A Centrally Sponsored Scheme

2. Provision of basic services to households and build amenities in cities will improve quality
of life for all.
During 2011 a High Power Expert Committee (HPEC) estimated an amount of 39.2 Lakh
crore for creation of urban infrastructure.
Learnings from earlier Mission have shown that infrastructure creation should have a lot
of impact on real needs of people such as providing tap and toilet connection for
households.
“Focus should be on creation of infrastructure which has a direct link to connect to
provision of better services to the people” - President of INDIA
(on 09-june -2014 and 23-February-2015 at join sessions of Parliament)

3. • Pursuit of better outcomes will not stop by providing taps & sewerage connections to
all.(Universal coverage)
• Other benchmarks will be targeted following a step by step process after achieving
bench mark of universal coverage. Such a gradual process of achieving benchmarks is
“incrementalism”.
• Before: MoUD used to give project by project sanctions
• Now: Replaced by State Annual Action Plan once a year by MoUD and states have to
give sanctions and approval at end.
• States are equal partners in planning and implementation of projects, thus actualizing the
spirit of cooperative federalism.

4. MISSION:
Transforming 500 cities and towns into efficient urban living spaces
SPECIAL FOCUS:
Healthy and green environment for children.
COST:
Rs 50,000 crore for next five years.

5. MISSION FOCUS:
 Supply of water and a sewerage connection to every household
 Storm water drains to reduce Flooding
 Increase the amenity value of cities by developing greenery and well maintained open
spaces (parks)
 Reduce pollution by switching to public transport or constructing facilities for non-
motorized transport (e.g. walking and cycling).

6. Criteria of selection :
 Cities and Towns with population > 1 Lakh (Notified municipalities & Cantonment
boards)
 All Capital Cities/Towns of states/UT’s
 All Cities / Towns classified as Heritage cities by MoUD under Hriday scheme
 13 cities and towns on stem of main rivers with population >75,000 & < 1,00,000
 10 cities from Hill states, Islands and Tourist destinations ( not > 1 from each state)
Central govt. provides 30% if the population is >10 Lakhs and 50% if <10 Lakhs

7. Total 500 cities under the scheme
• Uttar Pradesh-64
• Maharashtra: 37
• Tamil Nadu: 33
• Gujarat: 31
• Andhra Pradesh: 31
• Rajasthan: 30
• West Bengal: 28
• Bihar: 27
• Karnataka: 21
• Odisha: 19
• Haryana: 19
• Kerala: 18
• Punjab: 17
• Telangana: 15
• Chhattisgarh: 10

8. MISSION COMPONENTS:
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.

9. Sewerage:
• Decentralized, networked underground sewerage systems, including augmentation of
existing sewerage systems and sewage water treatment plans.
• Rehabilitation of old sewerage systems, treatment plants.
• Recycling of water for beneficial purposes and reuse of wastewater.

10. Septage:
Faecal sludge management- cleaning, transportation and treatment in cost effective manner.
Mechanical and biological cleaning of sewers and septic tanks and recovery of operational cost
in full.

11. Storm water drainage:
Construction and improvement of drains and storm water rains in order to reduce and
eliminate flooding

12. Urban Transpotrt:
• Ferry vessels for inland waterways (excluding port/bay infrastructure) and buses
• Footpaths/Walkways, sidewalks, foot over-bridges and facilities for non motorized
Transport (eg. bicycle)
• Multi-level parking.
• Bus Rapid Transit System (BRTS)

13. Green space parks:
Development of green space and parks with special provision for child-friendly
components.

14. Indicative list of inadmissible components:
i Purchase of land for projects or project related works
ii Staff salaries of both the state Governement/ULBs,
iii Power
iv Telecom
v Health
vi Education
vii Wage employment programme and staff component

15. PROGRAM MANAGEMENT:
 NATIONAL LEVEL:
APEX COMMITTEE
 STATE LEVEL:
STATE LEVEL HIGH POWERED STEERING COMMITTEE (SHPSC)
 CITY LEVEL:
Urban Local Bodies (ULB) will be responsible for mission

16. APEX COMMITTEE
• Secretary MoUD - CHAIRMAN including secretaries of relevant departments as
Members and Mission director as member secretary.
• Approves SAAP from SHPSC
• Allocates funds to states / UT’s
• Overall monitor and supervise the mission
• Advises state/UT’s on innovative ways of mobilizing resources, private financing and land
leveraging.

17. STATE LEVEL HIGH POWERED STEERING COMMITTEE (SHPSC)
• Headed by state chief secretary with Pr.Secrataries of related departments and
Personal secretry of UD as Member secretary.
• Identify the gaps in infrastructure and ways to achieve urban reforms, finalization
of financial layouts.
• Prepare the SAAP based on the SLIPS and ULB’s of state prioritising cities based
on Resources available.
• Approves the projects after they are technically approved by SLTC.
• Monitor the quality, efficiency and other legal aspects etc..

18. Urban Local Bodies (ULB) will be responsible for mission
• Muncipal commissioner look over preparation of slip
• Ulb’s will develop road map and are responsible for building coordination and
collaboration among stake holders for timely completion of projects without
exceeding the budget allocated.

19. Preparation of Service Level Improvement Plans (SLIPs):
The Service Level Improvement Plan (SLIP), has to be prepared by each ULB
and the strategic steps are given below:
• Assess the service level gap
• Bridge the gap
• Examine alternatives
• Estimate the cost
• Prioritize
• Financing
• Reforms

20. State Annual Action Plan (SAAP):
The basic building block for the SAAP will be the SLIPs prepared by the ULBs
At the State level, the SLIPs of all Mission cities will be aggregated into the SAAP
Therefore SAAP is basically a State level service improvement plan indicating the
year wise improvements in water supply and sewerage connections to households.

21. Principles of Prioritization
Importance of O&M
Financing of projects
Approval of SAAP
The AMRUT will provide project funds to ULBs through the States.
Criteria to evaluate the SAAP by the MoUD are :
How well has the State Government diagnosed service level gaps?
How well has the State planned and financed capital expenditure?
What is the expected level of the financial support from the Central Government and how
have the state/Ulb and other
Source of finance been identified and accessed?

22. Fund Allocation
The total outlay for AMRUT is Rs. 50,000 crore for five years from FY2015-16 to FY2019-20
and the Mission will be operated as a Centrally Sponsored Scheme. The AMRUT may be
continued thereafter in the light of an evaluation done by the MoUD and incorporating
learnings in the Mission. The Mission funds will consist of the following four parts:
Project fund - 80% of the annual budgetary allocation.
Incentive for Reforms - 10% of the annual budgetary allocation.
State funds for Administrative & Office Expenses (A&OE) - 8% of the annual budgetary
allocation
MoUD funds for Administrative & Office Expenses (A&OE) - 2% of the annual budgetary
allocation

23. Release of funds
Three installments of 20:40:40.
The funds will be kept in separate bank account by the implementing agency.
Advance of Rs. 25 lakh for preparation of SLIP/individual capacity building
Upon approval of the SAAP by the Apex Committee the first instalment (20%) of the
Central Assistance is released.
The States submit their claims for release of second or the third instalment of CA for
projects during April, August, November and February for all ULBs that have met the
AMRUT conditions for instalment release
The second and the third instalments of 40% each of the approved cost are released,
quarterly, after submission of UCs, Project Funds Request (only summary report in
Annexure 6.2) and the Score Card showing progress on outcome indicators