Lok Sabha Question No. 2367 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2023-08-03
Subject: Incentivized and Prioritized Reforms
Ministry: HOUSING AND URBAN AFFAIRS
Asked by: Manickam Tagore B

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

## MINISTRY OF HOUSING AND URBAN AFFAIRS LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 2367 TO BE ANSWERED ON AUGUST 03, 2023

## INCENTIVIZED AND PRIORITIZED REFORMS

NO. 2367.

SHRI MANICKAM TAGORE B.:

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

- (a) Whether the Government has incentivized and prioritized reforms in areas  such  as  modernization  of  building  bylaws,  integrated  urban place designs, integration of blue and green infrastructure, through nature based solutions and increased capacity building;
- (b)
- if so, the details thereof;
- whether the Government aims to create a holistic policy eco-system for  ensuring  last  mile  access  to  services,  enhanced  operational efficiencies,  infusion  of  digital  technology  and  outcome  based
- (c) performance frameworks;  and
- (d) if so, the details thereof?

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

## (SHRI KAUSHAL KISHORE)

(a) & (b): Yes, Sir. The Scheme for Special Assistance to States for Capital Investment  2022-23  issued  by  Department  of  Expenditure,  Ministry  of Finance,  earmarked  an  amount  of  Rs.6,000  crore  for    improving  and speeding up basic urban planning ecosystem in cities - in which MoHUA had recommended  six  reforms  covering  modernization  of  building  bylaws, affordable housing for inclusive cities, adoption of Transferrable Development  Rights  (TDR),  implementation  of  Local  Area  Plans  (LAP)  and Town  Planning  Schemes  (TPS),  adoption  of  Transit-oriented  Development (ToD),  creation  of  sponge  cities,  etc.  Based  on  the  recommendations  of MoHUA, Department of Expenditure (DoE), Ministry of Finance disbursed an amount of Rs. 4093.16 crore to eligible States.

The Scheme  for Special Assistance to States for Capital Investment  2023-24  issued  by  Department  of  Expenditure,  Ministry  of Finance, earmarks an amount of Rs.15,000 crore. The reforms this year have been  widened  by  including  more  cities.    The  reform  components  include augmentation of human resources for strengthening capacities at state and ULB level, implementation of Town Planning Schemes (TPS)/ Land Pooling Scheme, Modernization of Building Bylaws, integrating essential components in master plans (Blue and Green infrastructure: identifying and integrating the existing water bodies with master plans along with contour surveys  and  urban  flood  prevention  plans,  green  public  spaces,  urban forests, lakefronts, riverfronts, canal fronts, place making, etc.), strengthening  natural  ecosystems  of  urban  areas  through  urban  planning (conservation  and  rejuvenation  of  water  bodies,  riverfront  development, urban forests).

(c)  &  (d):  Public  health,  water  supply  and  sanitation  are  state  subjects. Government of India has intervened through schematic interventions such as  Atal  Mission  for  Rejuvenation  and  Urban  Transformation  (AMRUT  and AMRUT  2.0),  Swachh  Bharat  Mission  (SBM  and  SBM  2.0),  Smart  Cities Mission, etc. where the focus is on outcomes in terms of last mile access to services enabled through performance based monitoring and digital technology aided physical infrastructure.

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