Lok Sabha Question No. 228 (STARRED), answered on 2022-12-22
Subject: Fund Sharing under AMRUT Scheme
Ministry: HOUSING AND URBAN AFFAIRS
Asked by: Chandra Prakash Choudhary

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

## MINISTRY OF HOUSING AND URBAN AFFAIRS

## LOK SABHA

## STARRED QUESTION NO. 228 TO BE ANSWERED ON DECEMBER 22, 2022

## FUND SHARING UNDER AMRUT SCHEME

## NO. 228.    SHRI CHANDRA PRAKASH CHOUDHARY:

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  pattern
- between Centre and States;
- (b)   the details of the cities where AMRUT scheme is running in the cities of Jharkhand;
- (c)   the details of fund allocation and utilization thereof in the State of Jharkhand under the scheme, project and district-wise;
- (d)   whether there exists specific guidelines to monitor and supervise the implementation of the scheme at district and State level; and
- (e)   if  so,  the  details  thereof  along  with  the  monitoring  committees constituted for the purpose and the number of such committees' meetings held during the last five years?

## ANSWER

THE MINISTER OF HOUSING AND URBAN AFFAIRS (SHRI HARDEEP SINGH PURI)

(a) to (e): A statement is laid on the table of the House.

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STATEMENT REFERRED TO IN REPLY OF PART (a) TO (e) OF THE LOK SABHA STARRED QUESTION No. *228 DUE FOR ANSWER IN THE LOK SABHA ON 22 DECEMBER, 2022 REGARDING 'FUND SHARING UNDER AMRUT SCHEME':

(a):   Atal Mission for Rejuvenation and Urban Transformation (AMRUT) was launched on 25 th June 2015 for a period of 05 years i.e. Financial Year 2015-16 to 2019-20with 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 lakh water tap connections to achieve universal coverage of water supply and  145  lakh  sewer  connections  to  enhance  substantial  sewerage network coverage in AMRUT cities. AMRUT has now been subsumed under  Atal  Mission  for  Rejuvenation  and  Urban  Transformation  2.0 (AMRUT 2.0)  launched  on  01 st October  2021.  Accordingly,  all  ongoing and  eligible  projects  of  AMRUT  shall  receive  Central  funding  till 31 st March 2023.

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

| Sl. No.   | Category of State / Union Territory                                 | Sector                           | Category of AMRUT city in terms of population (as per 2011 census)   | Maximum Central Share against project cost*   | State/ULB/ Other's share against project cost   |
|-----------|---------------------------------------------------------------------|----------------------------------|----------------------------------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------|
| i.        | For all Union Territories All Sectors                               | For all cities                   | AMRUT irrespective of population                                     | 100%                                          | -                                               |
| ii.       | For 08 North- Eastern States and Himalayan States                   | All Sectors                      | For all AMRUT citiesirrespective of population                       | 90%                                           | 10%                                             |
| iii.      | remaining Supply, Sewerage and Storm Drainage Urban Transport (non- | Water Septage 10                 | Cities having population up to lakhs                                 | 50%                                           | 50%                                             |
| iv.       | remaining Supply, Sewerage and Storm Drainage Urban Transport (non- | Management, Water and motorized) | Cities having population above 10 lakhs                              | 33.33%                                        | 66.67%                                          |
| v.        | remaining Supply, Sewerage and Storm Drainage Urban Transport (non- | Parks/ Green                     | For all AMRUT cities                                                 | 50%                                           | 50%                                             |

| Spaces   | irrespective of population   |
|----------|------------------------------|

* Limited to maximum committed Central Assistance.

(b): List  of  7  cities  selected  under  AMRUT  in  the  State  of Jharkhand is as under:

|   S.No. | Name of the City   |
|---------|--------------------|
|       1 | Adityapur          |
|       2 | Chas               |
|       3 | Deoghar            |
|       4 | Dhanbad            |
|       5 | Giridih            |
|       6 | Hazaribag          |
|       7 | Ranchi             |

(c): Under  AMRUT,  Central  funds  are  not  allocated  project  or district-wise.  For  the  State  of  Jharkhand,  State  Annual  Action  Plans (SAAPs) amounting to ₹1,246crore, including committed Central Assistance  of  ₹566  crore  have  been  approved  for  the  entire  Mission period.  So  far,  ₹552crore  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  ₹386 crore.  District-wise  details  of  projects  taken  up  under  AMRUT  in  the State of Jharkhand and expenditure reported so far has been placed as ANNEXURE-I.

(d) & (e): Under  AMRUT,  States  have  been  empowered  to  select, apprise, approve and implement projects within the broad framework of AMRUT Mission. Further, AMRUT guidelines have specific provisions for  formation  of  State  High  Powered  Steering  Committee  (SHPSC), headed by the Chief Secretary of the State, to monitor and supervise the implementation of the scheme at the State level. Apart from this, a State  Level  Technical  Committee  (SLTC)  headed  by  the  Secretary, Urban  Development  &  Housing  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  cochaired  by  the  Member(s)  of  Parliament  along  with  the  District Collector.  In  District  Level  a  committee  under  the  Chairmanship  of member of Parliament formed namely District Development Coordination and Monitoring Committee for monitoring of all development  work  at  State  Level.  The  committee  also  review  the AMRUT projects on quarterly and monthly basis.

Under AMRUT, 09 meetings of SHPSC, 11 meetings of SLTC and 49  meetings  at  District  level  (Details  at  ANNEXURE-II)  have  been organized by the Government of Jharkhand during last five years i.e. financial year 2017-18 to 2021-22.

ANNEXURE-I REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PART (c) OF STARRED QUESTION NO. 228* REGARDING 'FUND SHARING UNDER AMRUT SCHEME', DUE FOR ANSWER IN THE LOK SABHA ON 22 DECEMBER, 2022.

## District-wise details of projects grounded under AMRUT in the State of Jharkhand

|             |             |             | Projects Grounded   | Projects Grounded       | Projects Grounded                          |
|-------------|-------------|-------------|---------------------|-------------------------|--------------------------------------------|
| S.No.       | District    | City        | Total No.           | Total cost (In ₹ crore) | Cumulative Total Expenditure* (In ₹ crore) |
| 1           | Adityapur   | Adityapur   | 13                  | 548.41                  | 307.13                                     |
| 2           | Chas        | Chas        | 10                  | 142.26                  | 69.08                                      |
| 3           | Deoghar     | Deoghar     | 6                   | 13.98                   | 6.39                                       |
| 4           | Dhanbad     | Dhanbad     | 6                   | 164.31                  | 55                                         |
| 5           | Giridih     | Giridih     | 7                   | 46.18                   | 36.53                                      |
| 6           | Hazaribag   | Hazaribag   | 9                   | 428.41                  | 232.89                                     |
| 7           | Ranchi      | Ranchi      | 8                   | 271.51                  | 155.97                                     |
| Grand Total | Grand Total | Grand Total | 59                  | 1615.06                 | 862.99                                     |

*  Cumulative  total  expenditure  incurred  so  far  on  grounded  projects including Central share and share of State/ Urban Local Bodies (ULBs)/ Other agencies, as applicable.

ANNEXURE-II REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PART (e) OF STARRED QUESTION NO. 228* REGARDING 'FUND SHARING UNDER AMRUT SCHEME', DUE FOR ANSWER IN THE LOK SABHA ON 22 DECEMBER, 2022.

## Details of meetings of District Level Monitoring Committee in the State of Jharkhand

|   S.No. | District   | Urban Local Bodies              |   Nos of Meetings held | Dates of Meetings                                                                              |
|---------|------------|---------------------------------|------------------------|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|       1 | Ranchi     | Ranchi Municipal Corporation    |                      7 | 15.01.2018, 06.06.2018, 10.09.2018, 29.12.2018, 04.10.2019, 19.08.2021, 20.08.2022             |
|       2 | Bokaro     | Chas Municipal Corporation      |                      7 | 06.05.2017, 14.09.2017, 28.06.2018, 27.04.2018, 08.12.2018, 07.08.2021, 08.10.2022             |
|       3 | Hazaribag  | Hazaribag Municipal Corporation |                      7 | 09.10.2018, 08.08.2019, 12.09.2020, 13.03.2021, 24.07.2021, 10.01.2022, 22.06.2022             |
|       4 | Dhanbad    | Dhanbad Municipal Corporation   |                      6 | 10.09.2016, 25.03.2017, 10.07.2018, 12.02.2018, 23.09.2021, 05.03.2022                         |
|       5 | Giridih    | Giridih Municipal Corporation   |                      7 | 07.09.2017, 10.03.2018, 26.03.2018, 10.11.2018, 05.09.2019, 25.09.2021, 05.05.2022             |
|       6 | Deoghar    | Deoghar Municipal Corporation   |                      8 | 13.08.2016, 07.05.2017, 27.08.2017, 10.10.2019, 20.08.2020, 03.10.2020, 19.02.2021, 02.04.2022 |
|       7 | Saraikela  | Saraikela Muncipal Corporation  |                      7 | 21.08.2017, 20.08.2018, 18.04.2018, 21.09.2019, 11.01.2021, 21.08.2021, 26.08.2022             |