States have endorsed five transformational urban reforms proposed by the Centre for improving service delivery to citizens besides promoting resource mobilization required for meeting the urban infrastructure demand. <br/><br/>The reforms include adopting 'Trust and Verify' for granting approvals and Land Titling Laws. The States also supported new policies and schemes proposed by the Urban Ministry including Transit Oriented Development Policy, Green Urban Mobility Scheme and Metro Policy. <br/><br/>A consensus in this regard was reached at a 'National Consultation Workshop on Urban Development' chaired by Urban Development Minister M.Venkaiah Naidu in New Delhi today. <br/><br/>On the occasion, Mr Naidu asked the States and Cities to radically reform urban governance, planning and financing to attract investments. He also said, an investment of over 2.80 lakh crore rupees has been approved over a short period of just about two years for the empowerment of States and cities.<br/><br/>Secretary Urban Development Rajiv Gauba, complimented States for their enthusiastic participation in the deliberations and for endorsing the proposed reforms and new policies and schemes. <br/><br/>He explained that reforms proposed were identified based on their potential impact on urban governance, planning and financing aspects. States have also agreed to the three year time-frame suggested by the Ministry for implementation of the five transformational reforms.