ATAL MISSION FOR REJUVENATION AND URBAN TRANSFORMATION (AMRUT)

the purpose of Atal Mission for Rejuvenation and Urban Transformation
(AMRUT) is to 
(i) ensure that every household has access to a tap with assured supply of water
and a sewerage connection;
(ii) increase the amenity value of cities by developing greenery and
well maintained open spaces (e.g. parks); and 
(iii) reduce pollution by switching to public transport or constructing facilities for non-motorized transport (e.g. walking and cycling). 
All these outcomes are valued by citizens, particularly women, and indicators and standards have been prescribed by the Ministry of Urban Development (MoUD) in the form of Service Level
Benchmarks (SLBs). 
The Mission will focus on the following Thrust Areas:
i. Water Supply,
ii. Sewerage facilities and septage management,
iii. Storm Water drains to reduce flooding,
iv. Pedestrian, non-motorized and public transport facilities, parking spaces, and
v. Enhancing amenity value of cities by creating and upgrading green spaces, parks
and recreation centers, especially for children.
Water Supply
i. Water supply systems including augmentation of existing water supply, water
treatment plants and universal metering.
ii. Rehabilitation of old water supply systems, including treatment plants.
iii. Rejuvenation of water bodies specifically for drinking water supply and recharging
of ground water.
iv. Special water supply arrangement for difficult areas, hill and coastal cities,
including those having water quality problems (e.g. arsenic, fluoride)
Sewerage
i. Decentralised, networked underground sewerage systems, including augmentation
of existing sewerage systems and sewage treatment plants.
ii. Rehabilitation of old sewerage system and treatment plants.
iii. Recycling of water for beneficial purposes and reuse of wastewater.
Septage
i. Faecal Sludge Management- cleaning, transportation and treatment in a costeffective
manner.
ii. Mechanical and Biological cleaning of sewers and septic tanks and recovery of
operational cost in full.
Storm Water Drainage
i. Construction and improvement of drains and storm water drains in order to reduce
and eliminate flooding.
Urban Transport
i. Ferry vessels for inland waterways (excluding port/bay infrastructure) and buses.
ii. Footpaths/ walkways, sidewalks, foot over-bridges and facilities for non-motorised
transport (e.g. bicycles).
iii. Multi-level parking.
iv. Bus Rapid Transit System (BRTS).
Green space and parks
i. Development of green space and parks with special provision for child-friendly
components.
Reforms management & support
i. Support structures, activities and funding support for reform implementation.
ii. Independent Reform monitoring agencies.
Capacity Building
i. This has two components- individual and institutional capacity building.
ii. The capacity building will not be limited to the Mission Cities, but will be extended
to other ULBs as well.
iii. Continuation of the Comprehensive Capacity Building Programme (CCBP) after its
realignment towards the new Missions.
Indicative (not exhaustive) list of inadmissible components
i. Purchase of land for projects or project related works,
ii. Staff salaries of both the States/ULBs,
iii. Power,
iv. Telecom,
v. Health,
vi. Education, and
vii. Wage employment programme and staff component.

HOUSING FOR ALL BY 2022 MISSION-NATIONAL MISSION FOR URBAN HOUSING

a) Slum rehabilitation of Slum Dwellers with participation of private developers using land as a resource; Central grant of Rs. one lakh per house, on an average, will be available under the slum rehabilitation programme. A State Government would have flexibility in deploying this slum rehabilitation grant to any slum rehabilitation project taken for development using land as a resource for providing houses to slum dwellers

b) Promotion of affordable housing for weaker section through credit linked subsidy; Under the Credit Linked Interest Subsidy component, interest subsidy of 6.5 percent on housing loans availed upto a tenure of 15 years will be provided to EWS/LIG categories, wherein the subsidy pay-out on NPV basis would be about Rs.2.3 lakh per house for both the categories.

c) Affordable housing in partnership with Public & Private sectors and &
d) Subsidy for beneficiary-led individual house construction or enhancement. Central assistance at the rate of Rs.1.5 lakh per house for EWS category will be provided under the Affordable Housing in Partnership and Beneficiary-led individual house construction or enhancement
*The scheme will be implemented as a Centrally Sponsored Scheme except the credit linked subsidy component, which will be implemented as a Central Sector Scheme
*Houses constructed under the mission would be allotted in the name of the female head of the households or in the joint name of the male head of the household and his wife
*three phases as follows, viz. Phase-I (April 2015 - March 2017) to cover 100 Cities to be selected from States/UTs as per their willingness; Phase - II (April 2017 - March 2019) to cover additional 200 Cities and Phase-III (April 2019 - March 2022) to cover all other remaining Cities. 
*In the spirit of cooperative federalism, the Mission will provide flexibility to States for choosing best options amongst four verticals of the Mission to meet the demand of housing in their states.

Smart City Project ;everything you need to know

What is Smart City ?

The first question is what is meant by a ‘smart city’. The answer is, there is no universally accepted definition of a smart city. It means different things to different people. The conceptualisation of Smart City, therefore, varies from city to city and country to country, depending on the level of development, willingness to change and reform, resources and aspirations of the city residents. A smart city would have a different connotation in India than, say, Europe. Even in India, there is no one way of defining a smart city. Some definitional boundaries are required to guide cities in the Mission. In the imagination of any city dweller in India, the picture of a smart city contains a wish list of infrastructure and services that describes his or her level of aspiration. To provide for the aspirations and needs of the citizens, urban planners ideally aim at developing the entire urban eco-system, which is represented by the four pillars of comprehensive development-institutional, physical, social and economic infrastructure. This can be a long term goal and cities can work towards developing such comprehensive infrastructure incrementally, adding on layers of ‘smartness’. In the approach of the Smart Cities Mission, the objective is to promote cities that provide core infrastructure and give a decent quality of life to its citizens, a clean and sustainable environment and application of ‘Smart’ Solutions. The focus is on sustainable and inclusive development and the idea is to look at compact areas, create a replicable model which will act like a light house to other aspiring cities. The Smart Cities Mission of the Government is a bold, new initiative. It is meant to set examples that can be replicated both within and outside the Smart City, catalysing the creation of similar Smart Cities in various regions and parts of the country.

The core infrastructure elements in a smart city would include:
i. adequate water supply,
 ii. assured electricity supply,
iii. sanitation, including solid waste management,
 iv. efficient urban mobility and public transport,
v. affordable housing, especially for the poor,
vi. robust IT connectivity and digitalization,
vii. good governance, especially e-Governance and citizen participation,
viii. sustainable environment,
ix. safety and security of citizens, particularly women, children and the elderly, and
 x. health and education.

 As far as Smart Solutions are concerned, an illustrative list is given below. This is not, however, an exhaustive list, and cities are free to add more applications
typical features of comprehensive development in Smart Cities
*Promoting mixed land use in area based developments
*Housing and inclusiveness
*Creating walkable localities
*Preserving and developing open spaces 
*Promoting a variety of transport options 
*Making governance citizen-friendly and cost effective
*Giving an identity to the city

The strategic components of area-based development in the Smart Cities
Mission are city improvement (retrofitting), city renewal (redevelopment) and city
extension (greenfield development) plus a Pan-city initiative in which Smart Solutions
are applied covering larger parts of the city

a MoUD programme is using the ‘Challenge’ or competition
method to select cities for funding and using a strategy of area-based development.
This captures the spirit of ‘competitive and cooperative federalism

Challenges

Challenges This is the first time, a MoUD programme is using the ‘Challenge’ or competition method to select cities for funding and using a strategy of area-based development. This captures the spirit of ‘competitive and cooperative federalism’. States and ULBs will play a key supportive role in the development of Smart Cities. Smart leadership and vision at this level and ability to act decisively will be important factors determining the success of the Mission. Understanding the concepts of retrofitting, redevelopment and greenfield development by the policy makers, implementers and other stakeholders at different levels will require capacity assistance. Major investments in time and resources will have to be made during the planning phase prior to participation in the Challenge. This is different from the conventional DPR-driven approach. The Smart Cities Mission requires smart people who actively participate in governance and reforms. Citizen involvement is much more than a ceremonial participation in governance. Smart people involve themselves in the definition of the Smart City, decisions on deploying Smart Solutions, implementing reforms, doing more with less and oversight during implementing and designing post-project structures in order to make the Smart City developments sustainable. The participation of smart people will be enabled by the SPV through increasing use of ICT, especially mobilebased tools.

Sagar Mala project

 Sagar Mala project is a strategic and customer-oriented initiative of the Government of India to modernize India's Ports so that port-led development can be augmented and coastlines can be developed to contribute in India's growth. It looks towards "transforming the existing Ports into modern world class Ports and integrate the development of the Ports, the Industrial clusters and hinterland and efficient evacuation systems through road, rail, inland and coastal waterways resulting in Ports becoming the drivers of economic activity in coastal areas.On 25 March 2015 Cabinet gave approval for this project to develop 12 ports of India and also 1208 Islands.The Union Ministry of Shipping is the nodal ministry for this initiative . A National Sagarmala Apex Committee (NSAC), composed of the Minister incharge of Shipping, with Cabinet Ministers from stakeholder Ministries and Chief Ministers/Ministers incharge of ports of maritime states as members, will provide policy direction and guidance for the initiative’s implementation, shall approve the overall National Perspective Plan (NPP) and review the progress of implementation of these plans.

Bharat Nirman

The renowned business plan Bharat Nirman has been designed for augmenting and creating fundamental rural infrastructure. This scheme comprises various pro0jets on roads, irrigation, Sadak Yojana, housing or Indira Awaas yogana, national rural water schemes for water supply, Rajiv Gandhi grameen vidyutikaran yojana or electrification and telecommunication.
Objective

Rajiv Gandhi Grameen Vidyutikaran Yojana

• RGGVY or Rajiv Gandhi Grameen Vidyutikaran Yojana was greatly launched in the month of April in 2005 especially by mixing all kinds of ongoing popular schemes.
• Hence, under this scheme, the central government provides ninety percent of grant and ten percent as a loan which is provided by REC or rural electrification corporation to all states’ governments.

National Rail Vikas Yojana

Indian Government has envisaged a huge investment scheme for rail segment to eradicate capacity blockage on Golden Quadrilateral & Diagonals to offer intended rail communication connections to ports, production of mega-overpass for better communication to the neighborhood & growth of multi-modal convey passages. This scheme is named as National Rail Vikas Yojana by the Indian

Pradhan Mantri Gram Sadak Yojana

The Pradhan Mantri Gram Sadak Yojana also known as PMGSY is a countrywide Indian scheme to offer all-climate road link to isolated villages. Started on December 25, 2000, it lies under Ministry of Rural Development.