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Urban and Regional Planning in India

The definitive guide to urban and regional planning practice in a changing India.

India’s planning ecosystem has undergone a fundamental transformation. With the end of the Five-Year Plan era, the transition to NITI Aayog, and the reorientation of urban policy under MoHUA, today’s planners operate within a far more complex professional and institutional landscape. At the same time, revised standards and ethical frameworks introduced by the Institute of Town Planners, India (ITPI) have reshaped professional practice.

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The definitive guide to urban and regional planning practice in a changing India.

India’s planning ecosystem has undergone a fundamental transformation. With the end of the Five-Year Plan era, the transition to NITI Aayog, and the reorientation of urban policy under MoHUA, today’s planners operate within a far more complex professional and institutional landscape. At the same time, revised standards and ethical frameworks introduced by the Institute of Town Planners, India (ITPI) have reshaped professional practice.

In this fully updated second edition, Dr S. K. Kulshrestha provides an authoritative, practice-focused roadmap for contemporary planners. Incorporating the latest ITPI fee structures, person-month–based calculations, and the 2024 amendments to the Code of Professional Conduct, the book connects traditional planning principles with the realities of modern consultancy.

Concise, practical, and grounded in professional experience, this edition bridges academic training and real-world practice—making it an essential resource for students, practitioners, and planning professionals across India.

  • PART ONE: THE PROFESSION AND PROFESSIONAL ETHICS
    • Chapter 1: The Profession, Roles, Responsibilities and Ethics
      • What is urban and regional planning?
      • Recent reforms in the planning system
      • What is professional planning practice in urban and regional planning?
      • Classification of assignments
      • Types of professional planning practice
      • Who is a spatial planner?
      • Role of a spatial planner
      • Qualities and responsibilities of a spatial planner
      • Who are the clients?
      • Role of the client
      • Code of professional conduct
      • Code of professional conduct of members of ITPI
  • PART TWO: PROFESSIONAL PRACTICES AND PROCEDURES
    • Chapter 2: Professional practice in the public sector
      • Introduction
      • Urban and regional planning practice at the national level
      • Urban and regional planning practice at the interstate level
      • Urban and regional planning practice at the state government level
      • Urban and regional planning practice at the district level
      • Urban and regional planning practice at the metropolitan area level
      • Planning practice at the local level
      • Consultancy practice in the public sector
      • Spatial planning education and research
      • Inter-agency relationship
      • Role of the government as facilitator and its implications on public sector planning practice
    • Chapter 3: Initiation of the Private Sector in Spatial Planning Process
      • Introduction
      • Appointment of consultants
      • Appointment of contractors
      • Appointment of developers
    • Chapter 4: Professional Practice in the Private Sector
      • The existing scenario
      • Need for private sector involvement
      • Types of private sector participants
        • Consultants
        • Contractors
        • Developers
      • Systems of private sector participation
      • Conclusion
    • Chapter 5: Professional Practice in the Joint Sector
      • What is the joint sector?
      • Public–private partnership
      • Models of PPP
      • Public–public partnership
      • Case studies of joint ventures
    • Chapter 6: International Urban Planning Practice under WTO-GATS
      • Introduction
      • General agreement on trade in services
      • Type of services
      • Obligations under GATS
      • Modes of supply of services
      • Current commitments
      • Opportunities and threats
  • PART THREE: PROFESSIONAL FEE AND PREPARATION OF CONSULTANCY PROPOSALS
    • Chapter 7: Scale of Professional Fee and Charges
      • Introduction
      • Description of Consultancy Services
      • Basis for professional fees calculation
      • Scale of professional fees recommended by ITPI
      • Sample calculation of fee
      • Mode of payment of fees
    • Chapter 8: Preparation of Consultancy Proposals
      • What is a consultancy proposal?
      • General structure of various consultancy proposals
      • Detailed formats of common items of a consultancy proposal
  • PART FOUR: LEGAL SUPPORT
    • Chapter 9: Agreements and Contracts
      • Definitions
      • Essential elements of agreements/contracts
      • Performance of agreements/contracts
      • Role, status, rights and obligations of consultant in works contract
      • Other important provisions of the Act
      • General principles for construction of terms of contract
      • Requirements of a time–essence contract
      • Format and contents of consultancy agreements
      • Format and contents of works contract with contractors
      • Standard agreements
      • Format and contents of agreements/contracts with developers
  • PART FIVE: ESTABLISHMENT AND MANAGEMENT OF OFFICE
    • Chapter 10: Organising and Establishing Office
      • ORGANISING OFFICE
        • Introduction
        • Formal organisation of office
        • Structure of formal organisation of office
        • Variations to the organisational structures of office
        • Choice of organisational structures of office
        • Mergers and acquisitions
        • Informal organisations
      • ESTABLISHING OFFICE
        • Definitions
        • Establishing a proprietorship office
        • Establishing an unregistered corporate office
        • Establishing a registered corporate office
        • Formation of an NGO
        • Setting up of a foreign collaboration
        • Closing remark
    • Chapter 11: Personnel Management and Performance Appraisal
      • Introduction
      • PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT
        • Objective
        • Understanding human behaviour
        • Motivation theories
        • Decision-making
        • Leadership
        • Time management
      • PERFORMANCE APPRAISAL
        • Performance appraisal techniques
        • Performance appraisal through annual confidential reports
        • ACR of senior officers
        • ACR of operative staff
        • Performance appraisal through performance-appraisal report
        • 360-degree appraisal

Dr Satish Kumar Kulshreshtha (Professor)

Dr. S. K. Kulshrestha is a senior academic and planning professional with over four decades of experience in teaching, research, and professional practice in urban and regional planning. He is a senior consultant in the field, a Visiting Professor at the School of Planning and Architecture, New Delhi, the founder-editor of Spatio-economic Development Record (SDR)—a journal on urban and regional planning published since 1994—and a Member of the Rajasthan Commission on Urbanisation. Dr Kulshrestha has contributed to the preparation of master plans for ten major cities in India and Nigeria, and was involved in the formulation of the Master Plan of Delhi 2001 and 2021, as well as the Regional Plan for the National Capital Region 2021, as a member of expert groups. He also served as the Principal Coordinator of the Government of India’s landmark research study, Urban Development Plan Formulation and Implementation (UDPFI) Guidelines. He is also the author of Dictionary of Urban and Regional Planning (2006).

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