Lok Sabha Question No. 479 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2021-02-04
Subject: Financial Assistance under SCM
Ministry: HOUSING AND URBAN AFFAIRS
Asked by: Manoj Kumar Tiwari, Nayab Singh, Dulal Chandra Goswami, (Dr.) Ram Shankar Katheria, Ramdas Chandrabhanji Tadas, Chandra Prakash Joshi

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

## MINISTRY OF HOUSING AND URBAN AFFAIRS LOK SABHA

UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 479

TO BE ANSWERED ON FEBRUARY 4, 2021

FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE UNDER SCM

NO. 479. SHRI MANOJ TIWARI:

SHRI NAYAB SINGH:

SHRI DULAL CHAND GOSWAMI:

DR. RAM SHANKAR KATHERIA:

SHRI RAMDAS C. TADAS:

SHRI CHANDRA PRAKASH JOSHI:

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

- (a) whether the Government is receiving assistance from other countries for  the  projects  under  Smart  City  Mission  (SCM)  to  make  it  more effective;
- (b) if so, the names of countries from which assistance has been received so far including the details thereof;
- (c) the names of places in India for which assistance has been received from these countries including the details of the assistance received; and
- (d) the details of the plan to receive cooperation from other countries in future in this regard?

## ANSWER

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

## (SHRI HARDEEP SINGH PURI)

- (a) to  (d)  :Yes,  Sir.    In  terms  of  Smart  Cities  Mission  Statement &Guidelines, Government of India will provide financial support to the Mission  to  the  extent  of  ₹  48,000  crores  over  five  years  i.e.  on  an average ₹ 100 crores per city per year. An equal amount on a matching basis will have to be contributed by the State/Urban Local Body (ULB).

Apart  from  these,  around  ₹  42,028  crore  (21%)  is  expected  from convergence  with  other  Missions,    ₹  41,022  crore  (21%)  from  PPP, around ₹ 9,843 crore (4.8%) from loans, ₹ 2,644 crore (1.3%) from own resources and remaining from other sources.

Ministry of Housing & Urban Affairs (MoHUA) has taken proactive steps  to  identify  various  sources  of  financing  Smart  City  projects including, among others, from external agencies such as World Bank, Asian Development Bank, Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank, Japan International  Cooperation  Agency,  AgenceFrancaise  de  Development (AFD),  European  Union  etc.    Moreover,  some  Smart  Cities  are  being provided technical Assistance by international development agencies like  Deutsche  Gesellschaft  Fur  InternationaleZusammenarbeit  (GIZ), United Nations Environment Program (UNEP), United Nations Development Program (UNDP), International Finance Corporation (IFC), United States Department of the Treasury (US-Treasury) etc.

The City Investments to Innovate, Integrate and Sustain (CITIIS) Program has been launched in July 2018 with AFD, European Union and National Institute of Urban Affairs (NIUA) for providing technical and  financial  assistance  of  €  100  Million  to  cities  in  implementing urban  infrastructure  projects  that  are  integrated,  innovation-driven and sustainable.

12 Smart Cities namely Agartala, Amravati, Amritsar, Bhubaneswar, Chennai, Dehradun, Hubbali-Dharwad, Kochi, Puducherry, Surat, Ujjain, Visakhapatnam have been selected through a  challenge  process  for  funding  and  technical  assistance  under  the CITIIS Program.

MoHUA  has  also  signed  an  agreement  with  United  States Department  of  the  Treasury  (US  Treasury)  for  providing  technical Mysuru, Mangaluru  and  Faridabad  for  providing  technical  support  in  issuing Municipal Bonds. Similarly, an agreement has been signed with United States Trade and Development Agency (USTDA) for implementation of assistance to Vadodara, Rajkot, Pimpri-Chinchwad, the National Urban Innovation Program.

In  an  attempt  to  get  global  expertise,  many  countries  have supported Indian Smart Cities in identifying projects and technology solutions. For example, United States of America (USA) has supported the cities of Vishakhapatnam, Ajmer, Allahabad; United Kingdom has supported Pune, Amravati and Indore; Germany has supported Bhubaneswar,  Coimbatore  and  Kochi  and  France  has  supported Chandigarh, Puducherry and Nagpur.

Further,  Panaji  Smart  City,  Goa  has  also  signed  a  partnership agreement  with  Government  of  Denmark  for  developing  an  Urban Living  Lab.  Government  of  Denmark  is  also  supporting  Tumakuru Smart City in its technology driven projects. Department of International Development (DFID) of United Kingdom provided technical assistance to the Mission at the national level.

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