Lok Sabha Question No. 1777 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2016-07-27
Subject: Strengthening of ULBs
Ministry: URBAN DEVELOPMENT
Asked by: SRINIVAS KESINENI

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF URBAN DEVELOPMENT

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1777 TO BE ANSWERED ON JULY 27, 2016

## STRENGTHENING OF ULBs

No. 1777

SHRI KESINENI NANI:

Will the Minister of URBAN DEVELOPMENT be pleased to state:-

- (a) the  number  of  Urban  Local  Bodies  (ULBs)  existing  in  the country, State-wise and the number of them that has established e-governance systems; and
- (b) the extent to  which  the objectives set under Jawaharlal Nehru National Urban Renewal Mission for strengthening urban local bodies have been met?

## ANSWER

## THE MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF URBAN DEVELOPMENT (RAO INDERJIT SINGH)

- (a): As  per  Census  2011,  there  are  4041  Urban  Local  Bodies (ULBs)  in  the  country.  State-wise  list  is  at  Annexure-1.      28 municipal  corporations  have  established  e-governance  system with different sets of services.
- (b): Strengthening  of  ULBs  was  a  reform  under  Jawaharlal Nehru National Urban Renewal Mission (JnNURM). List of reforms under JnNURM is at Annexure-2. A summary of final achievement of various States & UTs is at Annexure-3. JnNURM has come to an end on 31.3.2014

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## Annexure-1 as referred to in reply to part (a) of Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No.1777 for 27.7.2016

## State-wise list of Urban Local Bodies (ULBs)

## (As per Census 2011)

| Sl. No.   | NAME OF STATES/UTs               |   ULBs |
|-----------|----------------------------------|--------|
| 1         | A& N Islands                     |      1 |
| 2         | Andhra Pradesh (pre-bifurcation) |    125 |
| 3         | Arunachal Pradesh                |     26 |
| 4         | Assam                            |     88 |
| 5         | Bihar                            |    139 |
| 6         | Chandigarh                       |      1 |
| 7         | Chhattisgarh                     |    168 |
| 8         | Dadra & Nagar Haveli             |      1 |
| 9         | Daman & Diu                      |      2 |
| 10        | Delhi                            |      3 |
| 11        | Goa                              |     14 |
| 12        | Gujarat                          |    195 |
| 13        | Haryana                          |     80 |
| 14        | Himachal Pradesh                 |     56 |
| 15        | Jammu & Kashmir                  |     86 |
| 16        | Jharkhand                        |     40 |
| 17        | Karnataka                        |    220 |
| 18        | Kerala                           |     59 |
| 19        | Lakshadweep                      |      0 |
| 20        | Madhya Pradesh                   |    364 |
| 21        | Maharashtra                      |    256 |
| 22        | Manipur                          |     28 |
| 23        | Meghalaya                        |     10 |
| 24        | Mizoram                          |     23 |
| 25        | Nagaland                         |     19 |
| 26        | Orissa                           |    107 |
| 27        | Pondicherry                      |      6 |
| 28        | Punjab                           |    143 |
| 29        | Rajasthan                        |    185 |
| 30        | Sikkim                           |      8 |
| 31        | Tamil Nadu                       |    721 |
| 32        | Tripura                          |     16 |
| 33        | Uttar Pradesh                    |    648 |
| 34        | Uttarkhand                       |     74 |
| 35        | West Bengal                      |    129 |
| TOTAL     | TOTAL                            |   4041 |

## Annexure-2 as referred to in reply to part (b) of Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No.1777 for 27.7.2016

## List of reforms under JnNURM

|       | ULB LEVEL REFORMS                                                                                                  |
|-------|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
| 1     | E-Governance set up                                                                                                |
| 2     | Shift to Accrual based Double Entry Accounting                                                                     |
| 3     | Property Tax (85% coverage &90% collection efficiency)                                                             |
| 4     | User Charges (100% Cost Recovery of Water Supply &Solid Waste)                                                     |
| 5     | Internal Earmarking of Funds for Services to Urban Poor                                                            |
| 6     | Provision of Basic Services to Urban Poor                                                                          |
|       | STATE LEVEL REFORMS                                                                                                |
| 7     | 74 th CAA (Transfer 12 sch. Functions)                                                                             |
|       | 74 th CAA (Constitution of DPC)                                                                                    |
|       | 74 th CAA (Constitution of MPC)                                                                                    |
| 8     | Transfer-City Planning Function                                                                                    |
|       | Transfer-Water Supply &Sanitation                                                                                  |
| 9     | Reform in Rent Control                                                                                             |
| 10    | Stamp Duty Rationalization to 5%                                                                                   |
| 11    | Repeal of ULCRA                                                                                                    |
| 12    | Enactment of Community Participation Law                                                                           |
| 13    | Enactment of Public Disclosure Law                                                                                 |
| 14    | Introduction of Property Title Certification System in ULBs                                                        |
| 15    | Revision of Building Bye laws - Streamlining the Approval Process                                                  |
| 16    | Revision of Building Bye laws - To make rain water harvesting mandatory                                            |
| 17    | Earmarking 25% developed land in all housing projects for EWS/LIG                                                  |
| 18    | Simplification of Legal and Procedural framework for conversion of agricultural land for non-agricultural purposes |
| 19 20 | Introduction of computerized process of Registration of land and Property Byelaws on Reuse of Recycled Water       |
| 21    | Administrative Reforms                                                                                             |
| 22    | Structural Reforms                                                                                                 |

## Annexure-3 as referred to in reply to part (b) of Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No.1777 for 27.7.2016

Summary of reform achievements under JnNURM by States / UTs (as on January 2014)

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