Online building permission system has been implemented in 439 cities, as a result of which India’s rank in this component has jumped to 52 in the World Bank’s Doing Business Report 2019 from 181 in 2018
DURGA SHANKAR MISHRA, Secretary, Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs in conversation with BW Businessworld’s POULAMI CHAKRABORTY talks about the progress of various initiatives of the ministry including the Smart Cities Mission, AMRUT, Swachh Bharat, Housing for All and other key schemes. Excerpts:
How would you assess the progress made by the Smart City Mission to date?
Since the launch of the mission in June 2015, all cities have shown significant progress. A total of 5,151 projects with a net outlay of Rs 2,05,018 crore has been proposed by the 100 cities to be completed in five years of their selection. Of the net outlay, 45 percent comes from the central and state governments, 21 percent each from convergence and PPP, 5 percent from debt and loans, 1 percent from cities’ own resources and the rest 7 percent from other sources. As of April, 3,492 projects worth Rs 1,32,068 crore have been tendered, 2,745 projects worth Rs 87,131 crore have been grounded, and 860 projects worth Rs 14,465 crore have been completed.
Mission cities have expedited work on key projects. These includes the Integrated Command and Control Centres (ICCC) that are operational in 16 out of 71 cities; smart road projects that have been completed in 23 out of 69 cities; smart solar projects that have been completed in 15 out of 47 cities; smart water projects that have been implemented in 23 out 67 cities; smart wastewater projects which have been implemented in 23 out of 56 cities and public-private partnership projects that have been completed in 26 out 61 cities.
How has AMRUT improved life in tier-2 cities?
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