Lok Sabha Question No. 5399 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2025-04-03
Subject: Urban Infrastructure Development Scheme for Satellite Towns
Ministry: HOUSING AND URBAN AFFAIRS
Asked by: Shri Naveen Jindal

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF HOUSING AND URBAN AFFAIRS

## LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 5399

## TO BE ANSWERED ON APRIL 03, 2025

## URBAN INFRASTRUCTURE DEVELOPMENT SCHEME

## FOR SATELLITE TOWNS

## NO. 5399.  SHRI NAVEEN JINDAL:

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

- (a) whether the Government has launched the Urban Infrastructure Development Scheme for Satellite Towns (UIDSST) to enhance infrastructure  in  towns  surrounding  mega  cities  and  if  so,  the  details thereof;
- (b) the key objectives of the UIDSST along with the manner in which it aims to address the infrastructural needs of satellite towns;
- the specific areas of infrastructure covered under the said scheme such
- as transport, sanitation and housing;
- (d) the  progress  made  in  the  implementation  of  the  said  scheme  since  its launch in 2009 along with the number of satellite towns benefited and the improvements achieved till March 2025; and
- (e) the details of the future plans for expanding or modifying the said scheme to cover more towns and enhance urban infrastructure across the country?

## ANSWER THE MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF HOUSING AND URBAN AFFAIRS (SHRI TOKHAN SAHU)

(a) to (d)    The pilot scheme of Urban Infrastructure Development Scheme for Satellite Towns (UIDSST) was approved in July 2009 with a central share of Rs.500 crore to provide basic urban infrastructure in selected satellite towns around seven million plus/mega cities. The scheme was co-terminus with the 11 th  Five Year Plan (2007 to 2012). The Scheme was however closed w.e.f. 31 st March,  2018.  The  Scheme  covered  seven  satellite  towns  namely  Pilkhuwa (Uttar Pradesh), Vikarabad (Telangana), Sonepat (Haryana), Vasai-Virar (Maharashtra),  Sriperumbudur  (Tamil  Nadu),  Sanand  (Gujarat)  and  Hoskote (Karnataka). The key objectives of the scheme were:-

- i. to  develop  urban  infrastructure  facilities  such  as  transport,  drinking water, sewerage, drainage and solid waste management;
- ii. to enhance  the  sustainability of urban  infrastructure facilities by implementing reforms such as energy audit, water audit, introduction of cost effective technologies etc.; and
- iii. to promote ULB level reforms like adoption of a modern accrual-based double  entry  system  of  accounting,  introduction  of  a  system  of  egovernance using IT applications, GIS and MIS for various urban services; and establishment of citizen facilitation centres etc.

A total of 17 projects were sanctioned under the scheme for which ₹459.70 crore released. The scheme progressed fairly well during its implementation across all the seven satellite towns in terms of improvements in water supply, underground  sewerage,  solid  waste  management,  GIS  based  map  and  HH survey  with  a  physical  progress  in  Pilkhuwa,  Uttar  Pradesh  (70-100%), Vikarabad,  Telangana  (100%),  Sonepat,  Haryana  (40-100%),  Vasai  Virar, Maharashtra (100%), Sriperumbudur, Tamil Nadu (80-100%), Sanand, Gujarat (60-100%) and Hoskote, Karnataka (99%).

- (e) UIDSST scheme was a pilot scheme and it was closed on 31.03.2018. On the lines of UIDSST, the Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs subsequently launched  from  the  year  2014  a  number  of  missions/schemes  such  as  Atal Mission  for  Rejuvenation  and  Urban  Transformation  (AMRUT)  ,  Smart  Cities Mission (SCM), Swachh Bharat Mission-Urban (SBM-U), Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana-Urban  (PMAY-U)  and  Urban  Transport.    Whereas  SBM-U  covered  all statutory towns as per Census 2011 for sanitation and solid waste management, AMRUT covered 500 cities in its first phase  for water supply and sewerage. In its 2 nd  phase, 4902 cities have been targeted for water supply. The SCM has covered 100 cities across the country.  These missions/schemes have facilitated States/ULBs to promote urban development, including the components of UIDSST,  by availing funds for  specific purposes as per the respective mission/scheme guidelines.

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