Lok Sabha Question No. 3128 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2022-08-04
Subject: AMRUT Scheme
Ministry: HOUSING AND URBAN AFFAIRS
Asked by: Dilip Ghosh

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF HOUSING AND URBAN AFFAIRS LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION TO BE ANSWERED ON AUGUST 04, 2022

## AMRUT SCHEME

## SHRI DILIP GHOSH:

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

- (a) the details of Atal Mission for Rejuvenation And Urban Transformation (AMRUT) scheme  including fund   sharing between Central and States;
- (b) the details of the cities where AMRUT scheme in the cities of West Bengal;
- the details of fund allocation and utilization thereof in the State of West Bengal under the scheme, project, district-wise; and
- whether there exists specific guidelines to monitor and supervise the implementation of the scheme at district and State level and if SO, the details of the monitoring committees constituted and the number of such committee meetings held during the last five years?

## ANSWER

## THE MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF HOUSING AND URBAN AFFAIRS

## (SHRI KAUSHAL KISHORE)

(a): Atal Mission for Rejuvenation and Urban Transformation (AMRUT) was launched on 25 June 2015 for a period of 05 years i.e: Financial Year 2015-16 to 2019-2Owith a total Central outlay of {50,000 crore in 500 selected cities across all the States and Union Territories (UTs) in the country: The Mission focuses on the development of basic urban infrastructure in the sectors of water supply; sewerage and septage management; storm water drainage; non-motorized urban transport and development of green spaces & parks- Mission also executed a set of 11 reforms to improve governance of Urban Local Bodies (ULBs) and Capacity Building activities for the ULBs:

Under AMRUT, total approved plan size of all the States and UTs is

{77,640 crore; which includes committed Central Assistance of {35,990 crore: Through this, the Mission envisions to provide 139 Iakh water tap connections to achieve universal coverage of water supply and 145 lakh sewer connections to enhance substantial sewerage network coverage in AMRUT citiesAMRUT has now been subsumed under Atal Mission for Rejuvenation and Urban Transformation 2.0 (AMRUT 2.0) launched on 01 October 2021. Accordingly, all ongoing and eligible projects of AMRUT shall receive Central funding till 31 March 2023.

Fund sharing pattern between Centre and States for AMRUT projects is as under:

| SI; No.                   | Category of Sector State Union Territory                  | Category of AMRUT city in terms of population (as per 2011 census)   | Maximum Central Share against project cost*   | StatelULBI Others share against project cost   |
|---------------------------|-----------------------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------|------------------------------------------------|
| For all Union Territories | AII Sectors                                               | For all AMRUT cities irrespective of population                      | 100%                                          |                                                |
| States and Himalayan      | For 08 North- AII Sectors Eastern                         | For all AMRUT citiesirrespective of population                       | 90%                                           | 10%                                            |
| AII remaining             | Water Supply, Sewerage and Septage Management,            | Cities having population up to                                       | 50% 50%                                       | 10 lakhs                                       |
| States                    | Storm Water Drainage and Urban Transport (non- motorized) | Cities having population above 10 lakhs                              | 33.33% 66.67%                                 | iv.                                            |
| V                         | Parksl Green Spaces                                       | For all AMRUT cities irrespective of population                      | 50%                                           | 50%                                            |

Limited to maximum committed Central Assistance-

(b): List of 60 cities selected under AMRUT in the State of West

- (c): Under AMRUT, Central funds are not allocated project or district-wise. For the State of West Bengal, State Annual Action Plans (SAAPs) amounting to {4,035 crore, including committed Central Assistance of {1,929.32 crore have been approved for the entire Mission period: So far, {1,905.39 crore has been released to the State as Central funds for implementation of projects under the Mission; against which State Government has submitted Utilisation Certificates for 71,334.49 crore: District-wise details of projects taken up under AMRUT in the State Of West Bengal and expenditure    reported SO far has been  placed as ANNEXURE II.
- (d): Under AMRUT, States have been empowered to select,  apprise, approve and implement projects within the broad AMRUT Mission: Further, AMRUT guidelines have specific provisions for formation of State level High Powered Committee (SHPSC), headed by the Chief Secretary of the State, to monitor and supervise the implementation the scheme at the State level\_Apart from this, a State Level  Technical Committee (SLTC) headed by the Principal Secretary, Urban Development & Municipal Administration Department and a Technical Sub-Committee headed by the Director, Urban Development Department also exists to provide technical support to the SHPSC in monitoring and supervising the scheme at the State level: For monitoring of AMRUT projects at district level, AMRUT guidelines provide for constitution of a District Level Review and Monitoring Committee (DLRMC) which will be co-chaired by the Member(s) of Parliament along with the District Collector:

Under AMRUT, 04 meetings of SHPSC, 16 meetings of SLTC and 32 the Government of West Bengal during last five years i.e: financial year 2017- meetings of Technical Sub-Committee have been organised by 18 to 2021-22.

ANNEXURE-I REFERRED IN REPLY PART OF UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 3128 REGARDING SAMRUT SCHEME", DUE FOR ANSWER IN THE LOK SABHA ON 04 AUGUST, 2022.

## List of Cities of\_West Bengal covered\_under AMRUI

| Asansol               | Basirhat      | Haldia           | Krishnanagar     | Rajarhat Gopalpur   |
|-----------------------|---------------|------------------|------------------|---------------------|
| Ashoknagar Kalyangarh | Bhadreswar    | Halisahar        | Kulti            | Rajpur Sonarpur     |
| Baharampur            | Bhatpara      | Haora            | Madhyamgram      | Raniganj            |
| Baidyabati            | Bidhan Nagar  | Hugli- Chinsurah | Maheshtala       | Rishra              |
| Bally                 | Bongaon       | Jalpaiguri       | Medinipur        | Santipur            |
| Balurghat             | Champdani     | Jamuria          | Nabadwip         | Serampore           |
| Bankura               | Chandannagar  | Kalyani          | Naihati          | Siliguri            |
| Bansberia             | Darjiling     | Kamarhati        | North Barrackpur | South Dum Dum       |
| Baranagar             | Dum Dum       | Kanchrapara      | North Dum Dum    | Titagarh            |
| Barasat               | Durgapur      | Kharagpur        | Panihati         | Uluberia            |
| Barddhaman            | English Bazar | Khardaha         | Puruliya         | Uttarpara Kotrung   |
| Barrackpur            | Habra         | Kolkata          | Raiganj          | Jangipur            |

Note:Of these 60 cities, Bally has merged with Howrah; Jamuria, Kulti & Ranigunj have been merged with Asansol and Rajarhat Gopalpur has been merged with Bidhannagar.

ANNEXURE-II REFERRED To IN REPLY PART (c) OF UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 3128 REGARDING SAMRUT SCHEME", DUE FOR ANSWER IN THE LOK SABHA ON 04 AUGUST, 2022.

## West Bengal

|                        |                  |                              | Projects Grounded   | Projects Grounded       | Projects Grounded                         |
|------------------------|------------------|------------------------------|---------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------------------------|
| No                     | District         | City                         | Tota No.            | Total cost (In % crore) | Cumulative Total Expenditure (In % crore) |
|                        | Bankura          | Bankura                      | 9                   | 117.07                  | 86.12                                     |
| 2.                     | Dakshin_Dinajpur | Balurghat                    | 5                   | 1.01                    | 0.96                                      |
| 3                      | Darjeeling       | Darjeeling                   | 4                   | 205.78                  | 122.40                                    |
| 4.                     |                  |                              |                     | 1.02                    | 0.79                                      |
| 5.                     | Haora            | Haora                        | 13                  | 75.53                   | 60.20                                     |
| 6. 7.                  |                  | Uluberia Baidyabati          | 8 6                 | 78.44                   | 77.45 42.01                               |
| 8. 9. 10_              |                  | Bansberia                    | 10                  | 50.95 74.98             | 62.44                                     |
| 11_                    |                  | Bhadreswar Champdani         | 7 4                 | 25.98 0.97              | 20.44 0.69                                |
|                        | Hooghly          | Chandannagar Hugli-Chinsurah | 9 5 |          | 21.80 75.90             | 17.80                                     |
| 12_ 13_                | Rishra           |                              | 6                   | 0.95                    | 75.16                                     |
|                        | Serampore        |                              | 6                   | 70.90                   | 0.64                                      |
| 14. 15.                |                  | Uttarpara Kotrung            | 10                  | 33.32                   | 65.26 28.31                               |
| Jalpaiguri 17_ Kolkata | Kolkata          |                              | 7                   | 149.85                  | 78.03                                     |
| 16.                    |                  | Jalpaiguri                   |                     |                         |                                           |
|                        |                  |                              |                     |                         | 92.62                                     |
|                        |                  | English Bazar                | 21                  | 128.70                  |                                           |
| 18.                    | Malda            |                              | 11                  | 1.33                    | 0.85                                      |
| 19.                    |                  | Baharampur                   | 8                   | 25.30                   | 5.58                                      |
| 20.                    | Murshidabad      | Jangipur                     | 4                   | 82.27                   | 50.04                                     |
| 21_ Nadia              |                  | Kalyani                      | 8                   | 0.94                    | 0.52                                      |
| 22.                    |                  | Krishnanagar                 | 6                   | 71.35                   | 63.37                                     |

|         |                 |                       | Projects Grounded   | Projects Grounded       | Projects Grounded                         |
|---------|-----------------|-----------------------|---------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------------------------|
| No      | District        | City                  | Tota No.            | Total cost (In % crore) | Cumulative Total Expenditure (In % crore) |
| 23_     |                 | Nabadwip              | 5                   | 0.93                    | 0.47                                      |
| 24.     |                 | Santipur              | 7                   | 25.70                   | 10.31                                     |
| 25_     |                 | Ashoknagar Kalyangarh |                     | 103.00                  | 48.21                                     |
| 26_     |                 | Baranagar             | 3                   | 10.75                   | 10.32                                     |
| 27_     |                 | Barasat               | 6                   | 1.61                    | 1.54                                      |
| 28.     |                 | Barrackpur            |                     | 1.03                    | 0.81                                      |
| 29_     |                 | Basirhat              |                     | 131.67                  | 83.82                                     |
| 30.     |                 | Bhatpara              | 7                   | 104.04                  | 90.73                                     |
| 31_     |                 | Bidhan Nagar          | 10                  | 120.03                  | 117.35                                    |
| 32_     |                 | Bongaon               | 6                   | 100.73                  | 70.87                                     |
| 33_     |                 | Dum Dum               | 5                   | 32.98                   | 32.94                                     |
| 34.     |                 | Habra                 | 6                   | 102.40                  | 83.48                                     |
| 35.     | North 24        | Halisahar             | 6                   | 126.54                  | 120.49                                    |
| 36_     | Parganas        | Kamarhati             | 17                  | 51.61                   | 46.41                                     |
| 37      |                 | Kanchrapara           | 9                   | 51.08                   | 47.70                                     |
| 38.     |                 | Khardaha              | 6                   | 75.95                   | 48.99                                     |
| 39_     |                 | Madhyamgram           | 9                   | 26.04                   | 23.53                                     |
| 40.     |                 | Naihati               | 10                  | 1.12                    | 1.07                                      |
| 41.     |                 | North Barrackpur      | 5                   | 0.94                    | 0.36                                      |
| 42_     |                 | North Dum Dum         | 13                  | 99.42                   | 86.05                                     |
| 43.     |                 | Panihati              |                     | 31.68                   | 24.92                                     |
| 44.     |                 | South Dum Dum         | 11                  | 17.13                   | 14.86                                     |
| 45_     |                 | Titagarh              | 4                   | 0.80                    | 0.60                                      |
| 46.     | Paschim         | Asansol               | 24                  | 349.28                  | 344.64                                    |
| 47_ 48. | Bardhaman       | Durgapur Barddhaman   | 11                  | 3.56 279.08             | 2.09                                      |
| 49.     | Purba Medinipur | Haldia                | 8                   | 81.26                   | 120.93 55.99                              |
| 50_     | Paschimi        | Kharagpur             | 10                  | 1.16                    | 0.63                                      |
| 51_     | Medinipur       | Medinipur             |                     |                         | 71.30                                     |
|         |                 |                       | 10                  | 182.46                  |                                           |
|         | Puruliya        | Puruliya              | 5                   | 0.98                    | 0.44                                      |
| 53.     | South 24        | Maheshtala            | 10                  | 104.34                  | 52.94                                     |
| 54.     | Parganas_       | Rajpur Sonarpur       | 14                  | 517.36                  | 276.13                                    |
| 55.     | Uttar Dinajpur  | Raiganj               | 3                   | 0.70                    | 0.37                                      |

|    |             |             | Projects Grounded   | Projects Grounded       | Projects Grounded                         |
|----|-------------|-------------|---------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------------------------|
| No | District    | City        | Tota No.            | Total cost (In % crore) | Cumulative Total Expenditure (In % crore) |
|    | Grand Total | Grand Total | 470                 | 4,031.70                | 2,842.97                                  |

Cumulative total   expenditure incurred on grounded   projects including Central share and share of Statel Urban Local Bodies (ULBs) Other agencies, as applicable: far

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