STANDING COMMITTEE ON URBAN DEVELOPMENT 4 (2019-2020) SEVENTEENTH LOK SABHA MINISTRY OF HOUSING AND URBAN AFFAIRS ACTION TAKEN BY THE GOVERNMENT ON THE RECOMMENDATIONS CONTAINED IN THE SECOND REPORT (SEVENTEENTH LOK SABHA) OF THE STANDING COMMITTEE ON URBAN DEVELOPMENT ON DEMANDS FOR GRANTS (2020-2021) FOURTH REPORT LOK SABHA SECRETARIAT NEW DELHI 11 September, 2020, 20 Bhadrapada, 1942 (Saka) FOURTH REPORT STANDING COMMITTEE ON URBAN DEVELOPMENT (2019-2020) (SEVENTEENTH LOK SABHA) MINISTRY OF HOUSING AND URBAN AFFAIRS ACTION TAKEN BY THE GOVERNMENT ON THE RECOMMENDATIONS CONTAINED IN THE SECOND REPORT (SEVENTEENTH LOK SABHA) OF THE STANDING COMMITTEE ON URBAN DEVELOPMENT ON DEMANDS FOR GRANTS (2020-2021) Presented to Speaker on 11.09.2020 Placed before Chairperson on 14.09.2020 Presented to Lok Sabha on 04.02.2021 Laid in Rajya Sabha on 04.02.2021 LOK SABHA SECRETARIAT NEW DELHI 11 September, 2020, 20 Bhadarada,1942 (Saka) C.U.D. No.: 115 Price : Rs. (C) 2019 By Lok Sabha Secretariat Publish under Rule 382 of the Rules of Procedure and Conduct of Business in Lok Sabha (Thirteenth Edition) and Printed by………… CONTENTS PAGE COMPOSITION OF THE COMMITTEE (iv) INTRODUCTION (v) CHAPTER I Report 1 CHAPTER II Observations/Recommendations which have been accepted 19 by the Government CHAPTER III Observations/Recommendations which the Committee do 43 not desire to pursue in view of the Government’s replies CHAPTER IV Observations/Recommendations in respect of which replies 44 of the Government have not been accepted by the Committee and require reiteration CHAPTER V Observations /Recommendations in respect of which final 47 replies of the Government are still awaited ANNEXURES I. Minutes of the Twelfth Sitting of the Committee held on 27.08.2020 - 60 II. Analysis of the Action Taken by the Government on the recommendations contained in the Second Report (17th Lok Sabha) - 62 COMPOSITION OF THE COMMITTEE ON URBAN DEVELOPMENT (2019-20) Shri Jagdambika Pal - Chairperson MEMBERS LOK SABHA 2. Adv. A. M. Ariff 3. Prof. S. P. Singh Baghel 4. Shri Sanjay Kumar Bandi 5. Shri Kalyan Banerjee 6. Shri Benny Behanan 7. Shri Ramcharan Bohra 8. Shri Hibi Eden 9. Shri Gautam Gambhir 10. Shri Syed Imtiaz Jaleel 11. Shri Shankar Lalwani 12. Smt Hema Malini 13. Shri Hasnain Masoodi 14. Shri P.C. Mohan 15. Shri C.R. Patil 16. Shri Sunil Kumar Pintu 17. Shri Adala Prabhakara Reddy 18. Smt. Aparajita Sarangi 19. Shri Rahul Ramesh Shewale 20. Shri Sudhakar Tukaram Shrangre 21. Shri Sunil Kumar Soni RAJYA SABHA 22. Shri M. J Akbar 23. Shri Y.S. Chowdary 24. Shri Kumar Ketkar 25. Shri Sanjay Singh 26. Shri Digvijay Singh$ 27. Shri Ayodhya Rami Reddy Alla* 28. Shri Ram Chander Jangra* 29. Dr. Sumer Singh Solanki* 30. Shri Subrata Bakshi# 31. Vacant *Nominated to the Committee w.e.f. 22.07.2020. $ Shri Digvijay Singh, MP, RS has been re-nominated to the Committee w.e.f. 22nd July, 2020. # Was nominated to the Committee on 22.07.2020, however, he has not taken oath yet. SECRETARIAT 1. Shri V.K. Tripathi - Joint Secretary 2. Shri A.K. Shah - Director INTRODUCTION I, the Chairperson of the Standing Committee on Urban Development (2019-20) having been authorized by the Committee, present this Fourth Report (17th Lok Sabha) on the 'Action Taken by the Government on the Observations/Recommendations contained in the First Report (Seventeenth Lok Sabha) of the Standing Committee On Urban Development on Demands For Grants (2020-2021)’ of the Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs. 2. The Second Report was presented to Lok Sabha on 12th December, 2019 and laid on the Table of Rajya Sabha on same date. The Action Taken Replies of the Government on the recommendations contained in the Report were received on 03.06.2020. 3. The Committee considered and adopted the Draft Report at their Sitting held on 27.08.2020. 4. An analysis of the action taken by the Government on the Recommendations contained in the Second Report (Seventeenth Lok Sabha) of the Committee is given at Annexure-II. 5. The Committee would also like to place on record their deep sense of appreciation for the invaluable assistance rendered to them by the Officials of Lok Sabha Secretariat attached to the Committee. 6. For facility of reference, the observations/recommendations of the Committee have been printed in bold letters in the body of the Report. JAGDAMBIKA PAL, New Delhi; Chairperson, 11th September, 2020 Standing Committee on 20 Bhadrapada, 1942 (Saka) Urban Development 1 Chapter-I (Report) This Report of the Standing Committee on Urban Development (2019-20) deals with action taken by the Government on the Observations/ Recommendations contained in the Second Report (Seventeenth Lok Sabha) on Demands for Grants (2020-21) of the Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs which was presented to the Parliament on 03 March, 2020. 2 Action Taken Replies have been received from the Government in respect of all the 27 recommendations contained in the Report. These have been categorized as follows: (i) Recommendations/Observations which have been accepted by the Government: 1,2,3,5,9,13,14,15,16,17,18,19,20 and 21. (Total 14) (Chapter-II) (ii) Recommendations/Observations, which the Committee do not desire to pursue in view of Government's replies: 4 (Total 1) (Chapter-III) (iii) Recommendations/Observations, in respect of which replies of Government have not been accepted by the Committee: 6 (Total 1) (Chapter-IV) (iv) Recommendations/Observations, in respect of which final replies of the Government are still awaited: 7,8,10,11,12,22,23,24,25,26 and 27. (Total 11) (Chapter-V) 2 3 The Committee desire that specific replies to the comments contained in Chapter-I and recommendations included in Chapter V of this Report may be furnished at the earliest and in any case not later than three month from the presentation of this Report. 4 The Committee will now deal with and comment upon the action taken by the Government on some of their recommendations. (Recommendations Serial No. 1) STRENGTHENING RESPONSE AND STRATEGY FOR ACHIEVING THE GOAL OF 5 MILLION ECONOMY BY 2024 RETREATED IN VIEW OF POSSIBLY SLOW DOWN OF ECONOMY ARISING OUT OF COVID-19 LOCKDOWNS 5 The Committee had recommended: “The Committee’s examination of Demands for Grants (2020-21) of Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs that seeks to propose a gross provision of Rs.57,786 Cr and net provision of Rs. 50,039 cr. deducting anticipated recoveries is within Ministry’s vision of providing ease of living, responsive governance etc is part of Government’s response to urbanization challenges by way of implementation of prominent flagship programmes of PMAY (U), SCM, SBM (U) and DAY-NULM through a Three Level Strategy addressing three big issues of ‘Poverty Alleviation’, ‘Affordable Housing’ and ‘Cleanliness’ and also covering the areas of Water Supply, Sewerage and Improving infrastructure, so that urban India can play an important role in achieving $5 Trillion Economy target by 2024. The Committee however feel that in the light of 2030 development agenda of the United Nations with emphasis on sustainable cities and in view of rising urbanization trends witnessing as high as 53 cities with more than one million plus population, both the response of the Government and strategy available need to be strengthened for achieving the intended goals. The Committee therefore recommend that extra efforts are needed to materialise intended goals”. 6 The Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs in their action taken reply stated as under: “From May 2014 onwards, Government embarked on one of the most comprehensive programme of urbanization. Critical issue of higher funding required for urban infrastructure was addressed by substantial increase in budgetary allocation under various schemes launched from 2014-15 onwards. The 3 annual average Budgetary allocations during the preceding 10 year period(2004- 05 to 2013-14) was around 15,800 crore, which has now increased to around Rs. 47,000crore i.e. more than three times. Taking into account the investment made in Urban Sector in past 6 years, Budgetary allocation for 2020-21 and the projected investment of Rs.17,74,167 Cr. on urban infrastructure in the National Infrastructure Pipeline, MoHUA is targeted to contribute to achieve the goal of five trillion dollar economy by 2024. Scheme-wise details are given below:- (i) Swachha Bharat Mission – SBM(U) The cleanliness initiative that began under the SBM (U) has shown impressive success. In order to sustain the results on the ground on a long term basis and institutionalize the concept of ‘swachhata’ or cleanliness, it is proposed to extend the SBM (U) for another 5 years. This extension has been proposed with a projected financial outlay of Rs. 2,11,869 crores, covering sustainable sanitation value chain (toilet construction, maintenance, complete fecal sludge management and waste water treatment) and Solid Waste Management value chain (including complete processing of Municipal Solid Waste, Construction & Demolition waste management and remediation of legacy dumpsites), to ensure holistic cleanliness across Urban India. (ii) Atal Mission for Rejuvenation and Urban Transformation (AMRUT) Jal Jeevan Mission (Urban) is being proposed with major objective of providing tap water connection to households in all statutory towns. Total allocation proposed for this is Rs. 2,79,500 crore including central share of Rs. 78,800 crore. Public Private Partnership (PPP) is being encouraged under the Mission for implementation of projects wherein cities having million plus population will be mandated to take up PPP projects worth minimum of 10% of their total project allocation. (iii) Smart Cities Mission Smart Cities Mission (SCM) is committed to complete Rs. 2,05,018 crore worth of projects giving 5 years to each city from the date of selection.