Smart Cities Mission
- The Mission had sought to make 100 selected cities "smart”, primarily through an “Area Based Development” model.
- "100 Smart Cities Mission" was launched by Prime Minister Narendra Modi on 25 June 2015,
- to be implemented under the Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs (MoHUA).
- It is a five-year program in which, except for West Bengal, all other Indian states and Union territories are participating by nominating at least one city for the Smart Cities challenge.
- Minister of Urban Development, selected top 20 from among the 98 nominated cities on 28 January 2016. Bhubaneswar topped the list of the top 20, followed by Pune and Jaipur.
- On 7 September 2019, the 10,000-acre Aurangabad Industrial City (AURIC) in Aurangabad, Maharashtra was inaugurated as the first greenfield industrial smart city of India.
- Public-Private Partnership (PPP) will be the key to implement smart cities.
- A total of ₹98,000 crore was approved by the Indian Cabinet for
- the development of 100 smart cities (₹48,000 crore) under Smart Cities Mission
- and the rejuvenation of 500 others (₹50,000 crore) under AMRUT (Atal Mission for Rejuvenation and Urban Transformation )
AMRUT(Atal Mission for Rejuvenation and Urban Transformation )
- aims at equipping 500 cities with infrastructural services such as water, sewerage, storm water drains, transport and development of green spaces and parks.
- replaces the Jawaharlal Nehru National Urban Renewal Mission (JNNURM) targets upgrading urban infrastructure across 500 tier 2 & 3 cities.
- Under AMRUT, Central Government will provide
~an assistance of 50% of project cost for cities with a population of up to 10 lakh each;
~ and one third of project cost for cities with a population of above 10 lakh each, rest to be borne by the states and urban local bodies.
Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana(PMAY)
- Launched 25 June 2015
- initiative by Government of India in which affordable housing will be provided to the urban poor with a target of building 20 million affordable houses by 31 March 2022
- Two components
- PMAY-U - Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana (Urban) for Urban poor
- PMAY- G -Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana (Gramin) for Rural poor
- 3 phases of PMAY-U
- PMAY Phase-1 2015 -17 to cover 100 cities.
- PMAY Phase-2 2017-19 to cover additional 200 cities.
- PMAY Phase-3 2019 -22 to cover the remaining cities.
- Proposed objective to build 2 crore houses for urban poor including “Economically Weaker Sections” and LIG in urban areas by the year 2022 through a financial assistance by central govt.
- 4 components of PMAY-U
- “In situ”Slum Redevelopment with private sector using land as resource (ISSR)
- Affordable Housing through Credit Linked Subsidy Scheme (CLSS)
- Affordable Housing in Partnership with private and public sector (AHP)
- Beneficiary led house construction/enhancement (BLC)
- Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana Gramin (PMAY-G) was formerly called the Indira Awas Yojana
- On July 8, FM Nirmala Sitharaman announced a scheme to provide affordable rental housing complexes (ARHCs) to urban migrants and poor as a sub-scheme of Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana (PMAY)(Urban) .
