Lok Sabha Question No. 4228 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2020-03-19
Subject: Funds for Cities
Ministry: HOUSING AND URBAN AFFAIRS
Asked by: Devendrappa Y, Poonam (Mahajan) Vajendla Rao

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

## MINISTRY OF HOUSING AND URBAN AFFAIRS LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 4228

## TO BE ANSWERED ON MARCH 19, 2020 FUNDS FOR CITIES

NO. 4228.

SHRI Y. DEVENDRAPPA :

SHRIMATI POONAM MAHAJAN :

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

- (a)   whether it is a fact that about Rs. 800 crore would be up for grabs  for  cities  that  compete  for  the  15best  projects  in  four areas  including  sustainable mobility,  open  public  spaces, urban governance and organisational innovation in low income settlements and if so, thedetails thereof especially for Maharashtra and Karnataka; and
- (b)   whether the Government has also announced agrant of Rs. 2 crore assistance for each of 25 cities, including more than half a  dozen State capitals forplanned urban expansion and if so, the details thereof?

## ANSWER

THE MINISTER OF STATE (INDEPENDENT CHARGE) OF THE MINISTRY OF HOUSING AND URBAN AFFAIRS

(SHRI HARDEEP SINGH PURI)

- (a) Financial  support  of  EUR  100  million  shall  be  provided  to  12 projects  in  four  areas  namely,  sustainable  mobility,  open public spaces, urban e-governance and Information and Communication Technology (ICT) and social & organisational innovation for low income settlement under the City Investments to Innovate, Integrate and Sustain (CITIIS) Program of Smart Cities Mission.

- (b) The Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs has launched subscheme  'Pilot  on  Formulation  of  Local  Area  Plan(LAP)  and Town  Planning  Scheme(TPS)'  under  the  Atal  Mission  for Rejuvenation and Urban Transformation with the objective of supporting the preparation of LAP and TPS on a pilot basis in States/Cities  and  build  local  capacity  for  undertaking  such tasks. An amount of Rs 50 crore would be provided under this sub-scheme i.e. Rs 2 crore per city for identified 25 cities for preparing LAP and TPS. The amount shall be released in three instalments in the ratio of 20%:40%:40% at specified stages. List of cities under the sub-scheme is in Annexure.

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Annexure referred to in reply to Part (b) of Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No 4228 regarding 'Funds for Cities' for answer on March 19, 2020.

List of selected cities under the Sub-Scheme Formulation of Local Area Plan (LAP) and Town Planning Scheme (TPS)

|   Sl. No | City                  | State             |
|----------|-----------------------|-------------------|
|        1 | Greater Visakhapatnam | Andhra Pradesh    |
|        2 | Guwahati              | Assam             |
|        3 | Rajkot                | Gujarat           |
|        4 | Indore                | Madhya Pradesh    |
|        5 | Chennai               | Tamil Nadu        |
|        6 | Bengaluru             | Karnataka         |
|        7 | Thiruvananthapuram    | Kerala            |
|        8 | Warangal              | Telangana         |
|        9 | Pune                  | Maharashtra       |
|       10 | Varanasi              | Uttar Pradesh     |
|       11 | Jaipur                | Rajasthan         |
|       12 | Amritsar              | Punjab            |
|       13 | Patna                 | Bihar             |
|       14 | Faridabad             | Haryana           |
|       15 | Bhubaneswar           | Odisha            |
|       16 | Ranchi                | Jharkhand         |
|       17 | Raipur                | Chhattisgarh      |
|       18 | Panaji                | Goa               |
|       19 | Shimla                | Himachal Pradesh  |
|       20 | New Kolkata           | West Bengal       |
|       21 | Srinagar              | Jammu and Kashmir |
|       22 | Dehradun              | Uttarakhand       |
|       23 | Aizawl                | Mizoram           |
|       24 | Gangtok               | Sikkim            |
|       25 | Imphal                | Manipur           |