Lok Sabha Question No. 3907 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2023-03-23
Subject: Urban Infrastructure Development Scheme
Ministry: HOUSING AND URBAN AFFAIRS
Asked by: Kalyan Banerjee

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

## MINISTRY OF HOUSING AND URBAN AFFAIRS

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 3907

TO BE ANSWERED ON MARCH 23, 2023

## URBAN INFRASTRUCTURE DEVELOPMENT SCHEME

Will the Minister of HOUSING AND URBAN AFFAIRS be pleased

- NO. 3907. SHRI KALYAN BANERJEE: to state:
- (a) the  details  of  urban  infrastructure  development  scheme  for small and medium towns and urban infrastructure and governance scheme towards development of integrated infrastructural development of towns and cities;
- (b) the details of action taken and achievements of Atal Mission for  Rejuvenation  and  Urban  Transformation  (AMRUT)  project towards slum eradication projects in the country; and
- (c) the  proposal  of  the  Government  towards  development  of accomodation,  water  supply,  sewerage  to  households  and build  amenities  in  cities  to  improve  the  quality  of  life  for  all, especially the poor and the disadvantaged people residing in the cities of the country thereof?

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

## ANSWER (SHRI KAUSHAL KISHORE)

(a):   Government of India launched the Jawaharlal Nehru National Urban Renewal Mission (JNNURM) including sub component namely Urban  Infrastructure  Development  Scheme  for  Small  and  Medium Towns (UIDSSMT) and Urban Infrastructure and Governance (UIG) in December, 2005 for a period of 7 years i.e., upto 31 st March, 2012. The UIDSSMT and UIG component was for infrastructure development  with  Central  Assistance  (CA)  in  small  and  medium towns of the States/Union Territories (UTs), whereas UIG component   was    for   infrastructure    development   with   central …2/-

assistance in large Cities. The JNNURM was extended for a period of two years i.e., upto 31 st  March, 2014.  All the projects of UIDSSMT and UIG components of JNNURM in which 50% or more of the CA had  been  released  and  physical  progress  was  50%  or  more  as  on 31 st March,  2014  or  were  sanctioned  during  the  Transition  Phase (1 st April, 2012 to 31 st March, 2014) of the Mission, were approved for funding under Atal Mission for Rejuvenation and Urban Transformation (AMRUT) upto 31 st March, 2017. After closure of the Mission, all the projects were handed over to the States/UTs.

(b): AMRUT  was  launched  on  25 th June  2015  with  focus  on  the development of basic  urban  infrastructure  in  the  sectors  of  water supply, sewerage and septage management, storm water drainage, non-motorised  urban  transport  and  development  of  green  spaces and parks in 500 selected cities across the country. Further, AMRUT Mission as such is not mandated to eradicate slums in the country. However, Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana - Urban (PMAY-U)has In-Situ Slum  Redevelopment  (ISSR)  as  one  of  its  four  components  under which slum rehabilitation can be taken up using land as a resource.

- (c): Development of urban infrastructure is a State subject. Therefore,  it  is  the  responsibility  of  the  States  /  Union  Territories (UTs)  to  frame  policies  and  implement  scheme  for  improving  the quality  of  life  for  all  including  the  poor  and  the  disadvantaged people residing in its cities. However, Government of India, through various programmatic interventions, assists the States/UTs in their effort to provide basic amenities required to improve quality of life, such as shelter, water supply, sewage and toilets facilities to urban population.  Such  programmes,  which  are  under  implementation  at present, are - Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana - Urban (PMAY-U), Atal Mission  for  Rejuvenation  and  Urban  Transformation  (AMRUT)  and Swachh Bharat Mission - Urban (SBM-U).

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