MINISTER OF THE STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF URBAN DEVELOPMENT ( SHRI AJAY MAKEN )
(a): Under the Centrally sponsored scheme of Integrated Development of Small and Medium Towns
(IDSMT), a total of 67 towns have been covered in Orissa State. The list of towns and funds
released to them is given in the Annexure-I.
(b): As per revised guidelines, 1995 of IDSMT, towns having population upto 5 lakhs as per 1991
census could be covered under the scheme.
(c): The funds released to Orissa State during the last three years is given below:
Year Central assistance released (Rs. In lakhs)
2004-05 257.00 2005-06 257.05 2006-07 120.00
(d)&(e): No, Sir. As IDSMT scheme has been discontinued and subsumed in Urban Infrastructure
Development Scheme for Small and Medium Towns (UIDSSMT) since December, 2005, no new towns /
cities are possible to be covered under IDSMT. However, all the cities/towns as per census 2001
are eligible to access for central assistance under newly launched scheme of UIDSSMT.