Lok Sabha Question No. 5142 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2017-04-05
Subject: Public Transport Facilities
Ministry: URBAN DEVELOPMENT
Asked by: ABHISHEK SINGH

GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF URBAN DEVELOPMENT LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 5142 TO BE ANSWERED ON 5 TH  APRIL, 2017 PUBLIC TRANSPORT FACIL TIES No. 5142      SHRI ABHISHEK SINGH: a) Will the Minister of URBAN DEVELOPMENT be pleased to state: the  steps  taken  by  the  Union  Government  to  improve  public transport facilities in urban areas; b) the guidelines by the Union Government regarding concessional passes valid for public urban transport and sections of population eligible for the above said scheme; c) whether  Union  Government  proposes  to  issue  tickets  of  urban public transport online and if so, the details thereof; and d) the details of funds allocated for the development of urban pubic transport during the last three years, State-wise? ANSWER THE MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF URBAN DEVELOPMENT (RAO INDERJIT SINGH) (a) : Urban Transport is intertwined with Urban Development, which is a State subject.  However, the Ministry of Urban Development has taken following steps to improve public transport facilities in urban areas: (i) Issue of National Urban Transport Policy (NUTP-2006); (ii) Issue  of  Advisory  on  congestion  charges  to  State Governments/UTs; (iii) Stipulating  condition  of  developing  Parking  Policy  by cities  as  one  of  the  conditions  under  bus  funding scheme; -2(iv) Assistance for procurement of buses, ancillary infrastructure,  implementation  of  Bus  Rapid  Transit System (BRTS), and Metro Rail Projects; and (v) Making Urban Transport an admissible  component under Atal Mission for Rejuvenation and Urban Transformation (AMRUT) and Smart City Mission. (b) :  Ministry  of  Urban  Development  has  not  issued  any  guidelines regarding  concessional  passes  valid  for  public  urban  transport and sections of population eligible for such concessions. (c) (d): No, Madam. :  Details of funds allocated for the development of urban public transport under different projects/schemes during the last three years, State-wise are placed at annexure- I, II, III, IV and V. ***

Annexure-I

ANNEXURE-I REFFERED TO IN REPLY TO PART (d) OF THE LOK SABHA UNSTARRED  QUESTION  NO.  5142  FOR  ANSWER  ON  05.04.2017 REGARDING PUBLIC TRANSPORT FACILITIES ASKED BY SHRI ABHISHEK SINGH

Allocation for Metro Rail Projects:

| State/UT      | Projects                             |   2014-2015 |   2015-2016 |   2016-17 (as on 23.3.2017) |
|---------------|--------------------------------------|-------------|-------------|-----------------------------|
| NCT of Delhi  | Delhi Metro Rail Project (Phase-2&3) |     3202.51 |     4857.54 |                     8956.46 |
| Tamil Nadu    | Chennai Metro Rail Project           |     1006.8  |     1773.59 |                     1253.15 |
| Karnataka     | Bangalore Metro Rail Project         |     1371.87 |     1245.79 |                      667.17 |
| Maharashtra   | Mumbai Metro Line 3                  |        0    |      173.56 |                     1109    |
| Maharashtra   | Nagpur Metro Rail Project            |        0.5  |       84.47 |                      550.5  |
| West Bengal   | Kolkata East West Corridor           |        0    |        0    |                        0    |
| Kerala        | Kochi Metro Rail Project             |      540.99 |      643.96 |                      634    |
| Uttar Pradesh | Lucknow Metro Rail Project           |        0    |      140.92 |                     1140    |
| Gujarat       | Ahemdabad Metro Rail Project         |        0    |      366.26 |                      541    |
| Grand Total   |                                      |     6122.67 |     9286.09 |                    14851.3  |

(Rs. in crores)

Annexure-II

ANNEXURE-II  REFFERED  TO  IN  REPLY  TO  PART  (d)  OF  THE  LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 5142 FOR ANSWER ON 05.04.2017 REGARDING PUBLIC TRANSPORT FACILITIES ASKED BY SHRI ABHISHEK SINGH

Release position for Urban Transport Planning and Capacity Building:

(Rs. in crores)

| Sl. No   | State          |   2014-15 |   2015-16 |   2016-17 |
|----------|----------------|-----------|-----------|-----------|
| 1.       | Andhra Pradesh |     4.2   |     1.48  |      2.37 |
| 2.       | Assam          |     0.3   |     0     |      1.36 |
| 3.       | Chhattisgarh   |     0     |     0     |      1.28 |
| 4.       | Delhi          |     4.69  |     0     |      2.42 |
| 5.       | Gujarat        |     0.1   |     0.306 |      0    |
| 6.       | Haryana        |     0     |     0     |      0.02 |
| 7.       | Karnataka      |     0.075 |     0.237 |      0.24 |
| 8.       | Kerala         |     0     |     0     |      1    |
| 9.       | Madhya Pradesh |     0.53  |     0     |      1.7  |
| 10.      | Maharashtra    |     0     |     0     |      0.09 |
| 11.      | Odisha         |     0.13  |     0     |      0    |
| 12.      | Punjab         |     0.5   |     0     |      0    |
| 13.      | Rajasthan      |     0     |     0     |      0.15 |
| 14.      | Sikkim         |     0     |     0     |      0.1  |
|          | Total          |    10.525 |     2.023 |     10.73 |

Annexure-III

ANNEXURE-III  REFFERED  TO  IN  REPLY  TO  PART  (d)  OF  THE  LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 5142 FOR ANSWER ON 05.04.2017 REGARDING PUBLIC TRANSPORT FACILITIES ASKED BY SHRI ABHISHEK SINGH

Additional Central Assistance (ACA) release position for buses sanctioned during transition phase of JnNURM:

(Rs. in crores )

| Sl. No.   | State            |   2014-15 |   2015-16 |   2016-17 |
|-----------|------------------|-----------|-----------|-----------|
| 1         | Andhra Pradesh   |     44.96 |      4.17 |      0    |
| 2         | Assam            |     54.99 |      0    |     44.02 |
| 3         | Bihar            |     44.92 |      0    |      0    |
| 4         | Chandigarh       |     11.62 |      0    |      0    |
| 5         | Chhattishgarh    |     24.57 |     10.42 |      0    |
| 6         | Goa              |      7.21 |      0    |      1.79 |
| 7         | Himachal Pradesh |     90.93 |     72.75 |      0    |
| 8         | Karnataka        |    194.28 |      0    |      0    |
| 9         | Kerala           |     74.47 |      0    |     26.06 |
| 10        | Maharashtra      |    137.74 |     18.34 |     25.65 |
| 11        | Meghalaya        |     23.16 |      0    |     20.19 |
| 12        | Puducherry       |      7.77 |      0    |      5.91 |
| 13        | Punjab           |      1.59 |      0    |      0    |
| 14        | Rajasthan        |     30.79 |      0    |      0    |
| 15        | Sikkim           |      4.25 |      3.41 |      0    |
| 16        | Telangana        |     29.34 |      9.68 |      3.7  |
| 17        | Tripura          |     12.19 |      9.75 |      0    |
| 18        | West Bengal      |     89.43 |     45.4  |      9.6  |
|           | Total            |    884.21 |    173.92 |    136.92 |

Release position for ancillary infrastructure projects sanctioned during transition phase of JnNURM:

(Rs. in crores)

| Sl. No   | State       |   2014-15 |   2015-16 |   2016-17 |
|----------|-------------|-----------|-----------|-----------|
| 1        | Karnataka   |     44.79 |         0 |         0 |
| 2        | Maharashtra |      5    |         0 |         4 |
|          | Total       |     49.79 |         0 |         4 |

Annexure-IV

ANNEXURE-IV  REFFERED  TO  IN  REPLY  TO  PART  (d)  OF  THE  LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 5142 FOR ANSWER ON 05.04.2017 REGARDING PUBLIC TRANSPORT FACILITIES ASKED BY SHRI ABHISHEK SINGH

Funds allocated and release position under Sustainable Urban Transport Project (SUTP):

(Rs. in crores)

| Sl.No   | State/UT         | Funds allocated   | Amount Released   | Amount Released   | Amount Released   | Amount Released          |
|---------|------------------|-------------------|-------------------|-------------------|-------------------|--------------------------|
|         |                  |                   | 2013-14           | 2014-15           | 2015-16           | 2016- 17(upto Dec. 2016) |
| 1       | Karnataka        | 8,947.87          | 1,401.14          | 2,142.73          | 2,252.32          | 413.67                   |
| 2       | Chhattisgarh     | 1,982.13          | 85.20             | 289.35            | 371.40            | 164.27                   |
| 3       | Maharashtra      | 7,514.48          | 926.32            | 780.13            | 567.44            | 222.42                   |
| 4       | Madhya Pradesh   | 686.30            | 64.17             | 0.79              | 9.25              | 1.37                     |
| 5       | GOI (World Bank) | 944.80            | 73.18             | 176.38            | 62.56             | 110.58                   |
|         | Total            | 20,075.58         | 2,550.02          | 3,389.38          | 3,262.97          | 912.32                   |

Annexure-V

ANNEXURE-V  REFFERED  TO  IN  REPLY  TO  PART  (d)  OF  THE  LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 5142 FOR ANSWER ON 05.04.2017 REGARDING PUBLIC TRANSPORT FACILITIES ASKED BY SHRI ABHISHEK SINGH

Admissible  Central  Assistance  (ACA)  release  position  for  Bus  Rapid Transit System (BRTS) Projects:

(Rs. In lakhs)

|         |             |                  | Year wise release   | Year wise release   | Year wise release                |
|---------|-------------|------------------|---------------------|---------------------|----------------------------------|
| Sl. No. | State       | Name of the City | 2014-15             | 2015-16             | 2016-17 (upto 30 th March, 2017) |
| 1       | Rajasthan   | Jaipur           | 0                   | 0                   | 6,508.99                         |
| 2       | Madhya      | Bhopal           | 0                   | 620.70              | 2,069.00                         |
| 3       | Pradesh     | Indore           | 0                   | 0                   | 1,143.40                         |
| 4       | Maharashtra | Pune             | 0                   | 0                   | 432.00                           |
| 5       | Punjab      | Amritsar         | 0                   | 3,716.55            | 6,194.24                         |
|         | Total       | Total            | 0                   | 4,337.25            | 16,347.63                        |