Lok Sabha Question No. 3847 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2017-08-09
Subject: Investment for Infrastructure
Ministry: HOUSING AND URBAN AFFAIRS
Asked by: ANSHUL VERMA

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF HOUSING AND URBAN AFFAIRS

## LOK SABHA

UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 3847

TO BE ANSWERED ON AUGUST 09, 2017

## INVESTMENT FOR INFRASTRUCTURE

No. 3847 SHRI ANSHUL VERMA:

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

- (a)  whether  the  country  needs  huge  investments  to  deliver  basic
- infrastructure and if so, the details thereof;
- (b) whether the country has world's second largest urban population and
- if so, the details thereof; and
- (c) the steps taken by the Government for a policy framework to ensure inclusive urban growth?

## ANSWER THE MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF HOUSING AND URBAN AFFAIRS (RAO INDERJIT SINGH)

- (a):  As  per  the  report  of  High  Powered  Expert  Committee  (HPEC)  for estimating the investment requirements for Urban Infrastructure Service (2011) set up by the then Ministry of Urban Development (now Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs) Government of India needs an investment  of Rs. 39.2 lakh crore at 2009-10  prices for urban infrastructure  over  the  20-year  period  from  2012-13  to  2031-32.  The details  of  sector  and  estimated  investment  required  are  given  in Annexure.

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(b):    Yes,  Madam. India ranks second with Urban Population of 37.71 crores  according  to  Census,  2011  after  China  which  has  urban population of 76.2 crores (by 2015) highest in the world.

(c):  Urban  Development  is  a  State  Subject.  Government  of  India supports the efforts of State Governments by providing technical and financial assistance to States under various schemes & programmes. Government  has  implemented  many  schemes/programmes  to  ensure inclusive urban growth. These schemes/programmes are as under:

(i) Smart City Mission: The Smart City Mission aims to cover 100 cities in the country for improving infrastructure and services including smart solutions and area based development.

(ii)  Atal Mission for Rejuvenation and Urban Transformation (AMRUT): Atal  Mission  for  Rejuvenation  and  Urban  Transformation  (AMRUT), covering 500 cities of the country having population more than 1 lakh and other identified categories, provides financial assistance to Mission cities for water supply, liquid waste management, development of city parks and non motorized transport.

(iii)  The  Swachh  Bharat  Mission  (SBM):  The  Swachh  Bharat  Mission (SBM) covers all urban local bodes of the country and provides financial assistance for construction of individual household toilets, community and public toilets and for scientific management of solid waste.

(iv)  Pradhan  Mantri  Awas  Yojana:  Housing  for  All  (Urban)  Mission: Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana- Housing for All (Urban) Mission is being implemented during 2015-2022 and provides assistance to Urban Local Bodies (ULBs) and other implementing agencies through States/UTs for construction of dwelling units.

(V)  Deendayal  Antyodaya  Yojana-National  Urban  Livelihoods  Mission (DAY-NULM): The Mission is being implemented with the objective to reduce  poverty  and  vulnerability  of  the  urban  poor  households  by enabling them to access gainful self-employment and skilled wage

employment opportunities, resulting in sustained improvement in their livelihoods, through building strong grassroots level institutions of the poor.  The  Mission  aims  at  providing  shelter  equipped  with  essential services to the urban homeless. In addition, the Mission also addresses livelihood concerns of the urban street vendors by facilitating access to suitable  spaces,  institutional  credit,  social  security  and  skills  to  the urban street vendors.

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Annexure is referred  to  part  (a)  of  Lok  Sabha  Unstarred  Question  No.  3847  for answer on 09.08.2017 regarding Investment of Infrastructure.

The details of sector and estimated investment required for the period 2012-2031

| S.No   | Sector                         |   Investment Estimate (Rs. Lakh) |
|--------|--------------------------------|----------------------------------|
| 1.     | Water Supply                   |                           320908 |
| 2      | Sewerage                       |                           242688 |
| 3      | SWM                            |                            48582 |
| 4      | Storm Water Drains             |                           191031 |
| 5      | Urban Roads                    |                          1728941 |
| 6      | Mass Transit                   |                           449426 |
| 7      | Street Lighting                |                            18580 |
| 8      | Traffic Support Infrastructure |                            97985 |
| 9      | Renewal and redevelopment      |                           408955 |
| 10     | Other sectors                  |                           309815 |
|        | Total                          |                          3918670 |