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(a) whether the Government proposes to enhance the limit of twenty
thousand population based on 1991 census to fifty thousand under
the Accelerated Urban Water Supply Programme ;
(b) if so, the details thereof; and
(c) the time by which it is likely to be enhanced ?
THE MINISTER OF THE STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF URBAN DEVELOPMENT(SHRI AJAY MAKEN)
(a)to(c): No, Sir. AUWSP has been subsumed in Urban
Infrastructure Development Scheme for Small and Medium Towns
(UIDSSMT) launched by the Govt. of India in December, 2005 with
a view to improving urban infrastructure including water supply
in 5098 small and medium town and cities (as per census 2001).
Under UIDSSMT all urban towns upto population of 10 lakhs except
the towns covered under Jawaharlal Nehru National Urban Renewal
Mission (JNNURM) are eligible for financial assistance as per
guidelines of the scheme.