Right to the Indian City
Swati Dushyant Sisoudiya1, Ankita Prakash Srivastava2, Varsha Khetrapal3
1Swati Dushyant Sisoudiya, 2nd year, M.Plan (Urban Planning) Student, Department of Planning and Development, Sushant University, Gurugram (Haryana), India.
2Prof. Ankita Prakash Srivastava, Assistant Professor, Department of Planning and Development, Sushant University, Gurugram (Haryana), India.
3Prof. Varsha Khetrapal, Associate Professor, Department of Planning and Development, Sushant University, Gurugram (Haryana), India.
Manuscript received on 26 November 2022 | Revised Manuscript received on 02 December 2022 | Manuscript Accepted on 15 December 2022 | Manuscript published on 30 December 2022 | PP: 16-19 | Volume-2 Issue-2, December 2022. | Retrieval Number: 100.1/ijssl.B104512222 | DOI: 10.54105/ijssl.B1045.122222
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Abstract: In Indian governance studies, the urban government is largely understudied. Even less research has been done on it from the standpoint of citizenship and rights. In addition to the general requirement to make the city a more welcoming environment for its inhabitants, the right to the city entails the provision of fundamental urban amenities such as basic housing, clean drinking water, sanitary facilities, and a wide range of other necessities. In urban studies, governance has gotten the least attention, and the current discussion is only about governments in major cities. However, the idea of “right to the city” must be applied to cities of all scales. This paper investigates the significance of and potential applications for the Right to the City in Indian cities. It examines how the Right to the City is expressed internationally in both national and international legal frameworks, recounts Indian housing law precedent, and explains the political strategies of staking claims to urban areas in India. The methodology is based on the literature review, via a critical reading, of the available secondary data. This study analyses the Right to the City to highlight the prevalent issues and challenges in its implementation in India. The study concludes that affirming the right to the city as a basic right arising out of the Indian Constitution would lead to an improvement in urban governance, which would then be carried out in a more inclusive way, taking into consideration the fundamental urban and human rights of its residents and contributing to the larger goal of sustainable cities in India.
Keywords: Right to the City, Urban Governance, Indian Constitution, and Fundamental Human Right
Scope of the Article: Political science