Presentation for Economic Infrastructure model

1. HRIDAY Scheme
The National Heritage City Development and
Augmentation Yojana

2. HRIDAY Scheme | Introduction
• The National Heritage City Development and Augmentation Yojana (HRIDAY) is a
central sector scheme of the Government of India. The HRIDAY scheme was
launched on 21 January 2015 to bring together economic growth, urban planning
and heritage conservation in an inclusive manner. It was launched to preserve the
heritage of cities.
• The Ministry of Urban Development (MoUD) launched the HRIDAY scheme with a
focus on the holistic development of identified cities classified as heritage cities. It
seeks to revitalise and preserve the soul of the heritage cities for reflecting their
unique character and encourage an aesthetically accessible, informative, appealing
and secured environment.
• The HRIDAY scheme supports the development of civic infrastructure projects that
include revitalising urban infrastructure for areas around the heritage cities’ religious,
heritage, tourism, and cultural assets. These initiatives include the development of
sanitation, water supply, drainage, approach roads, waste management, street
lights, footpaths, electricity wiring, landscaping, tourist conveniences and citizen
services.

3. HRIDAY Scheme | Objectives
The main objective of the HRIDAY scheme is to preserve the character and soul of the heritage cities and
provide an inclusive heritage linked urban development by exploring different avenues by involving the
private sector. Some of the specific objectives of the HRIDAY scheme are as follows:
• Development, planning and implementation of heritage sensitive infrastructure
• Infrastructure provisioning and service delivery in the historic cities core areas
• Revitalise and preserve heritage where the tourists can connect directly with the cities unique character
• Document and develop a heritage asset inventory of the cities – cultural, living, natural and built
heritage as a basis for growth, urban planning, service provision and delivery
• Enhancement and implementation of basic services delivery with a focus on sanitation services like
toilets, public conveniences, street lights, water taps with the usage latest technologies in improving
amenities/tourist facilities
• Enhancement of local capacity for inclusive heritage-based industry
• Create effective linkages between cultural facilities, tourism, conservation of built and natural heritage
• Urban heritage maintenance and adaptive rehabilitation, including appropriate technology for historic
building retrofitting
• Manage and establish effective Public-Private Partnership (PPP) for adaptive urban rehabilitation

4. HRIDAY Scheme | Components
The HRIDAY scheme broadly focuses on four theme areas for revitalising and
reviving the soul of the heritage cities, which are:
• Physical infrastructure
• Institutional infrastructure
• Economic infrastructure
• Social infrastructure
The indicative list of HRIDAY components are as follows:
• Heritage mapping and documentation leading to the heritage management
plan
• Heritage revitalisation linked to service provision
• City knowledge/information skill development and management

5. HRIDAY Scheme | Coverage and Scope
The HRIDAY scheme will focus on the development of the following twelve
heritage cities:
• Amravati
• Ajmer
• Badami
• Amritsar
• Gaya
• Dwarka
• Mathura
• Kanchipuram
• Varanasi
• Puri
• Warangal
• Velankanni

6. HRIDAY Scheme | Implementation
• The HRIDAY scheme is a central sector scheme with 100% funding from the Central
Government. The heritage cities need to prepare a heritage management plan and develop
Detailed Project Reports (DPRs) for identified projects to avail assistance under the HRIDAY
scheme.
• The National Mission Directorate or The City Mission Directorate through Public Works
Organisation (PWO), Special Purpose Vehicle (SPV), Central Public Sector Unit (CPSU),
State parastatal or Non-Governmental Organisations (NGOs) of repute may develop the
Heritage Management Plan (HMP) and DPRs.
• The PWOs, SPVs, CPSUs, State parastatal or NGO’s of repute will execute the projects. The
executing agencies by MoUD will allocate funds on the recommendation of the Mission
Directorate. The HRIDAY heritage cities project duration is four years, from December 2014
to 31 March 2019.
• The National Institute of Urban Affairs (NIUA) is designated as the national project
management unit for the HRIDAY Scheme and will function as a secretariat for the Mission
Directorate. The City Project Management Unit (PMU) will be procured by the National
Mission Directorate and will function as a secretariat to the City Mission Directorate. The
HRIDAY scheme completed four years in 2019 with a funds outlay of Rs.6,85,758 crore.

7. HRIDAY Scheme | Funding
HRIDAY is a central sector scheme, where 100% funding will be provided by Government of
India. INR 500 Crores have been allocated to the scheme, under the following heads:
Budget Components Allocation (%) Funds Allocated (₹ Crore)
Project Implementation 85 400+25
City PMU Establishment 3 15
Administrative and Operating
Expenses
1 5
Information, Education and
Communication
4 20
DPRs and HMP preparation 4 20
Capacity Development 3 15

8. HRIDAY Scheme | Funding
The scheme would be implemented in a mission mode. Each city has been granted a specific
amount of fund, based on its population and size. The funding is as follows
City State Funds (₹ Crore)
Ajmer Rajasthan 40.04
Amaravathi Andhra Pradesh 22.26
Anritsar Punjab 69.31
Badami Karnataka 22.26
Dwarka Gujarat 22.26
Gaya Bihar 40.04
Kanchipuram Tamil Nadu 23.04
Mathura Uttar Pradesh 40.04
Puri Odisha 22.54
Varnasi Uttar Pradesh 89.31
Velankanni Tamil Nadu 22.26
Warangal Telangana 40.54

9. HRIDAY Scheme | Strategy
• It is a central sector scheme with 100 percent funding coming from Central Government.
• Cities will be required to prepare Heritage Management Plan for the city and develop DPRs
for identified projects for availing assistance under the scheme.
• The HMP and DPRs may be developed by the National Mission Directorate / City Mission
Directorate through PWOs/SPVs/CPSUs/State Para-statals/ NGO’s of repute.
• The projects will be executed by PWOs/SPVs/CPSUs/State Para-statals/ NGO’s of repute
and fund will be allocated to Executing agencies by MoUD on the recommendation of
Mission Directorate.
• The project duration is four years from December 2014.
• NIUA is designated as National Project Management Unit for HRIDAY Scheme and will
function as a secretariat for Mission Directorate.
• City PMU will be procured by National Mission Directorate and will function as secretariat to
City Mission Directorate

10. HRIDAY Scheme | Key Responsibilities
HNEC will provide overall sanction, approval, guidance and advisory role to the scheme.
Following would be its broad roles and responsibilities:
• Enunciate the vision and chalk out a road map and key objectives of the scheme. HNEC will
also provide a platform for exchange of ideas and other objectives as notified.
• Oversee all operations, steer, and review and monitor the overall performance of the
scheme. It will also offer specific guidance from time to time.
• Provide an enabling framework and review progress against time goals, will pursue
sanctions, and will ensure smooth flow of funds for implementation.
• To ensure that no duplication of sanctioning of project/ works/activities/ under HRIDAY and
under different schemes of GOI.
• Recommend mid-course correction in the implementation tools as & when required.
• Undertake quarterly review of activities of the scheme including budget, implementation,
preparation of heritage plans and co-ordination with other missions/ schemes and activities
of various ministries.
• Oversight and review of proposed/on-going projects