Shraddha Khonde

Regional Centre for Urban and Environmental Studies (RCUES), AIILSG, Mumbai

RCUES, Mumbai established in 1968 at AIILSG, Mumbai by Ministry of Urban Development, Government of India. Covers the States of Goa, Gujarat, Maharashtra, Rajasthan and UT's of Diu, Daman, Dadra & Nagar Haveli in western region and Assam and Tripura States in North East Region.In1997, the RCUES of AIILSG, Mumbai was recognized as a National Training Institute (NTI) by the then Ministry of Urban Affairs and Employment, Govt. of India (currently Ministry of Housing and Urban Poverty Alleviation, Government of India) to organize training under poverty alleviation programme, specially – SJSRY, for urban local bodies in the States in UTs in the western region, Madhya Pradesh and Chhattisgarh. In 2005, the Ministry of Housing and Urban Poverty Alleviation (MoH & UPA), Government of India and UNDP have set up the ‘National Resource Centre for Urban Poverty' (NRCUP), Which is anchored by Regional Centre for Urban and Environmental Studies (RCUES) of All India Institute of Local Self Government (AIILSG), Mumbai. The NRCUP was launched under GOI-UNDP project titled ‘National Strategy for the Urban Poor'. In 2009, the RCUES, Mumbai was recognized as a Nodal Resource Centre on SJSRY (NRCS) by Ministry of Housing and Urban Poverty Alleviation, Government of India for the States and UTs in the western region.