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“2023 was a standout year for urban governance in India”, said Shri Hardeep Singh Puri, Minister of Housing & Urban Affairs and Petroleum & Natural Gas today. While addressing the media at a press conference here, Shri Puri said that since 2014, the Government has undertaken transformational programmatic interventions to develop urban infrastructure and strengthen urban governance, with a strong focus on pro-poor welfare.
The Minister said that different sections of society have benefitted tremendously from our interventions this year – be it street vendors; informal urban workers; women and the girl child; low-income and middle-income families seeking the dignity of a house, tap water connections, sanitation, and other basic services.
Elaborating on the scale of urban transformation in recent years, the Minister said that the since 2014, Rs. 18.07 lakh crores have been invested in urban development. This is a staggering 12-fold increase in investments compared to 2004-14, he stressed. Referring to the example of PMAY (U), he noted that 1.18 crore houses have been approved under the scheme which is around 9 times of earlier 13.46 lakh houses under JnNURM and RAY.
Speaking on the milestones achieved in year 2023, the Minister mentioned about the extension of National Capital Territory of Delhi (NCTD) Laws (Special Provisions) Second Act, 2011 until 31 December 2026, thus exempting certain JJ clusters from punitive action and allowing adequate time for reforms and inclusive measures.He further said that under the PM SVANidhi scheme, we crossed the milestone and mission target of 50 lakh beneficiaries (the current number stands at 58.89 lakh beneficiaries) and we also crossed the milestone of more than Rs. 10,000 crores disbursed.“Under the Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana – Urban (PMAY-U), we completed the construction ofnearly 12 lakh houses this year (averaging a delivery of 1 lakh houses each month)”, he said. Under Swachh Bharat Mission – Urban 2.0, he said, we remediated 879 lakh metric tonnes of waste, cleared 336 dumpsites, and reclaimed 3,708 acres of land. Over 68 CBG plants were approved for effective resource recovery from organic waste under the GOBARdhan scheme.
Shri Puri noted that under the AMRUT mission, we exceeded the targets for water tap connections and sewer connections this year. “There are now 1.87 crore water tap connections (original target: 1.39 crores) and 1.47 sewer connections (original target: 1.45 crores)”, he said.
Noting the work done by Government towards improving Urban Mobility, Shri Puri said that the Metro systems across the country achieved the landmark of crossing 1 crore daily ridership. Delhi Metro itself witnessed daily ridership in excess of 72 lakh passengers in August 2023. He also mentioned about the Namo Bharat train, India’s first rapid rail service inaugurated by PM Shri Narendra Modi on 20 October 2023;and PM–eBus Sewa scheme, launched on 16 August 2023 with the aim of augmenting bus operations by deploying 10,000 electric buses.
A comparative look at the progress made
Mission
Up till 31 Dec 2022
Up till 31 Dec 2023
Growth
PMAY
Houses grounded
107.30 lakhs
113.53 lakhs
6.23 lakhs
Houses completed
67.10 lakhs
79.02 lakhs
11.92 lakhs
Person days generated for gainful employment
727 crores
864 crores
137 crores
Consumption of steel
100 lakh metric tonne
120 lakh metric tonne
20 lakh metric tonne
Consumption of cement
443 lakh metric tonne
526 lakh metric tonne
83 lakh metric tonne
AMRUT
Completed projects
Rs 33,478 crores
Rs 43,573 crores
Rs 10,095 crores
Of the grounded projects, works physically completed
Rs 67,437 crores
Rs 75,256 crores
Rs 7,819 crores
Water tap connections
136.62 lakhs
187.40 lakhs
51 lakhs
Sewer connections
103.40 lakhs
147 lakhs
43.6 lakhs
LED street lights
97 lakhs
99 lakhs
2 lakhs
AMRUT 2.0
Approved projects
Rs 94,955.12 crores
Rs 1,53,573.75 crores
Rs 58,618 crores
Water tap connections to be added/serviced
2.36 crores
3.66 crores
1.30 crores
Sewerage connections to be added/serviced
60 lakhs
1.01 crores
41 lakh
Contracts awarded
0
Rs 32,703 crores
Rs 32,703 crores
Water distribution network to be laid/replaced
58,707 kms
1.02 lakh kms
43,550 kms
Sewer network to be laid/ replaced
15,498 kms
28,458 kms
12,960 kms
WTP capacity to be added/ augmented
7,071 MLD
9,701 MLD
2,630 MLD
STP capacity to be added/ augmented
2,158 MLD
3,939 MLD
1,781 MLD
Water bodies to be rejuvenated
1,518
2,135
617
Smart Cities Mission
Total projects
7,744
8,010
266
Completed
5,040 projects worth Rs. 93,529 crores
6,627 projects worth Rs. 1.32 lakh crores
1,587 projects worth Rs. 38,471 crores
SBM
Waste processing
74% of total 1.52 lakh TPD
77.19% of total 1.57 lakh TPD
PM SVANidhi
No. of loans sanctioned
45.03 lakhs
81.14 lakhs
36.11 lakhs
No. of loans disbursed
38.75 lakhs
76.62 lakhs
37.87 lakhs
Total loan amount disbursed
Rs. 4,548.99 crores
Rs. 10,114 crores
Rs. 5,565 crores
SVANidhi Se Samriddhi
33.52 lakhs
58.85 lakhs
25.33 lakhs
Metro rail
Total operational
830.8 kms
905.42 kms
74.62 kms
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RKJ/M
“2023 was a standout year for urban governance in India”, said Shri Hardeep Singh Puri, Minister of Housing & Urban Affairs and Petroleum & Natural Gas today. While addressing the media at a press conference here, Shri Puri said that since 2014, the Government has undertaken transformational programmatic interventions to develop urban infrastructure and strengthen urban governance, with a strong focus on pro-poor welfare.
The Minister said that different sections of society have benefitted tremendously from our interventions this year – be it street vendors; informal urban workers; women and the girl child; low-income and middle-income families seeking the dignity of a house, tap water connections, sanitation, and other basic services.
Elaborating on the scale of urban transformation in recent years, the Minister said that the since 2014, Rs. 18.07 lakh crores have been invested in urban development. This is a staggering 12-fold increase in investments compared to 2004-14, he stressed. Referring to the example of PMAY (U), he noted that 1.18 crore houses have been approved under the scheme which is around 9 times of earlier 13.46 lakh houses under JnNURM and RAY.
Speaking on the milestones achieved in year 2023, the Minister mentioned about the extension of National Capital Territory of Delhi (NCTD) Laws (Special Provisions) Second Act, 2011 until 31 December 2026, thus exempting certain JJ clusters from punitive action and allowing adequate time for reforms and inclusive measures.He further said that under the PM SVANidhi scheme, we crossed the milestone and mission target of 50 lakh beneficiaries (the current number stands at 58.89 lakh beneficiaries) and we also crossed the milestone of more than Rs. 10,000 crores disbursed.“Under the Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana – Urban (PMAY-U), we completed the construction ofnearly 12 lakh houses this year (averaging a delivery of 1 lakh houses each month)”, he said. Under Swachh Bharat Mission – Urban 2.0, he said, we remediated 879 lakh metric tonnes of waste, cleared 336 dumpsites, and reclaimed 3,708 acres of land. Over 68 CBG plants were approved for effective resource recovery from organic waste under the GOBARdhan scheme.
Shri Puri noted that under the AMRUT mission, we exceeded the targets for water tap connections and sewer connections this year. “There are now 1.87 crore water tap connections (original target: 1.39 crores) and 1.47 sewer connections (original target: 1.45 crores)”, he said.
Noting the work done by Government towards improving Urban Mobility, Shri Puri said that the Metro systems across the country achieved the landmark of crossing 1 crore daily ridership. Delhi Metro itself witnessed daily ridership in excess of 72 lakh passengers in August 2023. He also mentioned about the Namo Bharat train, India’s first rapid rail service inaugurated by PM Shri Narendra Modi on 20 October 2023;and PM–eBus Sewa scheme, launched on 16 August 2023 with the aim of augmenting bus operations by deploying 10,000 electric buses.
A comparative look at the progress made
Mission
Up till 31 Dec 2022
Up till 31 Dec 2023
Growth
PMAY
Houses grounded
107.30 lakhs
113.53 lakhs
6.23 lakhs
Houses completed
67.10 lakhs
79.02 lakhs
11.92 lakhs
Person days generated for gainful employment
727 crores
864 crores
137 crores
Consumption of steel
100 lakh metric tonne
120 lakh metric tonne
20 lakh metric tonne
Consumption of cement
443 lakh metric tonne
526 lakh metric tonne
83 lakh metric tonne
AMRUT
Completed projects
Rs 33,478 crores
Rs 43,573 crores
Rs 10,095 crores
Of the grounded projects, works physically completed
Rs 67,437 crores
Rs 75,256 crores
Rs 7,819 crores
Water tap connections
136.62 lakhs
187.40 lakhs
51 lakhs
Sewer connections
103.40 lakhs
147 lakhs
43.6 lakhs
LED street lights
97 lakhs
99 lakhs
2 lakhs
AMRUT 2.0
Approved projects
Rs 94,955.12 crores
Rs 1,53,573.75 crores
Rs 58,618 crores
Water tap connections to be added/serviced
2.36 crores
3.66 crores
1.30 crores
Sewerage connections to be added/serviced
60 lakhs
1.01 crores
41 lakh
Contracts awarded
0
Rs 32,703 crores
Rs 32,703 crores
Water distribution network to be laid/replaced
58,707 kms
1.02 lakh kms
43,550 kms
Sewer network to be laid/ replaced
15,498 kms
28,458 kms
12,960 kms
WTP capacity to be added/ augmented
7,071 MLD
9,701 MLD
2,630 MLD
STP capacity to be added/ augmented
2,158 MLD
3,939 MLD
1,781 MLD
Water bodies to be rejuvenated
1,518
2,135
617
Smart Cities Mission
Total projects
7,744
8,010
266
Completed
5,040 projects worth Rs. 93,529 crores
6,627 projects worth Rs. 1.32 lakh crores
1,587 projects worth Rs. 38,471 crores
SBM
Waste processing
74% of total 1.52 lakh TPD
77.19% of total 1.57 lakh TPD
PM SVANidhi
No. of loans sanctioned
45.03 lakhs
81.14 lakhs
36.11 lakhs
No. of loans disbursed
38.75 lakhs
76.62 lakhs
37.87 lakhs
Total loan amount disbursed
Rs. 4,548.99 crores
Rs. 10,114 crores
Rs. 5,565 crores
SVANidhi Se Samriddhi
33.52 lakhs
58.85 lakhs
25.33 lakhs
Metro rail
Total operational
830.8 kms
905.42 kms
74.62 kms
***
RKJ/M
