THE MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF URBAN DEVELOPMENT(SHRI SAUGATA ROY)
(a), (b) & (c) : The details of Urban Development Schemes being
implemented in various States in the Country are as follows :-
(I) Jawaharlal Nehru National Urban Renewal Mission (JNNURM),
a reform driven scheme was launched on 3rd December, 2005 with the
objective of fast track development of cities across the country,
focusing on bringing about efficiency in urban infrastructure service
delivery mechanisms, community participation and accountability of
Urban Local Bodies and Parastatal agencies towards citizens and to
ensure sustainable development of cities during the Mission period
2005-12.
Under, Urban Infrastructure & Governance (UIG) sub mission
of Jawaharlal Nehru National Urban Renewal Mission (JNNURM), the
government has taken up reforms driven and fast track development
of 65 selected cities across the country. Under UIG, 552 projects
on various sectors have been approved with the approved cost of
Rs. 62041.80 crore and Additional Central Assistance (ACA)
commitment of Rs. 28698.29 crore for various Mission cities
during the Mission period i.e. 2005-12.
(II) Under, Urban Infrastructure Development Scheme for Small
and Medium Towns (UIDSSMT), one of the sub-components of JNNURM,
all cities / towns as per 2001 census except cities/towns covered
under UIG, were eligible to be covered. The components for
assistance under the Scheme include all urban infrastructure
development projects including water supply and sanitation.
Under UIDSSMT 807 projects on various sector have been
approved with approved cost of Rs 14020.95 crore and ACA commitment
of Rs. 11240.01 crore for 672 Towns/Cities during the Mission
period i.e. 2005-2012.
(III) The Ministry of Urban Development (MoUD) is implementing the
North Eastern Region Urban Development Programme (NERUDP) with the
financial assistance from Asian Development Bank (ADB) in the capital
cities of 5 North Eastern States viz. Agartala (Tripura), Aizawl(Mizoram),
Gangtok (Sikkim), Kohima (Nagaland), and Shillong (Meghalaya) covering
priority urban services viz.(i) Water Supply, (ii) Sewerage and Sanitation,
and (iii) Solid Waste Management sectors at an estimated cost of Rs 1371
crore over the period from 2009-10 to 2015-16.
(IV) 10% Lump-sum Provision Scheme for North Eastern Region including
Sikkim became operational in the Ministry of Urban Development from
the financial year 2001-02. It is now under implementation as per
guidelines of Non-Lapsable Central Pool of Resources(NLCPR) and
the Ministry’s instructions on the same. 10% of the Annual Plan
Budget of the Ministry is earmarked for implementation of
Projects/Schemes for the North-Eastern States including Sikkim.
In the last 11 years, 256 projects estimated at Rs. 225759.15 Lakh
have been sanctioned out of which 144 projects have been completed.
(V) The pilot scheme of Urban Infrastructure Development in
Satellite Towns around Seven Mega-Cities (UIDSST), i.e. Mumbai,
Kolkata, Delhi, Chennai, Hyderabad, Bangalore and Ahmedabad have
been launched with the following objectives;
i) To develop urban infrastructure facilities of drinking water,
sewerage and solid waste management, etc. at satellite towns around
the seven mega-cities and to channelize their future growth so as to
reduce pressure on the mega cities;
ii) To implement reforms such as e-Governance, property tax,
double entry accounting, creation of barrier free environment,
structural safety norms in compliance with the National Building Code,
water and energy audit of water and wastewater utilities and implementation
of service level benchmarks;
iii) Strengthening implementation of reforms such as levy of reasonable
user charges, earmarking of budgets for basic services and at least 10-15%
of housing sites for the urban poor, formulation of bye-laws to incorporate
provisions for disaster management, water harvesting and reuse and recycle of
wastewater and implementation of Public Private Partnership (PPP) projects;
(VI) The National Urban Information System (NUIS) Scheme has been launched
during the Tenth Five Year Plan (March 2006) to develop Geographic
Information System (GIS) databases for 137 towns/cities in the country
in two scales i.e., 1:10000 and 1:2000. In addition, utility mapping
on 1:1000 will also be undertaken for 22 towns. The total number of
Towns under the NUIS Scheme is 152. The NUIS comprises four major
subcomponents viz. (a) Mapping, (b) Establishment of NUIS Cells
(c) National Urban Databank and Indicators (NUDB&I) to develop
town level urban database to support development of indices and
(d) Capacity Building. It covers all States except NCT Delhi,
Tamil Nadu and Uttarakhand.
(VII) The Capacity Building Scheme for Urban Local Bodies (CBULB)
brought out by this Ministry is aimed at strengthening urban local
governments through capacity building for better governance and
financial management as articulated in the 11th Plan. The scheme
covers a wide range of activities with respect to Capacity Building
like setting up of Centres of Excellence, addressing specific gaps
in Urban Planning, Detailed Project Reports (DPRs), Implementation
of Property Tax reforms, e-governance, accounting reforms, socio
economic and environmental planning, project implementation and
management, preparation of detailed project reports, municipal
service delivery including water supply, sewerage and sanitation,
solid waste management, financial management, urban transport,
cost recovery and user charges; Implementation of capacity building
programme in pursuance of the National Urban Sanitation Policy;
Implementation of municipal reforms like property tax reforms,
accounting reforms, e-Governance, public-private partnership;
training programmes for elected womenrepresentatives; etc.
Under the National Urban Sanitation Policy over 124 cities in
the States of Chhattisgarh, Karnataka, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra,
Uttar Pradesh, Kerala, Andhra Pradesh, Rajasthan, Uttarakhand and
Odisha are being provided financial support in order to enable them
to develop their respective City Sanitation Plans (CSPs). Under the
Capacity Building Component of the CBULB scheme, funds are being
released to Madhya Pradesh, Karnataka, Chhattisgarh and Odisha.
(VIII) In addition, Under the second stimulus package announced
by the Government of India in January, 2009, the States, as a
one-time measure, have been provided financial assistance for
purchase of buses for their urban transport system under Jawaharlal
Nehru National Urban Renewal Mission (JnNURM). The financing is meant
exclusively for City Bus Service and Bus Rapid Transit System (BRTS)
for all (61) mission cities. The List of these 61 mission cities are
at Annexure.
(d) No, Madam.
(e) Dose not arise.
