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1. INTRODUCTION
Urban infrastructure Development Scheme for
Small & Medium Towns aims at improvement in urban infrastructure in towns and
cities in a planned manner. It shall subsume the existing schemes of Integrated
Development of Small and Medium Towns (IDSMT) and Accelerated Urban Water Supply
Programme (AUWSP).
2. OBJECTIVES
The objectives of the scheme are to:
a) Improve infrastructural facilities
and help create durable public assets and quality oriented services in cities &
towns
b) Enhance public-private-partnership
in infrastructural development and
c) promote planned integrated development
of towns and cities.
3. DURATION OF THE SCHEME
The duration of the Scheme will
be for seven years beginning from 2005-06. An evaluation of the
outcomes of the Scheme will be undertaken before the commencement of the 11th Five
Year Plan and, if necessary, the scheme would be suitably calibrated.
4. COVERAGE
4.1 The scheme will apply to all cities/towns as
per 2001 census, excepting cities/towns covered under Jawaharlal Nehru National
Urban Renewal Mission (JNNURM)
4.2 Allocation of funds among states will
be on the basis of the state’s urban population (excluding cities covered
under JNNURM) to total urban population in the country (excluding cities covered
under JNNURM).
5. COMPONENTS
5.1.1 Admissible Components:-
The Scheme will cover the following areas:-
i) Urban Renewal i.e redevelopment of
inner (old) city areas [this would include items like widening of narrow streets,
shifting of industrial/commercial establishments from non-conforming (inner-city)
to `conforming’ (outer-city) areas to reduce congestion, replacement of old and
worn-out water pipes by new/higher capacity ones, renewal of sewerage/drainage/solid
waste disposal systems, etc.
ii) Water Supply (including de-salination
plants) and sanitation
iii) Sewerage and Solid Waste Management
iv) Construction and improvement of drains/storm
water drains
v) Construction/Upgradation of roads,
highways/expressways
vi) Parking lots/spaces on Public Private
Partnership basis
vii) Development of heritage areas
viii) Prevention & rehabilitation
of soil erosion/landslides only in case of Special Category States where such problems
are common and
ix) Preservation of water bodies.
5.1.2 Inadmissible Items
a) Power and telecommunication works,
b) Rolling stock like buses and trams,
c) Health and educational institutions,
d) Urban
Transport (MRTS, LRTS etc.)
e) Wage employment programme and staff
component
f) Maintenance works
6. FINANCING PATTERN
The sharing of funds would be in the ratio
of 80:10 between Central Government & State Government and the balance
10% could be raised by the nodal/implementing agencies from the financial institutions.
7. RELEASE OF CENTRAL ASSISTANCE
Central assistance (grant) released will
go directly to the nodal agencies identified by the State government as Additional
Central Assistance.
8.
REVOLVING FUND
The grant from Government of India and
State Government will flow to the nodal agency designated by State Government.
The nodal agency will disburse central assistance to ULBs or para-statal agencies
as the case may be, as soft loan or grant-cum-loan or grant.
9. INCENTIVES
After due assessment of status of implementation of activities
for which incentives are sought, State Level Sanctioning Committee may sanction
additional central grant upto a maximum of 5% to incentivise implementing
agencies as indicated below:
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1.5% for preparation of Detailed
Project Report
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1.5% for training and capacity
building relating to project/ scheme
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1% for bringing about efficiencies
in the projects
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1% for adoption of innovative
approaches and adoption of proven and appropriate technologies
10. STATE LEVEL NODAL AGENCY
10.1
The State Government may designate any existing institution as nodal agency for
implementation of the scheme.
10.2
The nodal agency will be responsible for the following:-
(i) Inviting project proposals from
ULBs/Para-statal/Implementing agencies;
(ii) Techno-economic
appraisal of the projects either through in-house expertise or by outside agencies
through outsourcing;
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Management of funds received from Central and State Governments;
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Disbursement of the funds as per the financing pattern
given in the guidelines;
(iii) Furnishing of utilization
certificates within 12 months of the closure of the financial year and quarterly
physical & financial progress reports to the Ministry of Urban Development;
(iv) Maintenance of
audited accounts of funds released to ULBs and implementing agencies
(v) Monitoring of
implementation of reforms and infrastructure projects
11. PROJECT
APPRAISAL
11.1 Urban Local Bodies and implementing
agencies including para-statal agencies, will submit detailed project reports
to the designated State Level nodal agencies for appraisal.
11.2 The State Level nodal agency will forward
the appraised projects to MOUD, Planning Commission and TCPO so as to reach at least
15 days before the meeting of State Level Sanctioning Committee for enabling their
representatives to offer their comments/views on the projects in the meeting.
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STATE LEVEL SANCTIONING COMMITTEE (SLSC):
The composition of the State Level
Sanctioning Committee (SLSC) may be as follows:
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Secretary, Urban Development /Municipal Admn./Local self Governments |
Chairman |
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Secretary, Finance
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Member |
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Secretary, Planning |
Member |
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Secretary, Works/ Engineer-in-Chief of PWD. |
Member |
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Director (Town & Country Planning)/Chief
Town Planner of the
state |
Member |
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Director, Municipal Administration.
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Member |
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Representative of M/o Urban Development
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Member |
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Representative of I.F. Division, M/o Urban Dev
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Member |
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Representative of Planning Commission |
Member |
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Representative of TCPO |
Member |
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Representative of NCR Planning Board, New Delhi (in case of States of Haryana, Uttar
Pradesh and Rajasthan) |
Member |
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Chief Executive of the State Level Nodal Agency |
Member-Secretary |
13.
URBAN REFORMS
The proposed reforms shall broadly fall into two categories:-
i) Mandatory reforms
ii) Optional reforms
All the mandatory and
optional reforms shall be implemented by the State/ULB/Para-Statals within the Scheme
period.
14.
MONITORING
i) Ministry of Urban Development
will periodically monitor the scheme through designated Officer of this Ministry
for each State/UT.
ii) State level nodal agency would send quarterly progress
report to the Ministry of Urban Development through TCPO.
iii) SLSC would ensure quarterly monitoring of various
projects sanctioned under the programme.
iv) A Monitoring Committee under the chairmanship of Joint
Secretary (Urban Development) in the Ministry of Urban Development would monitor
the progress every quarter..
vi) TCPO will be responsible for preparing a status report
on the scheme in consultation with MOUD every year (by 31st May).All the mandatory
and optional reforms shall be implemented by the State/ULB/Para-Statals within the
Scheme period.
15. TRAINING
AND
CAPACITY BUILDING
The Central and State Governments will make continuous efforts for training and
up-gradation of the skills of the personnel responsible for the project and the
elected representatives. State Government may organize suitable training as
well as capacity building programmes through reputed institutions in the field.
The same will form part of DPR to be submitted by implementing agency.
16. MEMORANDUM OF AGREEMENT (MoA)
Implementation of all mandatory and at least two optional
reforms in each year of the Scheme by cities/towns will be a condition precedent
to access central grant under the scheme. All the reforms (mandatory as well
as optional) shall be required to be implemented during the scheme period i.e seven
years. The State Governments/ State level nodal agencies will execute Memorandum
of Agreement (MoA) with Government of India indicating their commitment to implement
identified reforms. MoA would spell out specific milestones to be achieved for each
item of reform. Signing of MoA will be a necessary condition to access Central
assistance. ULBs/Para-statals will sign MoA with State Level Nodal Agency.
The MoA shall be submitted along with the Detailed Project Report.
17. OUTCOMES OF
THE SCHEME
On completion of the Scheme
period of seven years, it is expected that ULBs/Parastatals will achieve the following
outcomes:-
(a) Modern and transparent budgeting, accounting, financial
management systems, designed and adopted for all urban services and governance functions
(b)
City-wide framework for planning and governance will be established and become operational
(c) All urban residents will be able to obtain access to a basic level
of urban services
(d) Financially self-sustaining agencies for urban governance and
service delivery will be established, through reforms to major revenue instruments
(e)
Local services and governance will be conducted in a manner that is transparent
and accountable to citizens
(f) e-Governance applications will be introduced
in core functions of ULBs/para-statals resulting in reduced cost and time of service
delivery processes.
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