As aware, in the year 2005 Honorable Chief Minister released the Vision Document wherein an announcement was made to form Urban Development Mission. It has been observed that many a times schemes does not yield desired results due to inertia getting set in, lack of continuous monitoring and diminished focus and also due to lack of integration of new knowledge, information, new skills, management and expertise. To overcome this problem and get time-bound result, in many cases, mission mode approach has been adopted, which has worked successfully. In this regards, five societal missions formed by the Government of India in 1980’s are excellent examples. In case of urban development, activities are required to be implemented in a time –bound manner with holistic approach and intensive management, wherein expertise of professionals are made available to all ULBs. Further, knowledge, information project and programme development does require learning from each other and integrating those in each project / program. In this backdrop and to build synergy and avail Government of India’s funds, it was proposed to form a Mission for Urban Development at the State level. It is understood that urban development is to play a key role in the future socio-economic development of the State as cities / towns are to become main center for enhanced productivity with competitive advantage. They have to provide excellent and better infrastructure, hassle free life and are to be vibrant, professionally managed towns and cities with integrated delivery systems guided by the principles of good governance and public accountability. To achieve this goal, the mission’s objective is to support urban renewal and urban infrastructure development in the given timeframe for attaining better living standards, facilities and creating facilitative environment for people to live and work in the urban areas of Gujarat. The Mission would also extend technological, financial, managerial, coordination and planning support to ULBs for efficient and effective implementation of project along with sustainability of utility services.