Lok Sabha Question No. 2133 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2026-02-12
Subject: Financial Assistance for Garbage, Waste and Sewage
Ministry: HOUSING AND URBAN AFFAIRS
Asked by: Shri Mani A

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF HOUSING AND URBAN AFFAIRS LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 2133 TO BE ANSWERED ON FEBRUARY 12, 2026

## FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE FOR GARBAGE, WASTE AND SEWAGE

NO. 2133. SHRI MANI A:

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

- (a) whether the management of garbage, waste and sewage is becoming a serious issue in urban areas in the country;
- (b) if  so,  the  details  thereof along with the reasons therefor and the action taken/being taken by the Government in this regard;
- (c) whether the Government provides financial and technical assistance to the States for establishment of garbage and sewage treatment plants and if so, the details thereof, State-wise along with the details of the financial assistance  provided  to  Tamil  Nadu  during  the  last  three  years  and  the current year, year and city-wise; and
- (d) whether the Government has assessed/proposes to assess the progress of the work carried out by the States in this regard and if so, the details thereof, State-wise?

## ANSWER

## THE MINISTER OF STATE IN THE

## MINISTRY OF HOUSING AND URBAN AFFAIRS (SHRI TOKHAN SAHU)

(a) & (b): Growing urban population in the country has led to rise in the demand of management of garbage, waste and sewage in the urban areas of  the  country.  To  meet  these  demands,  Government  of  India  launched Swachh Bharat Mission - Urban 2.0 (SBM-U 2.0) with a vision of achieving Garbage  Free  Status  for  all  Urban  Local  Bodies  (ULBs)/cities  in  the country through scientific management of all fractions of waste.

As reported by States/UTs on Swachhattam portal, 97 percent wards have  achieved  100  percent  door-to-door-collection,  88  percent  wards have achieved 100 percent segregation of municipal solid waste. A total of 1,62,293 ton per day (TPD) of Municipal Solid Waste is generated in the urban  areas,  out  of  which  1,32,514  TPD  is  processed.  The  current processing capacity has reached to 81.65 percent.

To deal with sewerage and septage management in cities having less than 1 lakh population a new component Used Water Management (UWM) has been introduced under SBM-U 2.0.  MoHUA is also implementing Atal Mission for Rejuvenation and Urban Transformation (AMRUT) to deal with sewerage  and  septage  management  as  well  as  making  cities/statutory towns  'self-reliant'  and  'water  secure',  in  ULBs  with  more  than  1  lakh population.

(c)  :  Sanitation  is  a  state  subject.  Ministry  of  Housing  &  Urban  Affairs (MoHUA)  supplements  the  efforts  of  States/UTs  by  providing  policy directions,  financial  and  technical  support  by  sharing  Manuals/Standard of  Procedures  (SoPs)  on  Solid  Waste  Management  and  issue  various Advisories & Guidelines time to time for choosing appropriate technologies to manage solid waste.

Government of India has allocated ₹10,930.12 crores under SWM and ₹15,926.55  crores  under  UWM  of  SBM-U  2.0.  Under  SWM  component action plans having central share of ₹9503.76 crores for setting up waste processing  plants  of  158325.72  TPD  along  with  580  mechanical  road sweepers  and  remediation  of  19.48  Cr  MT  of  legacy  waste  have  been approved.  Under  UWM  component  STPs/FSTPs  with  the  capacity  of 10,830.56  MLD,  17,143  kms  of  I&D  network  and  1,940  CESS  pool Tankers/Desludging Machines, 517 other desludging equipment have been approved.

Under  SBM-U  2.0  central  share  of  fund  is  released  to  the  State/UTs and  not  to  the  cities.  State-wise  details  of  the  approved  financial assistance is at Annexure - I. Details of funds released to Tamil Nadu in last three years and current year under SBM-U 2.0 is as below:

| 2022-23   | 2023-24   | 2024-25   | 2025-26   |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|
| 384.66 Cr | 69.05 Cr  | 180.04 Cr | 234.21 Cr |

Under sewerage and septage management sector of AMRUT, a total of 889 sewerage and septage management projects having 4,843 MLD and under  AMRUT  2.0,  583  sewerage/septage  projects  having  6,649  MLD sewage treatment capacity have been approved. The State-wise details of  financial  assistance  provided  under  AMRUT  for  sewage  and  septage management is at Annexure - II.

(d): To evaluate the cleanliness status and progress in implementation of SBM-U  in  cities,  MoHUA  has  been  conducting  an  annual  cleanliness survey  -  'Swachh  Survekshan'  since  the  year  2016  through  third  party assessment. State-wise details of performance under Swachh Survekshan 2024 is available at https://ss2024.sbmurban.org/#/home.

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## Statement referred to the reply of the part (c) of the Lok Sabha unstarred Question No. 2133 for 12.02.2026 regarding 'financial assistance for garbage, waste and sewage'

(₹ in Crores)

| S. No.   | State/UT                           |    Total |
|----------|------------------------------------|----------|
| 1        | A&N Islands                        |     8.6  |
| 2        | Andhra Pradesh                     |  1409.75 |
| 3        | Arunachal Pradesh                  |   129.45 |
| 4        | Assam                              |   496.48 |
| 5        | Bihar                              |  1190.76 |
| 6        | Chandigarh                         |    45.2  |
| 7        | Chhattisgarh                       |   619.78 |
| 8        | Dadra &Nagar Haveli and Daman &Diu |    29.17 |
| 9        | Delhi                              |  1140.57 |
| 10       | Goa                                |    71.28 |
| 11       | Gujarat                            |  1327.28 |
| 12       | Haryana                            |   246.68 |
| 13       | Himachal Pradesh                   |   163.51 |
| 14       | Jammu &Kashmir                     |   666.95 |
| 15       | Jharkhand                          |   358.78 |
| 16       | Karnataka                          |  2157.75 |
| 17       | Kerala                             |   218.2  |
| 18       | Ladakh                             |     9.5  |
| 19       | Madhya Pradesh                     |  2013.46 |
| 20       | Maharashtra                        |  3390.37 |
| 21       | Manipur                            |   117.38 |
| 22       | Meghalaya                          |    67.29 |
| 23       | Mizoram                            |   115.7  |
| 24       | Nagaland                           |   171.47 |
| 25       | Odisha                             |   769.32 |
| 26       | Puducherry                         |    83.21 |
| 27       | Punjab                             |   650.77 |
| 28       | Rajasthan                          |  1720.8  |
| 29       | Sikkim                             |    30.1  |
| 30       | Tamil Nadu                         |  3261.36 |
| 31       | Telangana                          |   993.4  |
| 32       | Tripura                            |    70.13 |
| 33       | Uttar Pradesh                      |  3523.42 |
| 34       | Uttarakhand                        |   127.41 |
| 35       | West Bengal                        |  1438.24 |
|          | Total                              | 28833.5  |

## Statement referred to the reply of the part (c) of the Lok Sabha unstarred Question No. 2133 for 12.02.2026 regarding 'financial assistance for garbage, waste and sewage'

(₹ in Crores)

| S. No.   | State /UT                          | AMRUT   | AMRUT    | AMRUT 2.0   | AMRUT 2.0   |
|----------|------------------------------------|---------|----------|-------------|-------------|
| S. No.   | State /UT                          | No.     | Cost     | No.         | Cost        |
| 1        | A&N islands                        | 0       | 0        | 0           | 0           |
| 2        | Andhra Pradesh                     | 40      | 598.47   | 71          | 2495.50     |
| 3        | Arunachal Pradesh                  | 2       | 53.50    | 0           | 0           |
| 4        | Assam                              | 0       | 0        | 2           | 67.34       |
| 5        | Bihar                              | 0       | 0        | 11          | 3445.08     |
| 6        | Chandigarh                         | 2       | 20.20    | 4           | 115.08      |
| 7        | Chhattisgarh                       | 30      | 379.17   | 5           | 645.37      |
| 8        | Dadra &Nagar Haveli and Daman &Diu | 2       | 21.96    | 1           | 63.47       |
| 9        | Delhi                              | 7       | 408.79   | 38          | 4832.35     |
| 10       | Goa                                | 3       | 117.53   | 1           | 21.26       |
| 11       | Gujarat                            | 98      | 2943.89  | 167         | 6877.24     |
| 12       | Haryana                            | 44      | 1655.23  | 16          | 1353.24     |
| 13       | Himachal Pradesh                   | 14      | 99.71    | 2           | 11.6        |
| 14       | Jammu and Kashmir                  | 15      | 137.26   | 3           | 373.35      |
| 15       | Jharkhand                          | 9       | 251.5    | 1           | 2284.02     |
| 16       | Karnataka                          | 55      | 2499.92  | 0           | 0           |
| 17       | Kerala                             | 151     | 385.79   | 45          | 1147.34     |
| 18       | Ladakh                             | 2       | 4.96     | 2           | 192.05      |
| 19       | Madhya Pradesh                     | 29      | 3882.63  | 36          | 5432.04     |
| 20       | Maharashtra                        | 36      | 3294.03  | 46          | 12510.96    |
| 21       | Meghalaya                          | 2       | 57.13    | 0           | 0           |
| 22       | Mizoram                            | 3       | 13.73    | 1           | 39.22       |
| 23       | Nagaland                           | 2       | 8.00     | 2           | 93.92       |
| 24       | Odisha                             | 13      | 138.21   | 0           | 0           |
| 25       | Puducherry                         | 9       | 11.43    | 4           | 107.14      |
| 26       | Punjab                             | 62      | 1504.65  | 12          | 541.86      |
| 27       | Rajasthan                          | 30      | 2360.19  | 43          | 5673.7      |
| 28       | Tamil Nadu                         | 18      | 5670.80  | 30          | 6623.4      |
| 29       | Telangana                          | 4       | 203.30   | 12          | 5775.11     |
| 30       | Tripura                            | 1       | 11.42    | 0           | 0           |
| 31       | Uttar Pradesh                      | 159     | 7353.01  | 26          | 5054.93     |
| 32       | Uttarakhand                        | 44      | 188.1    | 0           | 0           |
| 33       | West Bengal                        | 3       | 192.5    | 2           | 341.11      |
|          | Total                              | 889     | 34467.01 | 583         | 66117.69    |