Wednesday, August 3, 2011

Per Capita Spending on Urban Infrastructure

The Minister of State for Urban Development,  Saugata Roy informed the Rajya Sabha  that the total Plan allocation under the 11th Five year Plan period (2007-2012) for the Ministry of Urban Development is Rs. 19,470 crore and the expenditure up to 31.3.2011 is Rs. 18,619.74 crore. In addition to the above, through the Jawaharlal Nehru National Urban Renewal Mission between 2005-2012 under the Urban Infrastructure and Governance (UIG), the allocation for the mission period is Rs 31,500 crore out of which Rs. 13,733.19 crore has been released till 30.6.2011. An amount of Rs. 11,400 crore has been allocated for Urban Infrastructure Development Scheme for Small and Medium Towns (UIDSSMT) of which Rs. 7545.02 crore has been released till 30.6.2011.

He further informed that under JNNURM one of the reform agenda is encouraging Public Private Partnership (PPP) and 67 projects under Public Private Partnership have been approved till 31st December, 2011. Ministry of Urban Development has taken steps for encouraging Public Private Partnership such as preparation of Toolkit for Solid Waste Management and Model Concession Agreements, and leveraging support from India Infrastructure Project Development Fund (IIPD).

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