MINISTER OF RURAL DEVELOPMENT (SHRI JAIRAM RAMESH)
(a) to (e): A statement is laid on the table of the house
STATEMENT REFFERRED TO IN REPLY TO LOK SABHA STARRED QUESTION N0. 259 FOR REPLY ON 14.03.2013
(a): Provision of Urban Amenities in Rural Areas (PURA) Scheme aims at holistic and accelerated
development of compact areas around a potential growth centre in a Gram Panchayat (or a cluster
of Gram Panchayats) through Public Private Partnership (PPP) framework for providing livelihood
opportunities and urban amenities to improve the quality of life in rural areas.
Two PURA pilot projects of the first set of 9 pilot projects have been launched in Kerala. There
is no project for Haryana under this set of pilot projects.
(b): As per the guidelines for the 1st set of pilot projects the following items of works and
services can be taken up under the scheme:
Amenities to be provided Amenities to be Add-on Projects
under Ministry of Rural provided under (Revenue earning,
Development and Ministry Schemes of other people centric
of Drinking water and Ministries projects)
Sanitation Schemes (Illustrative) (Illustrative)
(Mandatory)
1. Water and Sewerage 1. Village Street 1. Village linked tourism
2. Drainage Lighting 2. Integrated Rural Hub,
3. Solid Waste Management 2. Telecom Rural Market.
4. Construction and maintenance 3. Electricity, etc. 3. Agri – Common
of Village Streets Services Centre,
5. Skill Development Warehousing, etc. 4. Any other rural- economy based project
(c) The list of agencies / consortiums selected for preparation of Detailed Project Report
(DPRs) under 1st set of pilots is as under:
S. No. State District Cluster Agency / consortium
1 Kerala Malappuram Thirurangadi Infrastructure Kerala Limited (INKEL)
2 Thrissur Thalikulam Infrastructure Kerala Limited (INKEL)
3 Andhra Pradesh Krishna Ibrahimpatnam & Megha Engineering and Kondapalli Infrastructure Ltd (MEIL)
4 Warangal Parvathagiri SVEC Constructions Limited (SVEC)
5 Rajasthan Jaipur Sanganer Infrastructure Leasing & Financial Services Limited (IL&FS)
6 Rajsamand Khamnor Infrastructure Leasing & Financial Services Limited (IL&FS)
7 Uttarakhand Dehradun Markham Grant Infrastructure Leasing & Financial Services Limited (IL&FS)
8 Maharashtra Sangli Samdoli, Kavatepiran SREI Infrastructure Dudgaon, Tung and Finance Limited (SREI) Kasabedigraj
9 Puducherry Karaikal TR Patinam & MARG Neravi
The selection of private developers is done through an open competitive bidding process. An
Expression of Interest (EOI) is called from reputed infrastructure development companies through
an open advertisement. The interested bidders submit their responses on the basis of which short-
listing is done. Response of EOIs is evaluated vis-Ã -vis the pre-qualification criteria as laid
out in the EOI.
The Request for Proposal (RFP) document is issued to the shortlisted bidders. The list of
qualified bidders (of EOI stage) is circulated to all the State Governments to facilitate their
obtaining requisite clearance during the Request for Proposal (RFP) stage. The shortlisted
bidders submit their detailed proposal which includes Concept plan along with the consent /
clearance from the participating Gram Panchyat(s) and the concerned State Governments. At the
stage of submission of bids in response to RFP, the bidders are evaluated on their technical
capability and assigned scores as per the pre-approved evaluation methodology. The proposal /
concept plan received from various bidders are evaluated by Inter-ministerial Project Screening
and Monitoring Committee (PSMC) and scored and ranked as per criteria set out in the RFP
document. The top ranked bidders are selected and mandated to prepare DPRs. The PSMC appraises
the DPRs for correctness and accuracy. Based on the views and comments of State Government,
DPRs and Capital Grant is sanctioned by the inter-Ministerial Empowered Committee (EC) and
prescribed agreements are executed. While two PURA projects in Kerala have been launched, the
remaining seven are at various stages of evaluation.
The state governments participate in PURA by providing consent / clearance to the proposals of
short-listed bidders, by providing their views / comments as well as recommendations on the DPR
prepared by bidders, by signing the State Support Agreement and by contributing in the
deliberation of PSMC and EC, where they are members.
(d): In order to ensure proper monitoring and supervision of performance by private developers,
an Independent Engineer (IE) is appointed for each PURA cluster of Gram Panchyat(s) to supervise
and monitor performance during the project life cycle. An appropriate grievance redressal
mechanism exists under the chairmanship of the concerned District Magistrate / Deputy
Commissioner /Collector of the district where the PURA project is being implemented, for
handling local level grievances.
(e): Under the PURA projects launched in Kerala training and employment component has not yet
been operationalised.
