AaBbCc 123456 MUNICI PAL COUNCI L L O RS 2 0 20 Òepee HeÀeTb[sMeve ner He#eefvejHes#e keÀece keÀjCeejer mJe³ebmesJeer mebmLee Deens. osMee®³ee Founded in 1998, the PRAJA Foundation is a non-partisan jep³ekeÀejYeejele menYeeieer nesC³eemeeþer veeieefjkeÀebveer me#ece JneJes ne J³eeHekeÀ GÎsMe voluntary organisation which empowers the citizen to participate in governance by providing knowledge and enlisting people’s meceesj þsTve 1998 ceO³es Òepee®eer meg©Jeele Peeueer. veeieefjkeÀebveer celeoeveeHegjlee®e participation. PRAJA aims to provide ways in which the citizen efJe®eej ve keÀjlee jepekeÀer³e¢<ìîee DeefOekeÀ me¬eÀer³e JneJes, jep³ekeÀejYeej DeefOekeÀ can get politically active and involved beyond the ballot box, HeejoMe&keÀ Je pevelesuee GÊejoe³eer DemeeJee ³ee ¢<ìerves ceeefnleer Je %eevee®ee mlej thus promoting transparency and accountability. Gb®eeJeC³eemeeþer Òepee mebmLesves efJeefJeOe GHe¬eÀce neleer Iesleues Deensle. Concerned about the lack of awareness and apathy of the mLeeefvekeÀ mJejep³e mebmLeeb®³ee keÀecee®eer ueeskeÀebvee ceeefnleer vemeles DeeefCe cnCetve l³eebvee local government among citizens, and hence the disinterest ³eeefJe<e³eer keÀceeueer®eer DeveemLee Jeeìles. ns ef®e$e yeoueues Heeefnpes Demes mebmLesuee Jeeìles. in its functioning, PRAJA seeks change. PRAJA strives to create awareness about the elected representatives and their ueeskeÀebleerue Goemeerve YeeJevee yeoueC³ee®³ee nsletves Òepeeves DeeHeues ueeskeÀÒeefleefveOeer constituencies. It aims to encourage the citizen to raise his/ Je l³eeb®es celeoejmebIe ³eeefJe<e³eer peeie=leer keÀjC³eeme meg©Jeele kesÀueer Deens. ³eeletve her voice and influence the policy and working of the elected veeieefjkeÀebveer DeeHeuee DeeJeepe GþJeeJee DeeefCe ueeskeÀÒeefleefveOeeRvee DeeJeM³ekeÀ les efveCe&³e representative. This will eventually lead to efforts being directed I³ee³euee Je keÀeces keÀje³euee Yeeie Hee[eJes, ³eemeeþer pevepeeie=leer keÀjC³eeJej Deece®ee by the elected representatives towards the specified causes of Yej Deens. keÀeueeblejeves ³ee Òe³elveeletve meeJe&peefvekeÀ efnlee®³ee ¢<ìerves cenÊJee®³ee public interest. cegÐeeJej meecetefnkeÀ keÀece GYes jenerue. The PRAJA Foundation also strives to revive the waning cegbyeF& ns SkeÀ mepeie DeeefCe me¬eÀer³e veeieefjkeÀeb®es Menj JneJes; ³ee¢<ìerves veeieefjkeÀ spirit of Mumbai City, and increase the interaction between the citizens and the government. To facilitate this, PRAJA has DeeefCe mejkeÀej ³eeb®³eele HejmHejmebJeeo Ie[JeC³ee®ee Òepee mebmLes®ee Òe³elve Deens. created www.praja.org, a website where the citizen can not www.praja.org l³eemeeþer ³ee mebmLes®³ee JesyemeeF&ìJej efJeMes<e Dee@veueeF&ve megefJeOee only discuss the issues that their constituencies face, but can GHeueyOe kesÀueer Deens. ³eeefþkeÀeCeer veeieefjkeÀ DeeHeu³ee celeoejmebIeeleerue ÒeMve lej also get in touch with their elected representatives directly. ceeb[t MekeÀleele®e, efMeJee³e mebyebefOele ueeskeÀÒeefleefveOeeRMeer mebHeke&Àner keÀª MekeÀleele. The website has been equipped with information such as: ³ee JesyemeeF&ìJej Òel³eskeÀ celeoejmebIe, efleLeues veiejmesJekeÀ DeeefCe lesLeerue þUkeÀ the issues faced by the ward, the elected representatives, the mecem³eeb®eer ceeefnleer Deens. veeieefjkeÀ DeeHeu³ee mecem³ee ceeb[t MekeÀleele DeeefCe responses received and a discussion board, thus allowing an SkeÀceskeÀebMeer mebJeeoner meeOet MekeÀleele. informed interaction between the citizens of the area. PRAJA’s goals are: empowering the citizens, elected Òepee®es O³es³e ë veeieefjkeÀ, ueeskeÀÒeefveOeer DeeefCe mejkeÀej DeefOekeÀ me#ece representatives & government with facts and creating JneJesle ³eemeeþer JeemleJe ceeefnleer Heg{s DeeCeCes DeeefCe veeieefjkeÀeb®es peerJeveceeve instruments of change to improve the quality of life of Gb®eeJeC³eemeeþer keÀe³e&#ece yeoue Ie[JeCes, ns Òepee®es O³es³e Deens. DeefOekeÀ the citizens of India. PRAJA is committed to creating a HeejoMe&keÀ, GÊejoe³eer DeeefCe keÀe³e&#ece meceepe efvecee&Ce JneJee ³eemeeþer transparent, accountable and efficient society through ueeskeÀmenYeeieeves keÀece keÀjC³eemeeþer mebmLee Je®eveye× Deens. people’s participation. MUMBAI REPORT CARD MUNICIPAL COUNCILLORS 2020 1 meeceie´er meejCeer (he´cegKe efJeMues<eCe) TABLE OF CONTENTS DeO³ee³e He=<þ ¬eÀceebkeÀ Chapter Pg. No. Òepee®eer ìerce 4 The Team 5 ueeskeÀÒeefleefveOeeR®es ÒeieefleHegmlekeÀ keÀe Heeefnpes DeeefCe keÀmes Heeefnpes? 6 Why was a Report Card needed and what does it contain? 7 ÒemleeJevee 8 Foreword 10 $eÝCeefveos&Me 12 Acknowledgements 13 ¬eÀceJeejer iegCe leeefuekeÀe 14 Ranking Score Sheet 14 cegK³e efJeMues<eCe 126 Key Analysis 126 Change in Report Card Matrix 147 he´ieleer hegmlekeÀeleerue ceeheob[ (ce@ì^erkeÌme) ceOeerue yeoue 145 The Methodology keÀe³e&He×leer (1) Matrix – Scale of Ranking 156 (1) ceeHeob[-cetu³eceeHeve ceespeHeÆer 149 (2) Parameters for Past Records as per Affidavit 159 (2) He´efle%eeHe$e (S@HeÀer[sJnerì) Üejs peenerj kesÀuesueer ceeieerue (YetlekeÀeueerve) ceeefnleer 151 (3) Parameters for Present Performance in the Corporation and (3) ceneveiejHeeefuekeÀe DeeefCe meefceleer yewþkeÀeleerue keÀeceieerjer mebyebOeer cetu³eceeHeve IeìkeÀ 152 Committee Meetings 160 (4) vekeÀejelcekeÀ iegCeebkeÀvee®es IeìkeÀ 155 (4) Parameters for Negative Marking 163 2 MUMBAI REPORT CARD MUNICIPAL COUNCILLORS 2020 3 ìerce THE TEAM cegmleHeÀe [e@keÌìj Board of Trustees Mustafa Doctor efJeMJemle ceb[U Advocate keÀe³eos efJe®eejkeÀ (mee@efueefmeìj) Nitai Mehta efveleeF& cesnlee jepeve cesnje Managing Trustee, Praja Foundation; Rajan Mehra keÀe³e&keÀejer efJeéemle, he´pee HeÀeGb[sMeve, GÐeespekeÀ Entrepreneur Entrepreneur GÐeespekeÀ Sumangali Gada megcebieueer iee[e Vinay Sanghi efJeve³e meebIeer Founder Trustee, Praja Foundation; mebmLeeHekeÀ efJeéemle, he´pee HeÀeGb[sMeve; GÐeespekeÀ Entrepreneur GÐeespekeÀ Entrepreneur Devegpe YeieJeleer Anuj Bhagwati Trustee, Praja Foundation; Entrepreneur efJeéemle, he´pee HeÀeGb[sMeve; GÐeespekeÀ Praja Team Iris Madeira Dee³ejerme ce[sje Òepee®eer ìerce Trustee, Praja Foundation; efJeéemle, he´pee HeÀeGb[sMeve; efMe#eCeefJe<e³ekeÀ meuueeieej, Milind Mhaske Director efceefuebo cnmkesÀ Education Consultant, meWìj HeÀe@j efmeJnerue meesmee³eìer®³ee meuueeieej meom³e Board of Advisor’s Centre for Civil Society meb®eeuekeÀ, he´pee HeÀeGb[sMeve Priyanka Sharma Capacity Building Head Vivek Asrani efJeJeskeÀ Demejeveer efÒe³eebkeÀe Mecee& Yogesh Mishra Research and Data Head Trustee, Praja Foundation; Entrepreneur efJeéemle, he´pee HeÀeGb[sMeve; GÐeespekeÀ ke@ÀHe@efmeìer efyeu[eRie He´cegKe, he´pee HeÀeGb[sMeve ³eesiesMe efceÞee Advisors to Praja And rest of the Praja Team including meuueeieej mebMeesOeve DeeefCe [eìe He´cegKe, he´pee HeÀeGb[sMeve Ashwini Agavne, Aviral Dubey, Balwant Dr. C. R. Sridhar Kirar, Benaifer Reporter, Eknath Pawar, [e@. meer. Deej. ÞeerOej Market Research Professional Ganesh Jadhav, Ganesh Phulsundar, Harshil ceekexÀì efjme®e& He´esHesÀMeveue DeeefCe he´pee®es Flej keÀce&®eejer heg{eruehe´ceeCes - Suresh, Jennifer Spencer, Kshitija Gidaye, D. M. Sukhtankar Mahesh Bhaskar, Meghna Bandelwar, DeeqMJeveer DeieeJeCes, DeefJejue ogyes, yeueJeble efkeÀjej, Former Municipal Commissioner, [er. Sce. megKeìCekeÀj Neha Kori, Nilam Mirashi, Nilesh Kadam, yesvee³eHeÀj efjHeesì&j, SkeÀveeLe heJeej, ieCesMe peeOeJe, Mumbai and Former Chief Secretary, ceepeer ceneveiejHeeefuekeÀe Dee³egkeÌle, cegbyeF& Je Dee³eSSme ieCesMe HegÀuemebgoj, neq<e&ue megjsMe, pesefveHeÀj mHesvmej, Government of Maharashtra Pallavi Kakaji, Pooja Verma, Pragati Watve, (efveJe=Êe), ceepeer cegK³e meef®eJe ceneje<ì^ Meemeve ef#eeflepee efie[³es, censMe YeemkeÀj, cesIevee yebosueJeej, Rajesh, Sangeeta Patwa, Saikiran vesne keÀesjer, veeruece efcejeMeer, efveuesMe keÀoce, Dhruv Mundra Kairamkonda, Shraddha Gurav, Shubham Oe´gJe cegvêe Entrepreneur Singh, Souradeep Roy, Swapneel Thakur, HeuueJeer keÀekeÀepeer, Hetpee Jecee&, he´ieleer JeeìJes, jepesMe, GÐeespekeÀ K. M. S. (Titoo) Ahluwalia Vibesh Kakkapoil, Vidya Tamboli and mebieerlee HeìJee, meeF&efkeÀjCe kewÀjcekeÀeW[e, Þe×e iegjJe, Vipul Gharat. kesÀ. Sce. Sme. (ìerìg) DenuegJeeefue³ee Former Chairman & CEO MegYece efmebn, meewjeoerHe je@³e, mJeefhveue þeketÀj, efJeyesMe A.C. Nielsen ORG- MARG veeruemeve DeesDeejpeer-ceeie&®es ceepeer DeO³e#e DeeefCe meerF&Dees keÀekeÌkeÀeHeesFue, efJeÐee leebyeesUer DeeefCe efJehegue Iejle. 4 MUMBAI REPORT CARD MUNICIPAL COUNCILLORS 2020 5 WHY WAS A REPORT CARD NEEDED AND ueeskeÀÒeefleefveOeeR®es ÒeieleerHegmlekeÀ keÀe Heeefnpes DeeefCe keÀmes Heeefnpes? WHAT DOES IT CONTAIN? DeeHeu³ee osMeeves mJeeleb$³eeHe½eele ÒeeefleefveefOekeÀ ueeskeÀMeener®eer keÀe³e&He×leer mJeerkeÀejueer. cnCetve Heb®ee³eleerHeemetve The People of India have had Elected Representatives representing them in mebmeosHe³e¥le meJe& mlejebJej ueeskeÀebveer efveJe[tve efouesues ueeskeÀÒeefleefveOeer l³eeb®es ÒeefleefveefOelJe keÀjleele. various bodies from the parliament to the panchayat for the last 66 years. These representatives have deliberated, debated, questioned, proposed Yeejleer³e mebefJeOeeveeves DeeKetve efouesu³ee ®eewkeÀìerle keÀece keÀjCes, ®e®ee& Je efJe®eejefJeefvece³e keÀjCes, veJes keÀe³eos new laws, passed new laws and governed the nation at all levels using the cebpetj keÀjCes DeeefCe osMee®ee keÀejYeej ®eeueJeCes ner ueeskeÀÒeefleefveOeeR®eer peyeeyeoejer Deens. Hejbleg iesu³ee leerve mechanisms given to them by the Constitution of India. The 1950 constitution oMekeÀebHeemetve DeeHeu³ee jep³ekeÀejYeeje®ee opee& KeeueeJele ®eeueuee Deens. ³ee®eer DeveskeÀefJeOe keÀejCes Deensle. which we gave