Lok Sabha Question No. 3442 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2018-08-07
Subject: Swachh Bharat Mission
Ministry: HOUSING AND URBAN AFFAIRS
Asked by: ANOOP MISHRA, P. KUMAR

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

## MINISTRY OF HOUSING AND URBAN AFFAIRS LOK SABHA

UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 3442

## TO BE ANSWERED ON AUGUST 07, 2018 SWACHH BHARAT MISSION

No. 3442

SHRI ANOOP MISHRA:

SHRI P. KUMAR:

## Will the Minister of HOUSING AND URBAN AFFAIRS be pleased to state:

- (a)  whether the success of Swachh Bharat Mission is mainly dependent on strengthening the municipal system/bodies in the country;
- (b)  if so, the steps taken by the Government in this regard;
- (c) whether the Government has also taken adequate steps for
- strengthening the infrastructure of municipal system;
- (d)  if so, the details thereof during the last three years; and
- (e) the efforts being made to engage local municipal bodies in the Swachh Bharat Abhiyan, especially with respect to waste management?

## ANSWER

## THE MINISTER OF STATE (INDEPENDENT CHARGE) OF THE

## MINISTRY OF HOUSING AND URBAN AFFAIRS

## (SHRI HARDEEP SINGH PURI)

- (a):    Yes Madam. Strengthening Urban Local Bodies (ULBs) by building
- their capacities is important for successful implementation and achievement  of  the  targets  under  the  Swachh  Bharat  Mission  -Urban (SBM-U).
- (b)  to  (d):  Government  have  taken  various  steps  for  strengthening  the
- infrastructure of municipal system, which includes the following :-
- (i). Government has launched Atal Mission for Rejuvenation and Urban Transformation  (AMRUT)  on  25  June  2015  which  provides  10%  of annual  budgetary  allocation  to  be  distributed  to  ULBs  as  reform incentives  each  year.  So  far  Rs.1,240  Crore  has  been  awarded  as reform  incentive  to  States/  Union  Territories  for  implementation  of reforms.

(ii). Under AMRUT, one of the reforms to be undertaken by ULBs is to issue Municipal Bonds (MBs) to raise funds. Government incentivizes on  'first-come,  first-serve'  basis,  up  to  ten  ULBs  (covered  under AMRUT) during 2018-19 for issuing MBs @ Rs.13 Crore for every Rs.100 Crore  worth  of  bonds.  An  ULB  can  avail  incentive  for  issuing  up  to Rs.200  Crore  worth  of  MBs.  Municipal  Corporations  of  Pune  and Greater  Hyderabad  has  raised  Rs.200  Crore  each,  while  Indore Municipal Corporation has raised Rs.139.90 Crore. So far Rs.70 Crore has been awarded for issuing MBs  to these three Municipal Corporations.

(e): Measures taken by Government to engage local municipal bodies in Waste  Management  under  the  Swachh  Bharat  Abhiyan,  includes  the following:

(i).  Issue  of  advisories  like  'Waste  to  Wealth  -  A  Compendium  of Technologies  for  Processing  of  Waste';  'Advisory  for  Bulk  Waste Generators-  Compliance  to  SWM  Rules';  'Swachh  Neighborhood'; 'Advisory  on  On-Site  and  Decentralized  Composting  of  Municipal Organic Waste' and a 'Compendium of Case Studies'.

- (ii). Government also provide need-based handholding support to cities in  preparation  of  Detailed  Project  Reports  (DPRs),  strengthening  of Management Information System (MIS), etc.
- (iii).  Government  has  also  launched  'DPR  Planning  Tool',  an  excelbased utility, to assist ULBs to select best technology for processing of their waste.
- (iv). The 'Swachh Survekshan' launched by Government has encouraged a spirit of healthy competition between cities to compete for achieving better position in this survey of the cleanliness in cities.
- (v). Government has launched a 'star rating protocol for garbage free cities' to motivate cities to achieve garbage free status.
- (vi). Government is actively encouraging 100% door to door collection, segregation of waste at source, processing of wet waste into compost or  bio-methanation,  recycling  of  dry  waste,  use  of  combustible  dry waste  in  Waste  to  Energy  (WtE)  or  cement  plants  and  transfer  of balance inert to scientific landfills.

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