•India’s growing urban areas need better infrastructure and governance.
•Financial and policy challenges urge a shift from viewing problems as rural or urban and instead addressing them as part of a connected urban-rural continuum.
•The urban policy framework in India is highly centralized, limiting financial autonomy for local bodies.
•Programs like Atal Mission for Rejuvenation and Urban Transformation (AMRUT) focus on urban areas for infrastructure projects like sewage treatment but exclude smaller towns and urban villages.
•What Are the Challenges faced by the Urban Policy Framework in India?
1.Centralized Finances
2.Tied Grants
3.Overlook the Urban-Rural Continuum:
4.Governance challenges.