Lok Sabha Question No. 2509 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2023-08-03
Subject: Scheme to Strengthen the Urban Bodies
Ministry: HOUSING AND URBAN AFFAIRS
Asked by: Dhal Singh Bisen

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF HOUSING AND URBAN AFFAIRS

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 2509

## TO BE ANSWERED ON AUGUST 03, 2023 SCHEME TO STRENGTHEN THE URBAN BODIES

## NO. 2509. DR. DHAL SINGH BISEN:

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

- (a) Whether any scheme is being implemented by the Government to strengthen the urban local bodies and if so, the details thereof;
- (b) The  funds  provided  for  the  development  of  urban  local  bodies and construction of infrastructure ,State/UT-wise;
- (c) The funds sanctioned by the Government under various schemes to  the  urban  local  bodies  in  the  State  of  Madhya  Pradesh, district-wise;
- (d) The details of the funds released by the Government for urban local  bodies  of  Seoni  and  Balaghat  districts  along  with  the amount spent till date including the details of allocated amount/contribution and expense, head-wise; and
- (e) The work on which the said fund utilised/spent along with the physical status of the work at present?

## ANSWER

## THE MINISTER OF STATE IN THE

## MINISTRY OF HOUSING AND URBAN AFFAIRS (SHRI KAUSHAL KISHORE)

- (a)  Urban  Development  is  a  state  subject.  Ministry  of  Housing  and Urban Affairs is implementing  various Missions / Schemes such as  Atal Mission for Rejuvenation and Urban Transformation (AMRUT) 2.0, Smart Cities Mission (SCM), Swachh Bharat Mission-Urban 2.0 (SBM-U) and Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana-Urban (PMAY-U) for furthering urban development, including strengthening Urban local Bodies (ULBs).

AMRUT Mission was launched on 25th June 2015 in 500 selected cities across  the  country  with  an  agenda  spread  over  11  reforms  aimed  at improving service delivery, mobilize resources and to make municipal functioning more transparent and accountable. In order to enhance the credit worthiness of ULBs, Credit rating work for 485 cities has been awarded and completed in 470 cities under AMRUT. Out of 470 cities, 164  cities  have  received  Investible  Grade  Rating  (IGR),  including  36 cities spread across 12 States/UTs with rating of A- and above. A sum of ₹3,940 crore has been raised through municipal bonds by 11 ULBs namely  Ahmedabad,  Amravati  (AP),  Bhopal,  Ghaziabad,  Hyderabad, Indore,  Lucknow,  Pune,  Surat,  Vadodara  and  Visakhapatnam.  An amount of ₹227 crore has been released as incentive to these ULBs for municipal bonds issuance. Further, AMRUT 2.0 has a reform agenda to enhance  financial health of ULBs  with improving coverage and efficiency  of  collection  of  property  tax  &  user  charges  as  mandatory reforms.

In  order  to  strengthen  the  capacity  of  ULBs  for  Urban  Planning, 'Formulation of GIS based Master Plan', a 100% centrally funded subscheme  with  the  total  outlay  of  Rs.  515  crore  is  being  implemented under  AMRUT.    461  cities  are  implementing  this  sub-scheme.  Under AMRUT 2.0, a sub scheme on formulation of GIS based master plans of Class-II (tier 2) towns with population of 50,000 - 99,999 with the total outlay of Rs. 631 crore has been approved.

- (b) to (e) Under various Missions / Schemes of the Ministry, funds are allocated  to  the  States  and  not  directly  to  Districts  or  Urban Local  Bodies  (ULBs).  Funds  allocated  to  State  Government  of Madhya  Pradesh  under  AMRUT  &  AMRUT  2.0  Missions  are  as follows:

|   Sr. No. | Mission   | Funds Allocated (during mission period)   |
|-----------|-----------|-------------------------------------------|
|         1 | AMRUT     | ₹ 2592.86 crore                           |
|         2 | AMRUT 2.0 | ₹ 4,065 crore                             |

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