Lok Sabha Question No. 894 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2021-12-02
Subject: Expansion of Urban Settlements
Ministry: HOUSING AND URBAN AFFAIRS
Asked by: Achyutananda Samanta

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

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 894 TO BE ANSWERED ON DECEMBER 02, 2021

## EXPANSION OF URBAN SETTLEMENTS

## NO. 894.    SHRI ACHYUTANANDA SAMANTA:

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

- (a) whether  the  NITI  Ayog  in  its  recent  report,  'Reforms  in  Urban Planning  Capacity  in  India'  has  stated  that  65  per  cent  of  the 7933 urban settlements in the country do not have any master plan and if so, the details thereof;
- (b) the  steps  taken  by  the  Government  to  make  sure  that  there  is planned growth and expansion of all urban settlements;
- (c) whether there are enough qualified town planners in the country and if so, the details thereof;
- (d) if not, the steps taken by the Government to increase the number of town planners; and
- (e) whether  the  Government  proposes  to  integrate  urban  planning with  other  relevant  national  schemes  such  as  Atmanirbhar Bharat, Smart  Cities, AMRUT  etc.  and  if  not, the  reasons therefor?

## ANSWER

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

(a):  Yes,  Sir.  NITI  Aayog's  reporton  'Reforms  in  Urban  Planning Capacity in India' has stated that 65% of the 7933 urban settlements do not have any master plan. The status of master plan preparation in Statutory towns and Census towns is given at the ANNEXURE.

(b): Urban planning is a State subject and it is the responsibility of the States/ Union Territories (UT) to prepare and enforce master plans for planned development of urban settlements. Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs, however, supplements the efforts of States /UTs through policy and programme interventions.  The sub-scheme on Formulation of  GIS  based  Master  Plans  is  being  funded  under  Atal  Mission  for Rejuvenation  and  Urban  Transformation  (AMRUT)  scheme  of  the Ministryfor preparation of GIS bases master plans of the 500 AMRUT cities.  Similarly,  sub-scheme  on  Local  Area  Plan  (LAP)  and  Town Planning Scheme (TPS) is also being implemented under AMRUT in 25 cities.

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Preparation  of  GIS  based  Master  plans  for  class  II  towns  having population  between  50,000  to  99,999  as  per  census  2011  has  been taken as one of the reformsunder AMRUT 2.0 scheme which has been launched on 01 October, 2021. Also, under AMRUT 2.0 reforms, subscheme on LAP and TPS has been envisaged in select cities targeting optimum land utilization.

(c): and (d): Presently,  7,276  Town  Planners  are  registered  with Institute  of  Town  Planners,  India.    Ministry  has  advised  the  State Governments  and  UT  Administrations  to  fill  all  thevacant  posts  of Town Planners. Ministry has circulated recruitment rules of Town and Country Planning Organization (TCPO), a technical organization of the Ministry,  to  the  State  Governments  and  UT  Administrations  for  their adoption to recruit the qualified town planners.

(e): Several  components  of  urban  planning  are  parts  of  AMRUT, AMRUT  2.0,  Smart  City  Mission  and  other  Missions  /Schemes  being implemented by the Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs.

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## ANNEXRUE REFERRED TO IN ANSWER TO PART (a) OF LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION No. 894 FOR ANSWER ON 02DECEMBER 2021 REGARDING 'EXPANSION OF URBAN SETTLEMENTS': Status of Master Plan 2021

States  & UT wise status of Proportion of cities with Master Plan - 2021   (Towns based on Census 2011)

| Sl. No   | State / UT        | Statutory Towns   | Statutory Towns      | Statutory Towns               | Census Towns   | Census Towns         | Census Towns                  | Total No. of Towns (3+6)   | No. of Towns Having Approved Master Plan   | (4+7) No. of Towns have Master Plan Under   | No. of Approved & Preparation Master   | No. of Towns Haven't Master Plan (9-12)   |
|----------|-------------------|-------------------|----------------------|-------------------------------|----------------|----------------------|-------------------------------|----------------------------|--------------------------------------------|---------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------|
| Sl. No   | State / UT        | Numbers           | Approved Master Plan | Master Plan Under Preparation | Numbers        | Approved Master Plan | Master Plan Under Preparation | Total No. of Towns (3+6)   | No. of Towns Having Approved Master Plan   | Preparation (5+8)                           | Total Under Plan (10+11)               |                                           |
| 1        | 2                 | 3                 | 4                    | 5                             | 6              | 7                    | 8                             | 9                          | 10                                         | 11                                          | 12                                     | 13                                        |
| 1        | Andhra Pradesh    | 80                | 80                   | 0                             | 106            | 30                   | 76                            | 186                        | 110                                        | 76                                          | 186                                    | 0                                         |
| 2        | Arunachal Pradesh | 26                | 0                    | 6                             | 1              | 1                    | 7                             | 27                         | 1                                          | 13                                          | 14                                     | 13                                        |
| 3        | Assam             | 88                | 36                   | 45                            | 126            | 2                    | 0                             | 214                        | 38                                         | 45                                          | 83                                     | 131                                       |
| 4        | Bihar             | 139               | 13                   | 15                            | 60             | 0                    | 0                             | 199                        | 13                                         | 15                                          | 28                                     | 171                                       |
| 5        | Chhattisgarh      | 168               | 26                   | 102                           | 14             | 3                    | 1                             | 182                        | 29                                         | 103                                         | 132                                    | 50                                        |
| 6        | Goa               | 14                | 14                   | 0                             | 56             | 56                   | 0                             | 70                         | 70                                         | 0                                           | 70                                     | 0                                         |
| 7        | Gujarat           | 195               | 125                  | 14                            | 153            | 0                    | 0                             | 348                        | 125                                        | 14                                          | 139                                    | 209                                       |
| 8        | Haryana           | 80                | 58                   | 13                            | 74             | 49                   | 6                             | 154                        | 107                                        | 19                                          | 126                                    | 28                                        |
| 9        | Himachal Pradesh  | 56                | 18                   | 0                             | 3              | 0                    | 0                             | 59                         | 18                                         | 0                                           | 18                                     | 41                                        |
| 10       | J&K               | 86                | 11                   | 0                             | 36             | 11                   | 3                             | 122                        | 22                                         | 3                                           | 25                                     | 97                                        |
| 11       | Jharkhand         | 40                | 5                    | 0                             | 188            | 0                    | 0                             | 228                        | 5                                          | 0                                           | 5                                      | 223                                       |
| 12       | Karnataka         | 220               | 103                  | 38                            | 127            | 33                   | 1                             | 347                        | 136                                        | 39                                          | 175                                    | 172                                       |
| 13       | Kerala            | 59                | 28                   | 31                            | 461            | 13                   | 42                            | 520                        | 41                                         | 73                                          | 114                                    | 406                                       |
| 14       | Madhya Pradesh    | 364               | 88                   | 1                             | 112            | 10                   | 0                             | 476                        | 98                                         | 1                                           | 99                                     | 377                                       |
| 15       | Maharashtra       | 256               | 250                  | 0                             | 278            | 25                   | 0                             | 534                        | 275                                        | 0                                           | 275                                    | 259                                       |
| 16       | Manipur           | 28                | 0                    | 3                             | 23             | 0                    | 16                            | 51                         | 0                                          | 19                                          | 19                                     | 32                                        |
| 17       | Meghalaya         | 10                | 5                    | 3                             | 12             | 10                   | 1                             | 22                         | 15                                         | 4                                           | 19                                     | 3                                         |
| 18       | Mizoram           | 23                | 13                   | 1                             | 0              | 0                    | 0                             | 23                         | 13                                         | 1                                           | 14                                     | 9                                         |
| 19       | Nagaland          | 19                | 10                   | 1                             | 7              | 0                    | 0                             | 26                         | 10                                         | 1                                           | 11                                     | 15                                        |
| 20       | Odisha            | 107               | 71                   | 17                            | 116            | 26                   | 0                             | 223                        | 97                                         | 17                                          | 114                                    | 109                                       |
| 21       | Punjab            | 143               | 51                   | 0                             | 74             | 30                   | 0                             | 217                        | 81                                         | 0                                           | 81                                     | 136                                       |
| 22       | Rajasthan         | 185               | 184                  | 0                             | 112            | 30                   | 0                             | 297                        | 214                                        | 0                                           | 214                                    | 83                                        |
| 23       | Sikkim            | 8                 | 4                    | 0                             | 1              | 0                    | 0                             | 9                          | 4                                          | 0                                           | 4                                      | 5                                         |

| 24   | Tamil Nadu    |   721 |   123 |   50 |   376 |   0 |   0 | 109 7   |   123 |   50 |   173 |   924 |
|------|---------------|-------|-------|------|-------|-----|-----|---------|-------|------|-------|-------|
| 25   | Telengana     |    45 |    41 |    0 |   122 |  49 |  51 | 167     |    90 |   51 |   141 |    26 |
| 26   | Tripura       |    16 |    13 |    0 |    26 |   0 |   0 | 42      |    13 |    0 |    13 |    29 |
| 27   | Uttar Pradesh |   648 |   106 |    2 |   267 |  49 |   0 | 915     |   155 |    2 |   157 |   758 |
| 28   | Uttarakhand   |    74 |    30 |    8 |    41 |  14 |  15 | 115     |    44 |   23 |    67 |    48 |
| 29   | West Bengal   |   129 |    50 |    7 |   780 |  86 |  37 | 909     |   136 |   44 |   180 |   729 |
| 30   | A&N Islands   |     1 |     1 |    0 |     4 |   3 |   1 | 5       |     4 |    1 |     5 |     0 |
| 31   | Chandigarh    |     1 |     1 |    0 |     5 |   5 |   0 | 6       |     6 |    0 |     6 |     0 |
| 32   | NCT Delhi     |     3 |     3 |    0 |   110 | 110 |   0 | 113     |   113 |    0 |   113 |     0 |
| 33   | D & N Haveli  |     1 |     1 |    0 |     5 |   5 |   0 | 6       |     6 |    0 |     6 |     0 |
| 34   | Daman & Diu   |     2 |     0 |    2 |     6 |   0 |   6 | 8       |     0 |    8 |     8 |     0 |
| 35   | Lakshadweep   |     0 |     0 |    0 |     6 |   0 |   0 | 6       |     0 |    0 |     0 |     6 |
| 36   | Puducherry    |     6 |     4 |    0 |     4 |   0 |   5 | 10      |     4 |    5 |     9 |     1 |
|      | Total         |  4041 |  1566 |  359 |  3892 | 650 | 268 | 793 3   |  2216 |  627 |  2843 |  5090 |

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