Lok Sabha Question No. 702 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2021-12-02
Subject: Implementation of Swachh Bharat Mission and AMRUT
Ministry: HOUSING AND URBAN AFFAIRS
Asked by: Vijayakumar (alias) Vijay Vasanth, Raja Amareshwara Naik, Sukanta Majumdar, Jayanta Kumar Roy, Kripanath Mallah, Ramesh Bidhuri, Ganesh Singh, Sangeeta Kumari Singh Deo, Bhola Singh, Vinod Kumar Sonkar

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

## MINISTRY OF HOUSING AND URBAN AFFAIRS LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 702 TO BE ANSWERED ON DECEMBER 02, 2021

## IMPLEMENTATION OF SWACHH BHARAT MISSION AND AMRUT

NO. 702.   SHRI VIJAYAKUMAR (ALIAS) VIJAY VASANTH:

SHRI VINOD KUMAR SONKAR:

SHRI KRIPANATH MALLAH:

DR. SUKANTA MAJUMDAR:

SHRI RAJA AMARESHWARA NAIK:

SHRI BHOLA SINGH:

SHRIMATI SANGEETA KUMARI SINGH DEO:

SHRI GANESH SINGH:

DR. JAYANTA KUMAR ROY:

SHRI RAMESH BIDHURI:

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

- (a) the salient features of Swachh Bharat Mission (SBM) - 2.0 and Atal Mission for Rejuvenation and Urban Transformation (AMRUT) - 2.0 to make all cities of the country garbage free and water secure;
- (b)  the  details  of  funds  sanctioned/financial  outlay  and  released under  SBM-2.0  and  AMRUT-2.0  during  the  last  three  years, State/UT and year-wise;
- (c)  whether  it  is  proposed  to  make  entire  urban  India  Open Defecation  Free  (ODF)  in  the  near  future,  if  so,  the  details thereof and if not, the reasons therefor;
- (d) whether the Government has proposed to improve sewage and septic  management in the country  so that no sewage drains anywhere in rivers and if, so, the details thereof;
- (e) the steps taken to implement SBM in the State of Assam;
- (f)  the  steps  taken  for  garbage  free  cities  and  providing  reliable water supply in every households, especially in NCR of Delhi under Swacch Bharat Mission and AMRUT; and

- (g) whether any guidelines/directions issued to States/UTs in this regard and if so, the details thereof

## ANSWER

## THE MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF HOUSING AND URBAN AFFAIRS (SHRI KAUSHAL KISHORE)

- (a)  :  The  salient  features  of  Swachh  Bharat  Mission  (SBM-U)  2.0, launched on 01 st  October, 2021, are:
- (i).  all  households  and  premises  segregate  their  waste  into 'wet  waste'  (from  kitchen  and  gardens)  and  'dry  waste' (including paper, glass, plastic, and domestic hazardous waste and sanitary waste wrapped separately);
- (ii).  100%  door  to  door  collection  of  segregated  waste  from
- each household/ premise;
- (iii).  100%  scientific  management  of  all  fractions  of  waste,
- including safe disposal in scientific landfills;

(iv). all legacy dumpsites remediated;

(v). all used water including faecal sludge, is safely contained, transported,  processed  and  disposed  so  that  no  untreated faecal  sludge  and  used  water  pollutes  the  ground  or  water

- bodies, in cities with less than one lakh population;
- (vi). phased reduction in use of single use plastic.

The salient features of AMRUT 2.0, launched on 01 st  October, 2021, are:

- (i). Universal coverage of water supply from 500 cities to about 4,800 statutory towns.
- (ii). Focus  on  making  the  cities  'self-reliant' secure'.
- and  'water

- (iii). Universal coverage of sewerage and septage management in 500 AMRUT cities.
- (iv).  Target  to  provide  2.68  Crore  tap  connections  and  2.64
- Crore sewer connections.
- (v).  Focus  on  financial  sustainability  of  Urban  Local  Bodies (ULBs) through enhanced credit worthiness and market borrowing.
- (vi).  'Pey  Jal  Survekshan'  will  be  undertaken  in  cities  to promote  healthy  competition  among  them  and  function  as monitoring tool and Mission accelerator.
- (vii).  Technology  sub-Mission  under  AMRUT  2.0  will  help  in identifying  proven  and  potential  global  technologies  in  water sector.
- (viii). Entrepreneurship/ start-ups involved in low-cost indigenous equipments and processes will be encouraged.
- (b) : SBM-U 2.0 and AMRUT 2.0 have been launched on 01 st  October, 2021.  The  financial  outlay  of  SBM-U  2.0  and  AMRUT  2.0  is  at Annexure-I.
- (c)  :  Out  of  4372  Urban  Local  Bodies  (ULBs),  4371  have  been certified Open Defecation Free (ODF), except for one ULB of Purulia in West Bengal.
- (d)  :  Under  AMRUT  Mission,  launched  on  25 th   June,  2015  in  500 cities,  the  objective  was  to  improve  the  sewerage  coverage  and septage management and providing safe drinking water universally, in  all  ULBs  with  population  of  one  lakh  or  more  (as  per  Census and Augmentation Yojana (HRIDAY) cities, identified cities on the stem of the main rivers, hill states, islands and tourist destinations. Now under AMRUT 2.0 all 500 cities will get universal coverage through
- 2011), all Capital cities, all Heritage City Development sewerage/ septage.

Sewerage, septage management and recycle/ reuse of treated used water  in  cities  with  population  less  than  one  lakh,  which  are  not covered under AMRUT, will be covered under SBM-U 2.0.

(e)  :  Sanitation  being  a  State  subject,  it  is  the  State  Government which formulates its Action Plan for implementation of SBM-U in the State.  Under  SBM-U, Ministry of Housing & Urban Affairs (MoHUA) has released the Central Share (CS) assistance for implementation of  the  Action  Plan  submitted  by  the  Government  of  Assam,  which includes  construction  of  Individual  House  Hold  Latrine  (IHHL), Community/ Public Toilet (CT/PT), Solid Waste Management (SWM), Capacity  Building  (CB)  of  the  ULBs and  also  for  carrying  out Information Education Communication (IEC) and Public Awareness (PA) campaign.  The details of the status of financial and physical progress of SBM-U in Assam are at Annexure-II.

(f)  :  For  making  cities  garbage  free,  under  SBM-U  a  protocol  has been  launched  for  Star  Rating  of  Garbage  Free  Cities  (GFCs)  in January, 2018, in order to institutionalize a mechanism for cities to achieve  Garbage  Free  status,  and  to  motivate  cities  to  achieve higher degrees of cleanliness.

In the National Capital Region (NCR) of Delhi, New Delhi Municipal Council (NDMC) has been rated as 3 star ULB in 2019 and 5-star in 2021  in  Garbage  Free  City  (GFC)  assessment.  In  the  past,  Delhi Cantonment achieved 1 star GFC rating in 2020.

Under  AMRUT,  steps  taken  to  provide  water  supply  to  every household includes, taking-up of 1,345 water supply projects worth ₹ 42,206 Crore, of which 1,326 projects worth ₹ 41,847 Crore have been  grounded.  Out  of  the  target  of  providing  139  lakh  water  tap connections  to  achieve  universal  coverage,  so  far  114  lakh  new water tap connections have been provided.

In NCR of Delhi, so far ten water supply projects worth ₹ 292 Crore have been taken up in the four ULBs, namely New Delhi Municipal Council  (NDMC),  East  Delhi  Municipal  Corporation  (EDMC),  North Delhi Municipal Corporation (North DMC) and South Delhi Municipal

Corporation  (SDMC).    Of  these  nine  projects  of  ₹  262  Crores  have been grounded.

(g) : Operational Guidelines of SBM-U 2.0 and AMRUT 2.0 have been shared  with  the  States/  Union  Territories  through  the  web  portals given below :

SBM-U 2.0 : https://sbmurban.org/

AMRUT 2.0 : https://mohua.gov.in/upload/uploadfiles/files/AMRUT-

Operational-Guidelines.pdf

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Annexure-I  as  referred  to  in  reply  to  part  (b)  of  Lok  Sabha  Unstarred Question No. 702 for answer on 02.12.2021 regarding 'Implementation of Swachh Bharat Mission and AMRUT'.

## Financial outlay of SBM-U 2.0

Estimated cost of implementation

: ₹1,41,600 crore.

Government of India share

: ₹36,465 crores.

Balance cost to be contributed by

(a).  Individuals as beneficiary contribution,

(b). States and UTs/ ULBs

(c). Private Sector under PPP.

(Wherever private sector funding is not available, State/ UT will need to provide the necessary funds)

Remaining cost : To be generated through various other sources of funds, including Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) funds from public/ private sector, external assistance etc.

## Financial outlay of AMRUT 2.0

The  total  indicative  outlay  for  AMRUT  2.0  is  ₹  2,77,000  crore  including central share of ₹ 76,760 crore for five years from FY 2021-22 to FY 202526.

The central budgetary allocation for various Mission components will be as under:

| S. No.   | Mission component                                                                       | Central Allocation ( ₹ Cr)   |
|----------|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|------------------------------|
| 1.       | Projects                                                                                | 66,750                       |
| 2.       | Incentive for Reforms (8% of project CA allocation)                                     | 5,340                        |
| 3..      | Administrative & Other Expenses (A&OE) for States/ UTs (3.25% of project CA allocation) | 2,169                        |
| 4.       | Administrative & Other Expenses (A&OE) for MoHUA (1.75% of project CA allocation)       | 1,168                        |
| 5.       | Technology Sub-Mission (1% of project CA allocation)                                    | 667                          |
| 6.       | IEC Activities (1% of project CA allocation)                                            | 667                          |

The ongoing AMRUT projects will be funded with central assistance up to 31 March 2023.

No funds will be released for any AMRUT project incomplete by that date and it  will  become  the  responsibility  of  the  State/  UT  to  complete  them from their own resources.

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Annexure-II referred to in reply to part (e) of Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No. 702 for answer on 02.12.2021 regarding 'Implementation of Swachh Bharat Mission and AMRUT'.

## Swachh Bharat Mission

- (a) Financial  progress:  Out  of  total  Mission  allocation  of  ₹244.30 Crores  for  Assam,  an  amount  of  ₹207.49  Crores  (84.93%)  has been drawn by the Government of Assam till date.
- (b) Physical Progress:
- (i). Toilet construction :
- (ii). Open Defecation Free (ODF) status :
- (iii). Solid Waste Management :

| Type of Toilets                       | Target       | Completed    | Percentage Progress   |
|---------------------------------------|--------------|--------------|-----------------------|
| Individual House Hold Latrines (IHHL) | 75,720 Units | 74,416 Units | (98.50%)              |
| Community / Public Toilets (CT/PT)    | 3,554 seats  | 3,350 seats  | (92%)                 |

| ODF certification type   |   Target | No. of certified ULBs   |
|--------------------------|----------|-------------------------|
| All 96 ULBs in           |       96 | ODF                     |
| the State ODF            |       27 | ODF+                    |
| ODF++                    |        0 |                         |

| Activity                       | Target                                     | Achievement (in%)                |
|--------------------------------|--------------------------------------------|----------------------------------|
| 100% Door-to-door collection   | In all 943 wards                           | In 845 wards (89.60%)            |
| 100% Segregation at source     | In all 943 wards                           | In 410 wards (43.47%)            |
| Scientific processing of waste | 100% of 1,021 TPD of waste generated daily | 653 TPD (64%) of waste processed |

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