Lok Sabha Question No. 2902 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2019-12-05
Subject: Smart Cities in Gujarat
Ministry: HOUSING AND URBAN AFFAIRS
Asked by: Jaswantsinh Sumanbhai Bhabhor

NO. 2902.

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

## MINISTRY OF HOUSING AND URBAN AFFAIRS LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 2902

## To BE ANSWERED ON DECEMBER 05, 2019

## SMART CITIES IN GUJARAT

SHRI JASWANT SINGH BHABHOR:

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

- (a) whether the Union Government has received any proposal from the Gujarat Government to develop more smart cities in the State;
- (b) if so, the details of proposals accorded sanction and present status thereof;
- (c) the city-wise funds released and utilized separately for already selected smart cities of Gujarat so far;
- (d) whether the Union Government is monitoring the utilization of said funds allocated for the said purpose; and
- (e): if not, the reasons therefor?

## ANSWER

THE MINISTER OF STATE (INDEPENDENT CHARGE) OF THE

MINISTRY OF HOUSING AND URBAN AFFAIRS

(SHRI HARDEEP SINGH PURI)

- (a) SirNo,
- (b) Does not arise.
- (c) The city-wise details of funds released by the Government of India (Gol) and utilized by the Smart Cities in the State of Gujarat, as on November, 2019, is given below : 18th

(Rs. in crores)

| StatelUt   | Name of City   |   Total Central Release |   Utilisation of GOI Funds |
|------------|----------------|-------------------------|----------------------------|
| Gujarat    | Gandhinagar    |                     196 |                      67.85 |
|            | Ahmedabad      |                     294 |                     260    |
|            | Surat          |                     498 |                     387.26 |
|            | Vadodara       |                     196 |                     140.68 |
|            | Rajkot         |                     196 |                      86.59 |
|            | Dahod          |                     196 |                      46.57 |
|            | Total          |                    1576 |                     988.95 |

(d) & (e) The implementation of the Smart Cities Mission at the city level is done by a Special Purpose Vehicle (SPV) created for the purposeThe SPVs plan, appraise, approve, implement, manage, operate; monitor and evaluate their Smart City projects: At State level, Mission implementation is coordinated by the State level High Powered Steering Committee (HPSC) chaired the Chief  Secretary of the StateAt the National level; the implementation of Smart Cities Mission is being monitored by an Apex Committee headed by Secretary, Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs (MoHUA): The Nominee Directors of MoHUA, on the Boards of SPVS, are also monitoring the progress in respective cities on a regular basisThe MoHUA regularly interacts with the States/Smart Cities through video conferences, review meetings, field visits, regional workshops etcat various levels to assess the performance of the cities and to handhold them for improving the sameBesides, the guidance of domain experts participating in the regional workshops, cities also benefit from peer-to-peer learning during these interactionsThe Smart Cities are also regularly  reporting  implementation status of projects,  including utilization of funds, under SCM through the Online-Management Information System (MIS): In addition, all the Smart Cities have been advised to furnish utilization status of Gol funds on a monthly basis for monitoring the utilization of funds more closely:

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