Lok Sabha Question No. 619 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2024-07-25
Subject: Amplifi 2.0 and SBM - Urban 2.0
Ministry: HOUSING AND URBAN AFFAIRS
Asked by: Shri Shankar Lalwani, Dr. Jayanta Kumar Roy, Shri Kripanath Mallah, Dr. Pradeep Kumar Panigrahy, Shri Balya Mama Suresh Gopinath Mhatre, Shri Rajesh Naranbhai Chudasama, Smt. Smita Uday Wagh, Shri Vijay Kumar Dubey, Shri Pradeep Purohit, Shri Anil Firojiya, Dr. Alok Kumar Suman, Shri Vishnu Dayal Ram, Smt. Kriti Devi Debbarman

## MINISTRY OF HOUSING AND URBAN AFFAIRS

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 619

TO BE ANSWERED ON JULY  25, 2024

AMPLIFI 2.0 AND SBM - URBAN 2.0

NO. 619.    SHRI SHANKAR LALWANI:

DR. JAYANTA KUMAR ROY:

SHRI KRIPANATH MALLAH:

DR. PRADEEP KUMAR PANIGRAHY:

SHRI BALYA MAMA SURESH GOPINATH MHATRE:

SHRI CHUDASAMA RAJESHBHAI NARANBHAI:

SMT. SMITA UDAY WAGH:

SHRI VIJAY KUMAR DUBEY:

SHRI PRADEEP PUROHIT:

SHRI ANIL FIROJIYA:

DR. ALOK KUMAR SUMAN:

SHRI VISHNU DAYAL RAM:

SMT. KRITI DEVI DEBBARMAN:

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

- (a)  the  details  of  the  Assessment  and  Monitoring  Platform  for  Livable Inclusive Future-ready Urban India 2.0 (Amplifi 2.0) portal along with the aims and objectives of the project;
- (b) the details of the number of cities which have been added in the portal;
- (c) the details of Swachh Bharat Mission Urban 2.0; and
- (d)  the  details  of  the  use  of  technology  for  the  implementation  of  the scheme?

## ANSWER

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

- (a) Assessment and Monitoring Platform for Liveable, Inclusive, and Futureready urban India (AMPLIFI) 2.0 acts as a centralized platform for data collection and aggregation, enabling access to urban data for evidence based-decision  making.  Further,  it  facilitates  research,  analysis  and data-driven  policy  making  for  Government,  Citizens,  Academia  and Industry.  AMPLIFI  2.0  platform  contains  440  data  points  across  14 sectors  i.e.  Demography,  Economy,  Education,  Energy,  Environment, Finance,  Governance  and  Information,  Communication  &  Technology (ICT), Health, Housing, Mobility, Planning, Safety & Security, Solid Waste Management (SWM) and Water & Sanitation.

- (b) At present, 250 cities have been added in AMPLIFI 2.0.
- (c ) Swachh Bharat Mission-Urban 2.0 (SBM-U2.0), launched on 1 st   October, 2021, aims to achieve the vision of 'Garbage Free Cities' over the next five years through SWM, remediation of legacy dumpsites, construction and demolition waste and plastic waste management. SWM component of SBM-U 2.0 allows setting up of waste processing facilities such as Material  Recovery  Facilities  (MRFs),  transfer  stations,  composting plants, bio-methanation plants, Refused Derived Fuel (RDF) processing facilities, plastic waste processing facilities, waste to electricity plants, Construction  and  Demolition  (C&D)  waste  plants,  sanitary  landfill, mechanized  sweeping  equipment  and  Bio-remediation/  capping  of  all legacy dumpsites in all ULBs.
- (d) The SBM-U 2.0 leverages technology to enhance sanitation and waste management across urban India. Digital tools and solutions are used to monitor the progress of SBM Urban components. Digital interventions are identified at different stages of the SBM-U 2.0 component lifecycle, starting  from  conceptualization,  implementation  till  maintenance.  Its Guidelines promotes  adoption  of locally innovated, cost-effective technology solutions and business models in sanitation and solid waste management  by  startups,  through  investment  in  Research  &  Design (R&D) and facilitation in Government-e-Market (GeM) portal.

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