Lok Sabha Question No. 72 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2023-07-20
Subject: Projects under AMRUT
Ministry: HOUSING AND URBAN AFFAIRS
Asked by: C. R. Patil, E. T. Mohammed Basheer

## MINISTRY OF HOUSING AND URBAN AFFAIRS

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 72

TO BE ANSWERED ON JULY 20, 2023

## PROJECTS UNDER AMRUT

NO. 72.

SHRI C.R. PATIL:

SHRI E.T. MOHAMMED BASHEER:

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

- (a) the  details  of  funds  released  to  all  States  under  the  Atal  Mission  for Rejuvenation and Urban Transformation (AMRUT) since 2014, year-wise, including Gujarat and Kerala;
- (b) the details of projects applied, approved and executed in the State of Gujarat and Kerala under AMRUT since 2014;
- (c) the expected dates of completion of AMRUT projects in the districts of Surat and Navsari; and
- (d) whether it has come to the notice of the Government that the AMRUT funds are underutilized and if so, the details thereof?

## ANSWER

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

- (a):   The year-wise funds released under Atal Mission for Rejuvenation and Urban Transformation (AMRUT) to all States/ Union Territories is at ANNEXURE.
- (b): In  Gujarat,  against  the  approved  plan  size  of  ₹4,884  cr ore,  453  projects worth ₹5,168 crore have been grounded of which 412 projects worth ₹4,556 crore have been completed. Overall, works worth ₹5,028 crore have been physically completed and ₹4,572 crore have been expended so far.

In Kerala, against the approved plan size of ₹2,359 cr ore, 1,010 projects worth ₹2,228 crore have been grounded of which 884 projects worth ₹1,293 crore have been completed. Overall, works worth ₹1,896 crore h ave been physically completed and ₹1,615 crore have been expended so far.

## (c): Only two cities are covered under AMRUT in the districts of Surat & Navsari of Gujarat, status of projects is as below:

| S.No   | Name of the District   | Number of Projects taken   | Total Projects Completed   | Under Progress   | Sector                          | Date of Completion   |
|--------|------------------------|----------------------------|----------------------------|------------------|---------------------------------|----------------------|
| 1      | Navsari                | 10                         | 8                          | 2                | Sewerage and Septage Management | 31.12.2023           |
|        |                        |                            |                            |                  | Drainage                        | 01.11.2023           |
| 2      | Surat                  | 50                         | 50                         | -                | -                               | -                    |

(d): Under AMRUT, States have been empowered to select, apprise, propose and after  approval  from  Apex  Committee  of  Ministry  of  Housing  &  Urban  Affairs (MoHUA), implement projects within  the  broad  framework  of  AMRUT  Mission. AMRUT mission was initially launched for a period of 05 years i.e. Financial Year 201516 to 2019 -20 with committed central assistance of projects worth ₹35,990 crore. However, so far ₹ 33,110.41 crore has been released and ₹28,862 crore central assistance has been reported utilized by the States/ UTs. Implementation of some projects taken up under AMRUT Mission by States/ UTs have got delayed due  to  various  reasons,  such  as  land  disputes,  natural  calamities,  delay  in obtaining  clearances/permissions  from  other  departments  and  disruptions/ lockdowns caused by the COVID19 pandemic etc.

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ANNEXURE  REFERRED  TO  IN  REPLY  TO  PART  (a)  OF  UNSTARRED  QUESTION  NO.  72  REGARDING 'PROJECTS UNDER AMRUT', DUE FOR ANSWER IN THE LOK SABHA ON 20 JULY, 2023.

## YEAR-WISE FUNDS RELEASED UNDER AMRUT TO ALL STATES/UTS

| Component                                   | 2015- 16   | 2016 -17   | 2017- 18   | 2018 - 19   | 2019 -20   | 2020-21   | 2021-22   |   2022-23 |   2023-24 (till now) | Total     |
|---------------------------------------------|------------|------------|------------|-------------|------------|-----------|-----------|-----------|----------------------|-----------|
| AMRUT projects                              | 1,978.74   | 2,369.60   | 3,721.51   | 5,143.09    | 5,685.60   | 6,146.72  | 6,112.89  |    961.17 |               991.09 | 33,110.41 |
| Administrative & Office Expenses            | 122.90     | 114.92     | 104.04     | 235.34      | 297.76     | 205.63    | 58.09     |      0    |                 0    | 1,138.67  |
| Reforms Incentives                          | 400.00     | 500.03     | 340.00     | 417.99      | 207.34     | 0.00      | 19.50     |      0    |                13    | 1,897.66  |
| GIS based Master plan sub-scheme            | 0.00       | 0.00       | 62.07      | 27.28       | 11.10      | 27.70     | 20.16     |     18.74 |                 6.4  | 173.45    |
| Local Area Planning & Town Planning Schemes | 0.00       | 0.00       | 0.00       | 0.00        | 7.99       | 3.34      | 3.20      |      0.8  |                 0    | 15.33     |
| Spill over JnNURM projects                  | 542.07     | 1,855.46   | 725.43     | 20.72       | 0.00       | 0.00      | 0.00      |      0    |                 0    | 3,143.69  |
| Total                                       | 3,043.71   | 4,840.01   | 4,953.06   | 5,844.42    | 6,209.79   | 6,383.40  | 6,213.85  |    980.71 |              1010.5  | 39,479.44 |

( Amount in ₹ crore )