(a) the criteria fixed for a city to gain the status
of a mega city;
(b) whether the Union Government has received
proposals from various State Governments including the
Government of Karnataka to grant mega city status to some
cities in their respective States; and
(c) if so, the city-wise details thereof and the
action taken by the Union Government thereon?
THE MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF URBAN DEVELOPMENT(SHRI SAUGATA ROY)
(a)to(c): Matters relating to Local Government fall under
the list of State subjects and Government of India has not
fixed any general criteria for conferring mega city status
to any city. Cities are classified differently under
different schemes. Under the Jawaharlal Nehru National
Urban Renewal Mission (JNNURM), which is the major scheme
currently under implementation in the urban sector, cities
are classified into four categories -
(a) Cities/Urban agglomerations with 4 million plus population (as per 2001 Census);
(b) Cities/Urban agglomerations with million plus but less than 4 million population (as per 2001 Census);
(c) Cities/towns/Urban agglomerations in North Eastern States and Jammu & Kashmir; and
(d) Cities/Urban agglomerations other than those mentioned above.
The erstwhile centrally sponsored scheme of
Infrastructural Development in Mega Cities covered the
cities of Mumbai, Kolkata, Chennai, Hyderabad and
Bangalore; however, the scheme stands closed after
launching of JNNURM.