Central assistance of Rs.1,062 cr to 13 States under Atal Mission for developing basic urban infrastructure
Central
assistance of Rs.1,062 cr to 13 States under Atal Mission for developing basic
urban infrastructure
Tamil Nadu gets Rs.274 cr, MP-Rs.134 cr, Gujarat-Rs.113 cr, West Bengal-Rs.110 cr, Rajasthan-Rs.92 cr, AP-Rs.60 cr
Tamil Nadu gets Rs.274 cr, MP-Rs.134 cr, Gujarat-Rs.113 cr, West Bengal-Rs.110 cr, Rajasthan-Rs.92 cr, AP-Rs.60 cr
Ministry of Urban Development has released Central Assistance of Rs.1,062.27 cr
to 13 States as first installment under Atal Mission for Rejuvenation and Urban
Transformation (AMRUT) for the current financial year i.e 2015-16.
This is a part of total Central Assistance of Rs.5,311.38 cr committed to 13
States for which the Ministry has approved Atal Mission Action Plans for
2015-16 entailing total investment of Rs.11,671.76 cr in 286 cities in these
states. The Ministry has so far cleared a total of 939 projects for 286 cities
with most of them related to water supply and sewerage network services.
Atal Mission launched in June this year aims at ensuring water supply
connections and sewer connections to all urban households in 500 mission cities
besides supplying water at the norm of 135 litres per capita per day, on
priority. Under this mission, construction of storm water drains, promotion of
non-motorised urban transport, provision of parks and green spaces also will be
supported.
Under Atal Mission, central assistance is provided based on an objective
criteria giving equal weightage to the total urban population and number of
statutory urban bodies in each state. Total central assistance of Rs.50,000 cr
has been provisioned under the mission for 5 years. central assistance is up to
50% of project costs for cities with population of less than 10 lakhs each and
up to one third for cities with population above 10 lakhs each.
|
S.No
|
State
|
Size of
SAAP approved
|
1st
instalment released
|
|
1
|
Tamil
Nadu
|
3249.23
|
274.48
|
|
2
|
Madhya
Pradesh
|
1655.81
|
134.40
|
|
3
|
Gujarat
|
1204.42
|
112.86
|
|
4
|
West
Bengal
|
1104.86
|
110.49
|
|
5
|
Rajasthan
|
919.00
|
91.90
|
|
6
|
Andhra
Pradesh
|
662.86
|
60.08
|
|
7
|
Kerala
|
587.99
|
57.60
|
|
8
|
Chattisgarh
|
573.40
|
55.29
|
|
9
|
Odisha
|
461.30
|
45.63
|
|
10
|
Haryana
|
458.02
|
43.80
|
|
11
|
Telangana
|
408.51
|
40.85
|
|
12
|
Jharkhand
|
313.36
|
27.59
|
|
13
|
Mizoram
|
73.00
|
7.30
|
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