization in administration, conducting training needs assessment and providing on the job training to existing employees and induction training to direct recruits, preparing tailor made training courses for future usage in the corporations, preparing human resource development plan for the corporations, preparing revenue improvement action plans for the corporations and providing hand-holding support to the municipalities in implementation of accrual based accounting system. The consultants have been fixed after international level competition
The contract agreement was signed on 26th May, 2016 by the Chief Engineer ERA Mr. Malik Basharat Ahmed and the Representative of the consulting firm in presence of Chief Executive Officer ERA, Mr. Vinod Sharma
Economic Reconstruction Agency 