Lok Sabha Question No. 356 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2019-02-05
Subject: Assistance for Cities
Ministry: HOUSING AND URBAN AFFAIRS
Asked by: K. ASHOK KUMAR, A. ARUNMOZHITHEVAN

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

## MINISTRY OF HOUSING & URBAN AFFAIRS LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 356 TO BE ANSWERED ON FEBRUARY 5, 2019

## ASSISTANCE FOR CITIES

No. 356. SHRI K. ASHOK KUMAR: SHRI A. ARUNMOZHITHEVAN:

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

- (a) whether the French lending agency will provide Rs. 800 crore for  15  projects  as  a  grant  in  four  areas  including  sustainable mobility, open public space, urban governance and organisational innovation in low-income settlements and if so, the details thereof;
- (b) whether the repayment of the principal and interest would be equally shared by the Centre and States and if so, the details thereof;
- (c) whether each awarded project would be benefited from a grant ranging from Rs. 20 crore to Rs. 80 crore and if so, the details thereof;
- (d) whether it  is  also  a  fact  that  this  is  the  first  time  any  urban project will be selected through challenge mode; and
- (e) whether the Government has also announced a grant of Rs. 2 crore assistance each for 25 cities including more than half a dozen State Capitals for planned 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) :  Agence Française de Développement (AFD) has agreed to

provide a financial support of EUR 100 million as a grant to the cities for implementation of upto 15 innovative projects selected through a Challenge process from the Smart cities across the country.

- (b): Yes, madam. The repayment of the principal and interest would be  equally  shared  between  the  respective  State  Governments  and Central Government.
- (c): Yes, madam. Each awarded project would benefit from a grant ranging from INR 20 to 80 crore. The grant is expected to cover from 50% upto 80% of the total project cost.
- (d): 100  cities  were  selected  for  development  as  Smart  Cities through a Challenge process. However, the Challenge mode is being used for selection of urban projects for the first time.
- (e) :   Ministry  of  Housing  &  Urban  Affairs  has  launched  the  Local Area Plan (LAP)/ Town Planning Scheme (TPS) in 25 cities on a pilot basis under Atal Mission for Rejuvenation and Urban Transformation (AMRUT). Under LAP/TPS, Rs. 2 crore Central assistance has been announced  for  each  of  the  25  cities  listed  in  the  Annexure.    The existing areas or brownfield areas can be redeveloped by preparing Local Area based Plans (LAP).  The Town Planning Schemes (TPS) can be implemented for planned urban expansion in the peripheral greenfield areas.

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## Annexure referred to in reply of (e) of the Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No.356 for 05.02.2019

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