3. WHAT IS AMRUT ?
The Government of India has launched the Atal Mission for Rejuvenation and Urban Transformation (AMRUT)
with the aim of providing basic civic amenities like water supply, sewerage, urban transport, parks as to improve
the quality of life for all especially the poor and the disadvantaged.
PURPOSE :
The purpose of Atal Mission for Rejuvenation and Urban Transformation (AMRUT) is to :
• Ensure that every household has access to a tap with the assured supply of water and a sewerage connection.
• Increase the amenity value of cities by developing greenery and well maintained open spaces (e.g. parks) and
• Reduce pollution by switching to public transport or constructing facilities for non-motorized transport (e.g.
walking and cycling). All these outcomes are valued by citizens, particularly women, and indicators and
standards have been prescribed by the Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs (MoHUA ) in the form of Service
Level Benchmarks (SLBs).
4. COVERAGE :
• Five hundred cities have been selected under AMRUT. The category of cities that have been selected under
AMRUT is given below:
• All Cities and Towns with a population of over one lakh with notified Municipalities as per Census 2011,
including Cantonment Boards (Civilian areas),
• All Capital Cities/Towns of States/ UTs, not covered in above ,
• All Cities/ Towns classified as Heritage Cities by MoHUA under the HRIDAY Scheme,
• Thirteen Cities and Towns on the stem of the main rivers with a population above 75,000 and less than 1 lakh,
and
• Ten Cities from hill states, islands and tourist destinations (not more than one from each State).
NUMBER OF MISSION CITIES : 500
APPROVED SAAP SIZE : Rs. 77640 CRORE
COMMITED CENTRAL ASSISTANCE : Rs. 35990 CRORE
5. MISSION COMPONENTS :
The components of the AMRUT consist of capacity building, reform
implementation, water supply, sewerage and septage management, storm water
drainage, urban transport and development of green spaces and parks.
1. WATER SUPPLY :
• Water supply systems including augmentation of existing water supply, water
treatment plants and universal metering.
• Rehabilitation of old water supply systems, including treatment plants.
• Rejuvenation of water bodies specifically for drinking water supply and
recharging of ground water.
• Special water supply arrangement for difficult areas, hill and coastal cities,
including those having water quality problems (e.g. arsenic, fluoride).
• At the inception of AMRUT, the water supply coverage was 64%. By the end of
the Mission, it aims to cover 100% households. The target is to provide 139 lakh
water tap connections to achieve universal coverage. So far 22.89 lakh tap
connections have been provided.
6. • Decentralized, networked underground sewerage systems, including
augmentation of existing sewerage systems and sewage treatment
plants.
• Rehabilitation of old sewerage system and treatment plants.
• Recycling of water for beneficial purposes and reuse of wastewater.
• At the inception of AMRUT, the sewerage coverage was 31%. By
the end of the Mission, it aims to cover 62% households.
• Sewerage and septage sector projects includes decentralized or
networked underground sewerage systems, sewage treatment plants,
rehabilitation of old sewerage system, treatment plants,
recycling and reuse of water for beneficial purposes.
• Projects related to faecal Sludge Management, mechanical and
biological cleaning of sewers are also eligible for funding.
• Against the total plan size of Rs.77,640 crore of all the SAAPs,
Rs.32,456 crore (42%) has been allocated to sewerage and septage
management.
7. 3. STORM WATER DRAINAGE :
• Construction and improvement of drains and storm water
drains in order to reduce and eliminate flooding.
• Against the total plan size of Rs.77,640 crore of all the SAAPs,
Rs.2,969 crore (4%) has been allocated to storm water
drainage projects.
• Footpaths/walkways, sidewalks, foot over-bridges and
facilities for non-motorized transport (e.g. bicycles).
• Multi-level parking.
• Reduce pollution by switching to public transport or
constructing facilities for non-motorized transport.
• Against the total plan size of Rs.77,640 crore of all the SAAPs,
Rs.1,436 crore (2%) for non-motorized urban transport
8. GREEN SPACES AND PARKS :
• Development of green spaces and parks with special
provision for children, senior citizen and divyang -
friendly features.
• Against the total plan size of Rs.1,768 crore (2%)
has been allocated for green spaces and parks.
10. IMPLEMENTATION :
• 90 cities in Andhra Pradesh, Gujarat and Rajasthan have been allocated funds under the first phase of the mission.
• A huge allocation of fund has been done for them by the Apex Committee of AMRUT under the State Annual Action
Plans (SAAP) for these states for period of 2015-16.
• At each city level a City Mission Management Units (CMMUs) is proposed to be set up which will assist the Urban
Local Body (ULB) in terms of staff and technology.
The flagship program has already invited a huge fund and participation of big companies. In later stage the rest
of the cities out of 500 will be finalized and implemented for the next phase.
11. ABOUT REFORMS :
• Mission also focuses on Reforms and capacity building of the ULBs.
• The reforms aim at improving delivery of citizen services, bringing down
the cost of delivery, improving financial health, augmenting resources and
enhancing transparency.
• The Mission sets aside 10% of annual budgetary allocation to be given away
as incentive to States/UTs for accomplishing the reforms within specified
timelines.
• The reform agenda is spread over a set of 11 reforms comprising 54
milestones to be achieved by the States/ UTs over a period of four years.
• These reforms broadly cover offering online services to citizens, establishing
single window for all approvals, establishing municipal cadre, achieving at
least 90% of billing and collection of taxes/user charges, developing at least
one park for children every year, establishing maintenance system for parks
and play grounds, credit rating, implementing model building bye-laws etc.
12. The Capacity Building is being focused at improving the
capabilities of cities to deliver the citizen services and to improve
the health of ULBs.
The key expected outcomes under Reform agenda are:
•Energy efficient LED street lights in cities.
•Energy audit of water pumps followed by replacement of
inefficient pumps.
•Conducting credit ratings and issuance of Municipal Bonds.
•Reuse of treated waste water.
•Single Window Clearance System for Construction Permits.
•Capacity building.
