Lok Sabha Question No. 203 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2016-11-16
Subject: Study by NIUA on Infrastructure in Cities
Ministry: URBAN DEVELOPMENT
Asked by: JYOTIRADITYA MADHAVRAO SCINDIA, RANGASWAMY DHRUVANARAYANA, SONA RAM CHOUDHARY, SAKUNTALA LAGURI, KAMAL NATH

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF URBAN DEVELOPMENT

## LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 203

## TO BE ANSWERED ON NOVEMBER 16, 2016 STUDY BY NIUA ON INFRASTRUCTURE IN CITIES

No. 203 SHRI JYOTIRADITYA M. SCINDIA: SHRI R. DHRUVA NARAYANA: COL. SONARAM CHOUDHARY: SHRIMATI SAKUNTALA LAGURI: SHRI KAMAL NATH:

Will  the  Minister  of  URBAN  DEVELOPMENT  be  pleased  to state:

- (a)  whether  the  Government  has  done  any  assessment  regarding
- lack of infrastructure facilities in small cities of the country;
- (b) if so, the details thereof and the reasons thereof;
- (c)  whether  the  National  Institute  of  Urban  Affairs  (NIUA)  has recently conducted a study on the state of India's small towns;
- (d)  if so, the details along with ratio of slums in big and small cities;
- and
- (e) the steps taken/proposed to be taken to ensure growth of all the small towns in the country with adequate infrastructure?

## ANSWER THE MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF URBAN

## DEVELOPMENT (RAO INDERJIT SINGH)

- (a) & (b): The High Powered Expert Committee (HPEC) constituted in
- 2012 for estimating the investment requirements for Urban Infrastructure Services had done the assessment for service deficiency in urban centres of the country.
- (c): Yes, Madam. The National Institute of Urban Affairs (NIUA) has recently conducted a study on the state of India's small towns.
- (d): The research on small towns, those below 100,000 population, was  conducted  at  the  National  Institute  of  Urban  Affairs  (NIUA), New Delhi, on behalf of Housing and Urban Development
- Corporation Limited (HUDCO) under Phase III of the HUDCO Chair

project during the period 2015-16. The publication titled 'Towns of India: Demography, Economy and Social Structures, and the Status of  Basic  Infrastructure  and  Housing'  is  a  part  of  the  three-year study which looks at the various size classes of urban settlements in India.

The ratio of slums in big and small cities as stated in the report is as follows:

Table:  Distribution  of  Slum  Population  Across  Various  Size  Class Categories: 2011

| Size Class of Cities/Towns   |   Slum Population Distribution (%) |
|------------------------------|------------------------------------|
| Class I                      |                               73.5 |
| Class II                     |                               11.8 |
| Class III                    |                               10.4 |
| Class IV                     |                                3.4 |
| Class V                      |                                0.8 |
| Class VI                     |                                0   |

(e):  Urban  Development  is  state  subject.  Government  of  India supports  the  efforts  of  states  by  providing  technical  &  financial assistance  through  its  various  schemes  &  programmes.  The  Atal Mission for Rejuvenation and Urban Transformation (AMRUT) is for providing basic services (e.g. water supply, sewerage, urban transport)  to  all  cities  having  a  population  of  more  than  one  lakh. The  thrust  area  of  the  Mission  are:  i.  Water  Supply,  ii.  Sewerage facilities  and  septage  management,  iii.  Storm  Water  drains  to reduce flooding, iv. Pedestrian, non-motorized and public transport facilities, parking spaces, and v. Enhancing amenity value of cities by  creating  and  upgrading  green  spaces,  parks  and  recreation centers, especially for children.

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