8. Affordable Housing: Taking Centre Stage
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I N D E X YOJANA FEBRUARY 2019 1. POWER FOR ALL - A DREAM COME TRUE .............................................................................. 3 2. MULTI PRONGED APPROACH TO URBAN TRANSFORMATION ........................................... 4 3. NATIONAL WATERWAYS: INTEGRATED TRANSPORT NETWORK ...................................... 6 4. SHYAMA PRASAD MUKHERJEE RURBAN MISSION (SPMRM)............................................. 7 5. ATAL MISSION FOR REJUVENATION AND URBAN TRANSFORMATION (AMRUT) .......... 9 6. UDAN - GIVING NEW MEANING TO AIR CONNECTIVITY ................................................... 10 7. BHARATMALA PARIYOJANA: THE BIGGEST REVOLUTION IN INDIAN HIGHWAYS ...... 11 8. AFFORDABLE HOUSING: TAKING CENTRE STAGE ............................................................. 13 9. CREATING ADEQUATE INFRASTRUCTURE IN HEALTH CARE .......................................... 15 www.shankariasacademy.com | www.iasparliament.com 2 YOJANA FEBRUARY 2019 1. POWER FOR ALL - A DREAM COME Enhanced connectivity through radio, TRUE television, mobiles, etc. Why we need electricity? Increased economic activities and jobs. Electricity is the key element in modern Improved quality of life especially for day life. women. Right from powering industrial units and What are the measures taken by GOI in running irrigation pumps to charging the power sector? your mobile phones electricity does it all. In order to encourage Renewable Access to reliable and affordable energy Generation, Ministry of Power extended increases the ease of living and generates the waiver of ISTS Transmission charges employment. and losses for Solar and Wind based Projects upto March 2022. It powers the development of the country. In order to achieve the Renewable target It is a prerequisite to digital connectivity of 1,75,000 MW of Renewable capacity by in rural India, thereby opening new vistas 2022, MOP issued Long Term Growth for the people hitherto unconnected to trajectory Renewable Purchase Obligation the outer world. (RPO) for Solar as well as Non-Solar till What is Saubhagya Yojana? the year 2022. Government of India launched „Pradhan With the aim of promoting renewable Mantri Sahaj Bijli Har Ghar Yojana‟ generation and reduction of emission, (Saubhagya) in Sept. 2017 to achieve the MOP issued a scheme on Flexibility in goal of universal household electrification generation and scheduling of Thermal in the country by 31st March 2019. Power Stations to reduce emissions. The scheme envisages to provide last mile MoP has issued a direction to the CERC connectivity and electricity connections to under section 107 of the Electricity Act, all remaining households in rural as well 2003 on 30th May, 2018 for as urban areas. implementation of new Environmental What are the benefits of this scheme? Norms for Thermal Power Plants suggested by MOEF&CC. Environmental upgradation by substitution of Kerosene for lighting In order to reduce the overall cost of purposes. generation as well as cost of power to consumer (Company level merit order Improvement education services. operation), MOP issued a scheme on Flexibility in generation and scheduling of Better health services. www.shankariasacademy.com | www.iasparliament.com 3 Thermal Power Stations to reduce cost of 500 cities, with 1,00,000 and above power to consumers. population through Atal Mission for Rejuvenation and Urban Transformation In our endeavor for revival of the stressed (AMRUT). This covers over 60 per cent of assets, a Pilot Scheme was introduced by urban population. MOP in April 2018 to facilitate procurement of aggregated power of 2500 Finally at the third level, 100 cities are MW for 3 (three) years (covered under being developed under Smart Cities medium term) from the generating Mission (SCM) to address the issue of companies having coal based Power ease of living by evolving new paradigms Plants which are already commissioned of urban governance with communities at without having a power purchase the core and increased use of digital agreement for the quantum of power the technology to improve the urban Bidder is willing to bid. infrastructure, services and utilization of resources. Major reform initiatives are being taken by Ministry of Power which includes What do we mean by Smart Cities? addressing various issues being faced by Smart Cities Mission was launched on electricity sector through draft June 25, 2015 by the Prime Minister of amendments proposed in Electricity Act India. 2003 and Tariff Policy, 2016. Smart cities in common parlance are 2. MULTI PRONGED APPROACH TO understood to be cities that use URBAN TRANSFORMATION appropriate technologies for improving What is the three level strategy quality of lives of their citizens. envisaged by India to tackle urban India Our Smart Cities are woven around the challenges? following principles: At the first level, poverty alleviation, 1. Citizen at the Core: Citizens and the affordable housing and sanitation were communities are at the centre of the three biggest challenges. Deen Dayal development; Antyodaya Yojana-National Urban Livelihood Mission (DAY-NULM), Pradhan 2. More from Less: Being conscious of Mantri Awas Yojana-Urban (PMAY-U) and resource constraints, they have to Swachh Bharat Mission-Urban (SBM-U) generate more impact/outcomes from use implemented in all the urban local bodies of less resources- energy, finance and (ULBs). others; At the second level, basic infrastructure 3. Cooperative and Competitive like water supply, sewerage/septage Federalism: Cities are selected through projects and green arks became the competition in two stage challenges at focus. These sectors required economies State and Central levels; of scale and are being implemented in www.shankariasacademy.com | www.iasparliament.com 4 4. Integration, Innovation, What are the other interventions by GOI Sustainability: It is not merely about the in this regard? use of technology, but creation of The Ministry has launched the Cities integrated infrastructure and services. Investment To Innovate, Integrate and 5. Technology is the Mans, and Not the Sustain (CITIIS) Challenge in Goal: Careful selection of technologies, collaboration with the French relevant to the context of particular cities, Development Bank (AFD). built around specific needs of their AFD will provide investment support of communities is important of the cities to EUR 100 million to selected cities in key work out solutions; and sectors of Sustainable Mobility, Public 6. Inclusiveness is a Guiding Open Spaces, Urban Governance & ICT Philosophy: Cities are for the people and and Social & Organization Innovation in hence they have to be built around the Low-Income Settlements. principles of inclusiveness. The Mission would select at least 15 Broadly, Smart Cities address three core projects through CITIIs Challenge. issues: Live-ability, Economic-ability and India Smart Cities Fellowship & Sustain-ability. Internship Program has been launched What is the strategy of Smart Cities to engage brilliant youth with the Mission? Mission. Broadly, the Mission tries to meet the This will promote knowledge management major goals highlighted earlier through a within the Mission and provide young two-fold strategy: professionals with an opportunity to experience various aspects of urban 1. Area based Development, which planning and governance. focuses on development of world class localities within cities to act as replicable Smart Net is an initiative to support the models through redevelopment, development of cities across India and to retrofitting tor green development, and create a resource-rich ecosystem of learning, sharing and disseminating for 2. Pan City development, wherein cities city managers and primary stakeholders identify few key areas of intervention with in the urban transformation of India. use of digital technologies to create impacts on basic infrastructure and A new entity titled the National Urban services with an intent to improve quality Innovation Hub’ (NUIH) is being of life for their citizens. proposed at the national level to consolidate existing resources and to expand the footprint off innovation development and capacity building for the urban sector. www.shankariasacademy.com | www.iasparliament.com 5 3. NATIONAL WATERWAYS: The facilities provided by IWAI include INTEGRATED TRANSPORT navigation aids like night navigation NETWORK facility, embarking and disembarking at designated locations, facilitating What is Jal Marg Vikas project? expeditious crossing of Farakka Jal Marg Vikas Project (JMVP) is being navigation Lock, pilotage, and assistance implemented for capacity augmentation on industries. Haldia-Varanasi stretch for a distance of International publication „Condé Nast 1,390 km, with technical and financial Traveller‟ listed Ganga cruise as one of assistance from the World Bank. the „six river cruises to take in 2017‟. What are the intended benefits of this It placed the luxury cruise vessel Ganges project? Voyager II which sails on the Ganga from According to a World Bank economic Kolkata to Varanasi, in the league of analysis, approximately 1.5 lakh direct cruises on Mekong and Yangtze in China, and indirect employment opportunities Amazon in South America, Volga in will be created due to interventions under Russia and Irrawaddy in Myanmar. the Jal Marg Vikas Project. Conde Nast‟s endorsement of Ganga as a JMVP is a wholly inclusive, economic and cruise destination is a shot in the arm for environment friendly game