Implementation of Rajiv Awas Yojana in Andhra Pradesh
The Minister for Housing and Urban Poverty Alleviation Kumari Selja has said that no funds have been released to the Government of Andhra Pradesh in the current financial year. However, during the year 2009-10 and 2010-11, an amount of Rs. 14.42 crores has been released for undertaking preparatory activities under Slum Free City Planning Scheme- the preparatory phase of Rajiv Awas Yojana in the cities of Greater Hyderabad Mpl.Corp(GHMC ), Greater Visakhapatnam Mpl.Corp(GVMC), Vijayawada, Tirupathi, Guntur, Nellore, Kurnool, Rajamundry, Warangal, Kakinada and Ramagundam . During the financial year 2011-12, Rs. 741.59 lakhs has been released to the Government of Andhra Pradesh as 1st installment for a Pilot Project in Hyderabad under Rajiv Awas Yojana.
In a written reply in the Rajya Sabha Kumari Selja said, the selection of the cities will be done in consultation with the Centre. The States would be required to include all the mission cities of JNNURM, preferably cities with more than 3 lakh population as per 2001 Census; and other smaller cities, with due consideration to the pace of growth of the city, of slums, predominance of minority population, and areas where property rights are assigned.
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