Lok Sabha Question No. 3653 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2021-08-10
Subject: Implementation of PURA
Ministry: RURAL DEVELOPMENT
Asked by: Mansukhbhai Dhanjibhai Vasava

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF RURAL DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT OF RURAL DEVELOPMENT

## LOK  SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 3653

ANSWERED ON 10/08/2021

## IMPLEMENTATION OF PURA

## 3653.   SHRI MANSUKHBHAI DHANJIBHAI VASAVA:

Will the Minister of RURAL DEVELOPMENT be pleased to state:

- (a) whether the Government has reviewed the implementation of Provision of Urban Amenities (PURA) in rural areas of various States;
- (b) if so, the details of the fund allocated and utilized for this purpose during the last three years and the current year, State-wise/year-wise;
- (c) whether the targets fixed under the said scheme have been successfully achieved; and
- (d) if so, the details thereof along with the steps taken by the Government for effective implementation of this scheme?

## ANSWER

MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF RURAL DEVELOPMENT (SADHVI NIRANJAN JYOTI)

- (a) The Provision of Urban Amenities (PURA) scheme has been discontinued w.e.f. 2015-
16.      An  Expert  Group  was  set  up  for  the  purpose  of  proposing  the  structure  of  the  Shyama Prasad  Mukherji  Rurban  Mission  (SPMRM)  including  examining  both  the  pilot  phases  of implementation of the PURA scheme, studying various non-government PURA initiatives and Rurban  Mission  of  Gujarat,  holding  consultations  with  concerned  parties,  examining  the  PPP framework  etc.  The  Expert  Group  has  submitted  its  report  on  31-10-2014.      The  key recommendations of the Expert Group is annexed as Annexure-I.
- (b) to (d) On the basis of the recommendations of the said Expert Committee, the Ministry has been  implementing  the  Shyama  Prasad  Mukherji  Rurban  Mission  (SPMRM)  since  2015-16. Under the Mission, there is no provision for year-wise, allocation of funds.  However, the funds are being released based on fulfillment of certain progress achieved as defined in the guidelines of  the  Mission.    The  details  of  the  physical  and  financial  status  of  the  Mission  till  today  are annexed  as Annexure-II .    The  details  of  steps  taken  by  the  Government  for  effective implementation of the scheme is annexed at AnnexureIII.

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## ANNEXURE-I

The key recommendations of the Expert  Group  that  have  influenced  the  design  of  the Shyama Prasad Mukherji Rurban Mission (SPMRM) are:

- (i) ln order to bring in sustainability of any developmental effort in rural areas, a  means  of  providing  mentorship  or  constant  guidance  by  an  agency  or institution is necessary.
- (ii) Provision  of  infrastructure  should  be  integrated  and  provided  in  a  time bound manner in a project mode with equal focus on skill development and economic empowerment.
- (iii) While  the  approach  should  be  Panchayat  centric,  District  Administration and State Governments should lead the effort.
- (iv) The Mission should be sufficiently large to  ensure that there is sufficient focus by the stakeholders

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## Statewise Physical Progress under SPMRM

|   Sl. No. | State Name                               |   Total No. of Cluster approved |   ICAP Approved by Ministry |   DPR approved by SLEC |   Total no. of works proposed |   Total no. works completed |
|-----------|------------------------------------------|---------------------------------|-----------------------------|------------------------|-------------------------------|-----------------------------|
|         1 | Andaman And Nicobar Islands              |                               1 |                           1 |                      1 |                           207 |                          18 |
|         2 | Andhra Pradesh                           |                              13 |                          13 |                     13 |                          8602 |                        4863 |
|         3 | Arunachal Pradesh                        |                               4 |                           4 |                      3 |                           376 |                          32 |
|         4 | Assam                                    |                               9 |                           9 |                      9 |                          1947 |                           8 |
|         5 | Bihar                                    |                              11 |                          11 |                     11 |                          2515 |                          63 |
|         6 | Chhattisgarh                             |                              19 |                          18 |                     18 |                          7719 |                        4311 |
|         7 | Dadra And Nagar Haveli And Daman And Diu |                               2 |                           2 |                      2 |                            63 |                           0 |
|         8 | Goa                                      |                               2 |                           1 |                      1 |                             0 |                           0 |
|         9 | Gujarat                                  |                              16 |                          16 |                     16 |                           633 |                         417 |
|        10 | Haryana                                  |                              10 |                          10 |                     10 |                          1564 |                         552 |
|        11 | Himachal Pradesh                         |                               6 |                           6 |                      6 |                          1268 |                         171 |
|        12 | Jammu And Kashmir                        |                               2 |                           2 |                      2 |                           408 |                          90 |
|        13 | Jharkhand                                |                              15 |                          15 |                     15 |                          3931 |                         617 |
|        14 | Karnataka                                |                               8 |                           8 |                      8 |                          3950 |                        1313 |
|        15 | Kerala                                   |                              13 |                          12 |                     12 |                          2345 |                         659 |
|        16 | Ladakh                                   |                               1 |                           1 |                      1 |                            63 |                           0 |
|        17 | Lakshadweep                              |                               1 |                           1 |                      1 |                            81 |                           0 |
|        18 | Madhya Pradesh                           |                              19 |                          19 |                     18 |                          1384 |                          13 |
|        19 | Maharashtra                              |                              20 |                          20 |                     19 |                          8929 |                        1679 |
|        20 | Manipur                                  |                               3 |                           3 |                      3 |                            86 |                           1 |
|        21 | Meghalaya                                |                               4 |                           4 |                      4 |                           591 |                          68 |
|        22 | Mizoram                                  |                               4 |                           4 |                      4 |                           335 |                         115 |
|        23 | Nagaland                                 |                               2 |                           2 |                      2 |                            65 |                           0 |
|        24 | Odisha                                   |                              14 |                          14 |                     14 |                          3301 |                         958 |
|        25 | Puducherry                               |                               2 |                           2 |                      2 |                            34 |                           1 |
|        26 | Punjab                                   |                               8 |                           8 |                      8 |                           497 |                          89 |
|        27 | Rajasthan                                |                              16 |                          15 |                     15 |                          6508 |                        1639 |
|        28 | Sikkim                                   |                               3 |                           3 |                      3 |                           175 |                          40 |
|        29 | Tamil Nadu                               |                              12 |                          11 |                     11 |                          1850 |                        1209 |
|        30 | Telangana                                |                              17 |                          17 |                     17 |                          9721 |                        6245 |
|        31 | Tripura                                  |                               7 |                           7 |                      7 |                           459 |                          59 |
|        32 | Uttar Pradesh                            |                              20 |                          19 |                     19 |                          1629 |                         502 |
|        33 | Uttarakhand                              |                               7 |                           6 |                      6 |                           973 |                         271 |

## Annexure-II

## State-wise Financial Progress under SPMRM

(Rs. in crore)

| Sl. No.   | State Name                               |   Total No. of Cluster approved | Convergence Expenditure   | CGF Expenditure   |   Total Expenditure |
|-----------|------------------------------------------|---------------------------------|---------------------------|-------------------|---------------------|
| 1         | Andaman And Nicobar Islands              |                               1 | 20.86                     | 4.2               |               25.06 |
| 2         | Andhra Pradesh                           |                              13 | 489.94                    | 134.79            |              624.73 |
| 3         | Arunachal Pradesh                        |                               4 | 87.6                      | 16.91             |              104.51 |
| 4         | Assam                                    |                               9 | 95.45                     | 12.42             |              107.87 |
| 5         | Bihar                                    |                              11 | 256.95                    | 15.81             |              272.76 |
| 6         | Chhattisgarh                             |                              19 | 699.63                    | 220.7             |              920.33 |
| 7         | Dadra And Nagar Haveli And Daman And Diu |                               2 | 74.94                     | 3.07              |               78.01 |
| 8         | Goa                                      |                               2 | 28.76                     | 0                 |               28.76 |
| 9         | Gujarat                                  |                              16 | 749.81                    | 100.45            |              850.26 |
| 10        | Haryana                                  |                              10 | 309.3                     | 66.07             |              375.37 |
| 11        | Himachal Pradesh                         |                               6 | 86.94                     | 20.22             |              107.16 |
| 12        | Jammu And Kashmir                        |                               2 | 31.46                     | 8.26              |               39.72 |
| 13        | Jharkhand                                |                              15 | 535.36                    | 45.7              |              581.06 |
| 14        | Karnataka                                |                               8 | 167.84                    | 39.49             |              207.33 |
| 15        | Kerala                                   |                              13 | 606.2                     | 142.29            |              748.49 |
| 16        | Ladakh                                   |                               1 | 28.41                     | 5.21              |               33.62 |
| 17        | Lakshadweep                              |                               1 | 0                         | 0                 |                0    |
| 18        | Madhya Pradesh                           |                              19 | 345.72                    | 120.6             |              466.32 |
| 19        | Maharashtra                              |                              20 | 1,650.66                  | 87.99             |             1738.65 |
| 20        | Manipur                                  |                               3 | 139                       | 46.1              |              185.1  |
| 21        | Meghalaya                                |                               4 | 16.77                     | 23.07             |               39.84 |
| 22        | Mizoram                                  |                               4 | 73.73                     | 30.45             |              104.18 |
| 23        | Nagaland                                 |                               2 | 14.5                      | 12.6              |               27.1  |
| 24        | Odisha                                   |                              14 | 364.18                    | 114.5             |              478.68 |
| 25        | Puducherry                               |                               2 | 23                        | 8.63              |               31.63 |
| 26        | Punjab                                   |                               8 | 549.86                    | 88                |              637.86 |
| 27        | Rajasthan                                |                              16 | 616.41                    | 125.33            |              741.74 |
| 28        | Sikkim                                   |                               3 | 70.72                     | 22.35             |               93.07 |
| 29        | Tamil Nadu                               |                              12 | 706.81                    | 165.93            |              872.74 |
| 30        | Telangana                                |                              17 | 1,288.36                  | 192.77            |             1481.13 |
| 31        | Tripura                                  |                               7 | 252.51                    | 61.54             |              314.05 |
| 32        | Uttar Pradesh                            |                              20 | 929.92                    | 269.33            |             1199.25 |
| 33        | Uttarakhand                              |                               7 | 175.25                    | 63                |              238.25 |
| 34        | West Bengal                              |                               7 | 0                         | 0                 |                0    |
|           | Total                                    |                             298 | 11,486.85                 | 2,267.78          |            13754.6  |

## Annexure-III

- 1) The State Level Empowered Committee (SLEC) has been designated as the final authority to approve the DPRs of cluster for assisting the States.  A sub-committee thereof  has  been  empowered  to  sanction  DPRs  in  between  the  meetings  of  the SLEC.
- 2) States/UTs  have  been  permitted  to  modify  projects/works  proposed  in  ICAP  of cluster and include more economic activities in order to reboot the rural economy.
- 3) A major step of de-linking of planning notification and spatial planning condition from the fund release conditions, which helped in faster and effective implementation of the Mission.
- 4) RurbanSoft MIS portal has  been  developed  to  track  the  progress  on  real  time basis. PFMS integration with Rurbansoft MIS portal for payment to vendors has simplified  the  fund  flow  mechanism  and  ensured  transparency,  efficiency  and effectiveness in payments.
- 5) Geo-Rurban  mobile  application  has  been  developed and  launched  for  physical monitoring and geo-tagging of the assets developed under SPMRM.
- 6) Ranking  of  Rurban  clusters initiated on the basis of performance based indicators  on  RurbanSoft  portal.    This  will  enhance  the  spirit  of  competition among the States/Clusters.
- 7) Social  Audit  framework  has  been  extended  to  SPMRM.  Pilot  projects  are  now being undertaken by eight States.
- 8) Towards more efficient fund utilization, the fund pooling mechanism has been introduced at the State level for purpose of release of funds to the States/UTs.
- 9) Initiatives taken to institutionalize Spatial Planning in Rurban cluster areas in collaborating with relevant institutions and stakeholders, and undertaking pilots / proof of concept.
- 10) Spatial  Planning  Portal has  been  developed  in  collaboration  with  BISAG  (N). This portal integrates the satellite imagery, various datasets to enable the Spatial Planning exercise in the Cluster. The platform will serve as a digital interface for getting  baseline  data  and  cluster  land  suitability;  land  use,  economic  activity planning etc. Spatial Planning Platform is in testing stage and pilot spatial plan for three Rurban clusters is under progress.
- 11) Nomination  of  Mentor  Institutions : Spatial  plan  preparation  requires  experts from various fields like rural & regional planners, Rural Management experts, GIS specialist,  Convergence  specialist  etc.  Hence 'Mentor  Institutes' like  IITs,  NITs, Institutes of National  repute  etc having  expertise  in planning,  architecture, engineering etc. are being on boarded for each State.

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