To deal with various issues concerning garbage, waste and sewage, Government has launched the Swachh Bharat Mission -Urban (SBM-U) on October 2, 2014 and the Atal Mission for Rejuvenation and Urban Transformation (AMRUT) in 500 cities on June 25, 2015.

To carry forward the work done on ground in Phase-I, Swachh Bharat Mission-Urban (SBM-U) 2.0 has been launched on October 1^st, 2021 for a period of five years, up to October 1, 2026, with a vision of achieving safe sanitation and scientific processing of municipal solid waste in all cities.

AMRUT 2.0 has been launched on 1^st October 2021 to make cities ‘self-reliant’ and ‘water secure’. AMRUT 2.0 will extend the ease of living by up-scaling universal coverage in water supply from 500 cities to all statutory towns in the country.

Central Share (CS) assistance under SBM-U 2.0 has been given to States/UTs for establishing of various types of MSW management plants like, Waste-to-Compost (WtC), Waste-to-Energy (WtE), Bio-methanation, Material Recovery Facilities (MRF) and legacy waste dumpsites remediation, etc. The details of budget provision for SBM-U and SBM-U 2.0 is given as under:

(₹in crores)

SBM Phase	Budget Outlay	Central Share
SBM-U (2014-2021)	62,009	14,623
SBM-U 2.0 (2021-2026)	1,41,600	36,465

 

Under SBM-U and SBM-U 2.0 Central Share of funds are released to the States/UTs and not to the cities. Hence, city-wise details of funds are not maintained at MoHUA. Further, funds under SBM-U are allocated for the entire mission period and not on yearly basis.                        

Under sewerage and septage management sector of AMRUT, 889 projects worth ₹34,501 crore have been grounded of which work worth ₹32,175 crore have been physically executed. Under AMRUT 2.0, Sewerage and septage management sector, so far 592 projects worth ₹67,649 crore which covers creation/augmentation of 6,739 MLD sewage treatment plant capacity & 2,089 MLD for recycle/reuse.                       

For technical assistance to States/ULBs, Ministry of Housing & Urban Affairs (MoHUA) has brought out the Manuals on Sewerage and Sewage Treatment Systems and Solid Waste Management and also issued various Advisories and Guidelines for choosing appropriate technologies to manage sewage and solid waste. In addition, capacity building of field officials is being taken up regularly.

Monitoring of these schemes is done through review at various levels of the information submitted by States/Union Territories on progress and through field visits. Additionally, the ‘Swachh Survekshan’ survey conducted annually under SBM-U through third party assessment to evaluate the cleanliness status and progress in implementation of SBM-U in cities.

This information was given by the Minister of State for Ministry of Housing & Urban Affairs, Shri. Tokhan Sahu, in a written reply in the Lok Sabha today.

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