Headline: Centre releases ₹1,000 crore into AMRUT plan
PTI
New Delhi
The Centre has released more than ₹1,000 crore to 13 States as first instalment under the Atal Mission for Rejuvenation and Urban Transformation (Amrut), aimed at ensuring water supply and sewer connections to all households in 500 cities.
The Urban Development Ministry released a sum of ₹1,062.27 crore in this financial year to 13 states, an official statement here today said.
Beneficiary States
This is part of the total Central assistance of ₹5,311.38 crore committed to 13 States, for which the Ministry has approved Atal Mission Action Plans for 2015-16, entailing total investment of ₹11,671.76 crore in 286 cities.
These 13 States are Tamil Nadu, Madhya Pradesh, Gujarat, West Bengal, Rajasthan, Andhra Pradesh, Kerala, Chhatisgarh, Odisha, Haryana, Telangana, Jharkhand and Mizoram.
939 projects
The Urban Development Ministry also said it had so far cleared a total of 939 projects for 286 cities, most of them related to water supply and sewerage network services.
The Atal Mission, launched in June this year, is aimed at ensuring water supply and sewer connections to all urban households in 500 mission cities, besides supplying 135 litres per capita per day water on priority basis.
Under this mission, construction of storm water drains, promotion of non-motorised urban transport, provision of parks and green spaces also will be supported, the statement said.
Criteria
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 ₹50,000 crore has been provisioned under the mission for five years. Central assistance is up to 50 per cent 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.
Blurb: This is part of the total Central assistance of ₹5,311.38 crore committed to 13 States, for which the Ministry has approved Atal Mission Action Plans for 2015-16, entailing total investment of ₹11,671.76 crore in 286 cities
