Major Research Studies

Ever since establishment of RCUES, Lucknow in 1968, a number of Research Studies have been carried out which were financially supported by State Governments, Central Government and International Agencies. Year-wise list of various major Research Studies undertaken by the centre are as under:

  • Comparison of  Cantonment and Nagar Nigam: A Case Study of Lucknow

  • Preliminary Assessment and Situational Appraisal on CDP, GIS and Double Entry Accounting System

  • Evaluation of IDSMT Scheme in U.P, M.P, Bihar and Orissa

  • Deliberative and Executive wings in Urban Local Bodies (A study of U.P)

  • Community Sanitation in India (A study of Public Private Partnership)

  • Financial Status of Lucknow Nagar Nigam

  • Municipal Finance in Orissa: An analysis (A case study of Cuttack and Bhubaneswar Municipal Corporations )

  • Financial Status of Nagar Panchayats in U.P (A study of select Nagar Panchayats)

  • Finances of Urban Government in M.P (A study of Ujjain Nagar Nigam)

  • Municipal Finance: An analysis (A case study of Lucknow Nagar Nigam)

  • Municipal Finances in U.P (A case study of Allahabad Nagar Nigam)

  • Municipal Finances  in Uttar Pradesh (A case study of Class I towns)

  • Urban Local Bodies in U.P (In the context of the Constitution 74th (Amendment) Act 1992)

  • State of Urban Child in U.P (UNICEF)

  • Evaluation of Rural House-Site-Cum-Construction Assistance Scheme in Bihar, Rajasthan and west Bengal (Ministry of Urban Development)

  • Effectiveness of IDSMT Scheme in Uttar Pradesh (Ministry of Urban Development)

  • Levy of Octroi in Selected States: Its Incidence and Feasibility of Abolition (Ministry of Urban Development)

  • Determination of Training Needs in Municipal Administration in the States of Bihar, Madhya Pradesh, Orissa and Uttar Pradesh (Ministry of Urban Development)

  • Viability of the U.P Urban Development Project in  Lucknow City (World Bank)

  • Trends of Urbanization and its Impact on Urban Civic Services in Bihar, Madhya Pradesh, Orissa and Uttar Pradesh

  • Financial and Administrative delegation of power in the municipality of Jaunpur with special reference to IDSMT

  • Environmental Improvement Schemes in Lucknow and Allahabad

  • Management of Water Supply Undertakings in the Cities of Bihar, Madhya Pradesh and Uttar Pradesh

  • Administration and Impact of Urban Land Ceiling Act in Lucknow

  • Social Indicators for the Integrated Development of Barabanki Town

  • A study of Removal of Encroachment and their Rehabilitation in the Lucknow City

  • Municipal Finances in Madhya Pradesh

  • Report on History of Ghaziabad

  • Report on History of Rampur

  • Analysis of Municipal Budgets of Urban Local Bodies of Uttar Pradesh (1975-76)

  • Talkotra Housing Scheme: A Study of Residents Satisfaction

  • Abolition of Octroi in Madhya Pradesh

  • Towns of Uttar Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh and Bihar

  • Municipal Directorates in India

  • Administrative History of Class I towns of Uttar Pradesh

  • Report on The Socio Economic Survey (UNICEF)

  • Report on Household Food Consumption and Nutrition Survey (UNICEF)

  • Report on Vocational Training and Guidance (UNICEF)

  • Report on the Educational Survey (UNICEF)

  • Centralization of Municipal Services

  • Under Assessment of Property Tax in Lucknow City (sponsored by Union Ministry of Health and Family Planning)

  • Working of Municipal Boards in Uttar Pradesh

  • Problems of Management and Financing of Water Supply in Urban Areas (Madhya Pradesh, Uttar Pradesh and Bihar)

  • Working of Municipal Corporations in Uttar Pradesh

  • Working of Municipal Corporations in U.P

  • A Pilot Study of Integrated Services for Youth and Children in Urban Areas (Sponsored by UNICEF)

  • Organization and Working of Select Utility Services and the Level of Satisfaction among the citizens of Lucknow Municipal Corporation.    

  • Second Municipal Election of the KAVAL Towns of Uttar Pradesh.