Lok Sabha Question No. 931 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2017-02-08
Subject: Capacity Building for Urban Local Bodies
Ministry: URBAN DEVELOPMENT
Asked by: MEENAKASHI LEKHI

No. 931

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

## MINISTRY OF URBAN DEVELOPMENT LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 931

## TO BE ANSWERED ON FEBRUARY 08, 2017

## CAPACITY BUILDING FOR URBAN LOCAL BODIES

SHRIMATI MEENAKASHI LEKHI:

Will the Minister of URBAN DEVELOPMENT be pleased to state:

- (a) the efforts being made as a part of capacity building for Urban Local Bodies under the Smart Cities Mission;
- (b) the details of cities taken up for this capacity building; and
- (c) the  locations  of  Centres  of  Excellence  and  details  of  the functions performed by them?

## ANSWER

## THE MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF URBAN DEVELOPMENT (RAO INDERJIT SINGH)

- (a)& (b): The  Ministry  of  Urban  Development  has  taken  several steps for capacity building specifically under the Smart Cities Mission.

Financial  assistance  of  Rs.  2  crore  for  each  city  has  been provided to all shortlisted cities for preparation of Smart City Proposals  (SCPs).  The  Ministry  has  empanelled  consulting firms  to  help  the  cities  prepare  the  Smart  City  Plans  and thereby participate in Smart  City Challenge. Additionally,

financial  support  was  also  provided  for  preparation  of  Smart Cities Proposals under the Capacity Building for Urban Development (CBUD) Project supported by the World Bank.

The  Ministry  is  providing  technical  support  to  all  selected Smart Cities  in  implementation  of  the  Smart  City  Plans  right from  establishment  of  Special  Purpose  Vehicles  (SPVs)  to Projectivization of Smart City Proposals and implementation of Reforms envisaged under AMRUT. List of selected Smart Cities is also enclosed at Annexure-I, Annexure-II & Annexure-III.  In addition, Ministry of Urban Development also provides Individual  and  Institutional  capacity  building  under  Capacity Building for Urban Development (CBUD), a World Bank assisted project for all shortlisted Smart Cities and AMRUT Cities.

Under CBUD a comprehensive program on individual capacity building was started by the Ministry. These trainings are open to all officers from 500 AMRUT cities as well as all shortlisted Smart Cities. Close to 8000 ULB officers have been trained so far through such training programmes in the subject areas of Finance & Revenue, Engineering & Public Health,  Town Planning and Administration.

The  Institutional  capacity  building  comprises,  support  in  the area of property tax reforms, credit rating, Advertisement tax reforms,  Municipal  bond  financing,  Value  Capture  financing and Non- Revenue Water reduction.

- (c):   At  present,  under  Capacity  Building  for  Urban  Local  Bodies (CBULB)  Scheme,  financial  assistance  is  being  provided  to only  one  Centre  of  Excellence  i.e.  Centre  for  Science  and Environment (CSE), New Delhi for capacity building.  Ministry of  Urban  Development  also  provides  non-plan  grants  to  four Regional Centres to meet their establishment, research, training and other institutional expenditure for providing training. Details of Regional Centres for Urban and Environmental Studies (RCUES) are at Annexure-IV.

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## Annexure-I referred to in Part (a) & (b) of the reply to Lok  Sabha Unstarred Question no. 931 to be answered on 08.02.2017

## Winning Cities in Round 1

|   Sl. No. | Name of State/UT   | Name of City   |
|-----------|--------------------|----------------|
|         1 | Odisha             | Bhubaneswar    |
|         2 | Maharashtra        | Pune           |
|         3 | Rajasthan          | Jaipur         |
|         4 | Gujarat            | Surat          |
|         5 | Kerala             | Kochi          |
|         6 | Gujarat            | Ahmadabad      |
|         7 | Madhya Pradesh     | Jabalpur       |
|         8 | Andhra Pradesh     | Visakhapatnam  |
|         9 | Maharashtra        | Solapur        |
|        10 | Karnataka          | Davanagere     |
|        11 | Madhya Pradesh     | Indore         |
|        12 | Delhi              | NDMC           |
|        13 | Tamil Nadu         | Coimbatore     |
|        14 | Andhra Pradesh     | Kakinada       |
|        15 | Karnataka          | Belagavi       |
|        16 | Rajasthan          | Udaipur        |
|        17 | Assam              | Guwahati       |
|        18 | Tamil Nadu         | Chennai        |
|        19 | Punjab             | Ludhiana       |
|        20 | Madhya Pradesh     | Bhopal         |

## Annexure-II referred to in Part (a) & (b) of the reply to Lok  Sabha Unstarred Question no. 931 to be answered on 08.02.2017

## Winning Cities in fast track round

|   Sl. No. | Name of State/UT   | Name of City    |
|-----------|--------------------|-----------------|
|         1 | Uttar Pradesh      | Lucknow         |
|         2 | Telangana          | Warangal        |
|         3 | Himachal Pradesh   | Dharamshala     |
|         4 | Chandigarh         | Chandigarh      |
|         5 | Chhattisgarh       | Raipur          |
|         6 | West Bengal        | Newtown Kolkata |
|         7 | Bihar              | Bhagalpur       |
|         8 | Goa                | Panaji          |
|         9 | A & N Islands      | Port Blair      |
|        10 | Manipur            | Imphal          |
|        11 | Jharkhand          | Ranchi          |
|        12 | Tripura            | Agartala        |
|        13 | Haryana            | Faridabad       |

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## Annexure-III referred to in Part (a) & (b) of the reply to Lok Sabha Unstarred Question no. 931 to be answered on 08.02.2017

## Winning cities in Round 2

|   Sl. No. | Name of State/UT   | Name of City     |
|-----------|--------------------|------------------|
|         1 | Punjab             | Amritsar         |
|         2 | Maharashtra        | Kalyan-Dombivali |
|         3 | Madhya Pradesh     | Ujjain           |
|         4 | Andhra Pradesh     | Tirupati         |
|         5 | Maharashtra        | Nagpur           |
|         6 | Karnataka          | Mangaluru        |
|         7 | Tamil Nadu         | Vellore          |
|         8 | Maharashtra        | Thane            |
|         9 | Madhya Pradesh     | Gwalior          |
|        10 | Uttar Pradesh      | Agra             |
|        11 | Maharashtra        | Nashik           |
|        12 | Odisha             | Rourkela         |
|        13 | Uttar Pradesh      | Kanpur           |
|        14 | Tamil Nadu         | Madurai          |
|        15 | Karnataka          | Tumakuru         |
|        16 | Rajasthan          | Kota             |
|        17 | Tamil Nadu         | Thanjavur        |
|        18 | Sikkim             | Namchi           |
|        19 | Punjab             | Jalandhar        |
|        20 | Karnataka          | Shivamogga       |
|        21 | Tamil Nadu         | Salem            |
|        22 | Rajasthan          | Ajmer            |
|        23 | Uttar Pradesh      | Varanasi         |
|        24 | Nagaland           | Kohima           |
|        25 | Karnataka          | Hubballi-Dharwad |
|        26 | Maharashtra        | Aurangabad       |
|        27 | Gujarat            | Vadodara         |

## Annexure-IV  referred  to  in  Part  (c)  of  the  reply  to  Lok  Sabha Unstarred Question No. 931 to be answered on 08.02.2017

## Details of Regional Centres for Urban and Environmental Studies (RCUES):

|   Sl. No | Name and address of the Centre                                                                                                                                                                                                                    | State wise Jurisdiction for Capacity Building                                                                   |
|----------|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|        1 | RCUES, AIILSG, Mumbai All India institute of Local Self Government, M.N.Roy Human Development Campus, Plot No.-6, F-Block, Opp.Govt. Colony Blog.No.326, TPS Road.12, Bandra (East) Mumbai-400051, Tel.:0091222657,3795/96/98, Fax:00912226573973 | Maharashtra, Goa, Gujarat, Assam, Rajasthan, Tripura and Union Territories of Diu, Daman, Dadra & Nagar Haveli. |
|        2 | RCUES, Lucknow University of Lucknow Lucknow-226007 Telefax. 0522-2740165,2740108                                                                                                                                                                 | Uttar Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Bihar, Madhya Pradesh, Orissa, Jharkhand, Chhattisgarh, Manipur & Sikkim.           |
|        3 | RCUES, Hyderabad Osmania University Hyderabad-500007, A.P. Fax: 091-40-27090321 Telex: 0425-27173001                                                                                                                                              | Andhra Pradesh, Tamil Nadu, Kerala, Karnataka, Puducherry, Nagaland & Arunachal Pradesh.                        |
|        4 | Centre for Urban Studies Institute of Public Administration, New Delhi. Hostel Reception IIPA, IIPA Campus, IP Estate, Ring Road, New Delhi-110002, Phone No.23468501,23468502,23468503                                                           | Delhi, Haryana, Punjab, Himachal Pradesh, Jammu & Kashmir, West Bengal, Meghalaya and Mizoram.                  |

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