VARIOUS ACTIVITIES OF THE DEPARTMENT

A. CENTRAL FLAGSHIP PROGRAMME

1. SMART CITIES In the approach to 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. 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.

Accordingly, the purpose of the Smart Cities Mission is to drive economic growth and improve the quality of life of people by enabling local area development and harnessing technology, especially technology that leads to Smart outcomes. Areabased development will transform existing areas (retrofit and redevelop), including slums, into better planned ones, thereby improving liveability of the whole City. New areas (greenfield) will be developed around cities in order to accommodate the expanding population in urban areas. Application of Smart Solutions will enable cities to use technology, information and data to improve infrastructure and services. Comprehensive development in this way will improve quality of life, create employment and enhance incomes for all, especially the poor and the disadvantaged, leading to inclusive Cities.

ACTION TAKEN

a. has been selected in the first round of completion amonst the 100 Smart Cities.

b. M/s Data World Pvt. Ltd a Consultant empanelled by Ministry of Urban Development, Government of has been selected as Consultant for assisting p[reparation of Namchi Smart City Proposal. c. After three rounds of Consultation with various stakeholders the Smart City Proposal has been prepared and has been submitted within the stipulated time period and the decision for the same is expected to be announced by mid of January 2016.

2. SWACHH BHARAT MISSION (URBAN) MISSION OBJECTIVE i. Elimination of open defecation ii. Eradication of Manual Scavenging iii. Modern and Scientific Municipal Solid Waste Management iv. To effect behavioral change regarding healthy sanitation practices v. Generate awareness about sanitation and its linkage with public health vi. Capacity Augmentation for ULB’s vii. To create an enabling environment for private sector participation in Capex (capital expenditure) and Opex (operation and maintenance) According to Census 2011, India’s urban population is 377 million or 31% of the total population. These numbers are expected to increase to 600 million by 2031. The Census 2011 also showed that in 4,041 statutory towns, close to eight million households do not have access to toilets and defecate in the open (7.90 million). Weak sanitation has significant health costs and untreated sewage from cities is the single biggest source of water resource pollution in India. This indicates both the scale of the challenge ahead of the Indian cities and the huge costs incurred from not addressing them.

The Swachh Bharat Mission (SBM) emanates from the vision of the Government articulated in the address of The President of India in his address to the Joint Session of Parliament on 9th June 2014: “We must not tolerate the indignity of homes without toilets and public spaces littered with garbage. For ensuring hygiene, waste management and sanitation across the nation, a “Swachh Bharat Mission” will be launched. This will be our tribute to Mahatma Gandhi on his 150th birth anniversary to be celebrated in the year 2019” SBM is being implemented by the Ministry of Urban Development (M/o UD) in the urban areas.

ACTION TAKEN a. State Mission Directorate has been setup along with State High Powered Steering Committee vide notification no.17/Home/2015 dated 18.4.15 along with the District Level Review and Monitoring Committee. b. Project Management Unit (PMU) under the Mission Directorate has also been setup. c. DPRs under solid waste management are being prepared for all the ULBs. d. Individual Household toilets have been sanctioned and applications are uploaded online on the Ministry’s Management Information System. e. The Annual Action Plan for 2015-16 has been forwarded to the MoUD, Government of India.

3. Atal Mission for Rejuvenation and Urban Transformation (AMRUT) Providing basic services (e.g. water supply, sewerage, urban transport) to households and build amenities in cities which will improve the quality of life for all, especially the poor and the disadvantaged is a national priority.

Learnings from the earlier Mission like JnNURM have shown that infrastructure creation should have a direct impact on the real needs of people. This means that the focus should be on infrastructure creation that has a direct link to provision of better services to people and this was explicitly stated by the President of India in his speeches to the Joint Sessions of the Parliament on 9 June, 2014 and 23 February, 2015. Therefore, 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).

Earlier, the MoUD used to give project-by-project sanctions. In the AMRUT this has been replaced by approval of the State Annual Action Plan once a year by the MoUD and the States has to give project sanctions and approval at their end. In this way, the AMRUT makes States equal partners in planning and implementation of projects.

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. ACTION TAKEN

a. being a city having 1 lakh plus population which is one of the criteria for selction under AMRUT has been selected under this mission. b. Accordingly the State Government has prepared the Service Level Inprovements Plans (SLIPs). c. The State Annual Action Plan (SAAP) is being prepared and shall be submitted to the Ministry shortly.

4. HOUSING FOR ALL – 2022 Housing for All has been now renamed to PMAY-Pradhan Mantri Awaas Yojana. This Scheme was launched on 25 th June 2015.This latest scheme launched by Hon’ble Prime Minister aims to construct 2 crores houses within these 7 years from 2015- 2022. The people who will be benefitted from this scheme will be homeless, poor living in urban areas belonging to EWS & LIG Category. The main beneficiaries of this scheme will be:- a. Women b. Scheduled castes c. Scheduled Tribes d. Economically Weaker Sections This mission will support the construction of houses having 30 sq metre carpet area with basic civic infrastructure. The houses constructed under this mission should be designed and constructed to meet the requirements of structural safety against earthquake, flood, cyclone, earthquake etc. confirming to the National Building Code and other relevant Bureau of Indian Standards (BIS) codes.

ACTION TAKEN a. Memorandum of Agreement 9MoA) has been signed with the Ministry and accordingly 07 ULBs existing in the State has been included in the programme. b. State Government has notified the State Level Sanctioning and Monitoring Committee (SLSMC). c. The State Level Affordable Housing & Habitat Policy has been finalized and submitted to the Ministry.

B. TOWN PLANNING ACTIVITIES.

Apart from the routine Town Planning Activity the Town Planning Section has undertaken:-

a. Drafting of the revised building regulations. The revised building regulation has been made ready after including the matters that are of relevance to the State. The bylaws are intended to cover the entire State and shall not be limited to the urban areas alone. (i.e. it shall be applicable in both the urban and rural areas). Water harvesting has been made compulsory for building having size of 5000 sft or more. The final draft copy has been submitted to the Land Revenue & Disaster Management. b. Revised City Development Plan for Gangtok . The revised CDP for Gangtok is being undertaken under the Capacity Building for Urban Development supported by the World Bank and is being prepared by CRISIL Infrastructure Advisory in consultation with UD&HD. The revision is being undertaken to assist the Urban Development & Housing Department in identifying the gaps in service delivery and inorder to help better manage urban spaces. It is proposed to access, revise and update the existing city development plans which forms the baseline for any planning exercise post JnNURM. This will help in ensuring that the plans are grounded with current situations and participatory in nature and address the current legal and systematic constraints.

C. INFRASTRUCTURE DEVELOPMENT With the accord of approval and sanction of the Government many developmental works in the form of infrastructure and basic services for the benefit of general public are carried out in all the notified urban areas of the State.

The works are sanctioned under different heads of accounts from the State Plan as well as Centrally Sponsored Schemes and other Flagship programmes of Government of India. Further to meet up the ever growing demands, funding agencies such as NABARD are focused. Now to meet up the infrastructural gaps, many major projects that have already been completed and are functional and to name a few, they are as under:- 1. Kanchenzonga shopping complex at Lall Bazaar, Gangtok. 2. Multilayer Car Parking with allied facilities at Namchi 3. Multilayer Car Parking with allied facilities at 4. Multilayer Car Parking with allied facilities at Mangan 5. Upgradation & beautification of various notified bazaars – MG Marg at Gangtok, Central Park at Namchi, Dentam Bazaar, Kaluk Bazaar, Rinchenpong Bazaar, Mangalbaria Bazaar, Maniram Bhangyang, Damthang, Namthang, Makha, Bazaar. 6. Butterfly footover bridge at Deorali. 7. Integrated Housing & Slum Development at old Slaughter House Area. 8. Integrated Housing & Slum development for notified slum areas at

Further many projects are underway and are at different stages of its completrion. 1. Construction of State of art entry gate at . 2. Improvement and upgradation of innercity roads. 3. Improvement in and around Mintokgang. 4. Upgradation & beautification of different notified bazaars – , Bazaar, rangpo, Mangan, Jorethang, and Geyzing. 5. Development of Green Lung Park at Jorethang 6. Bus & Truck terminus at Jorethang 7. Vegetable Market cum Livelihood Centre at Singtam. 8. Kissan Bazaar at Gangtok and Namchi.

D. ASIAN DEVELOPMENT BANK (ADB) assisted North Eastern Region Capital Cities Development & Investment Programme (NERCCDIP).

The UD&HD with the financial assistance of the Asian Development Bank is implementing the North Eastern Region Capital Cities Development & Investment Programme which has been designed to improve the urban infrastructure and promote reforms for sustainable, efficient and responsive urban service delivery in the capital city of Gangtok. The physical investments include the improvement in present system of drinking water supply lines by de-bunching the secondary distribution system and extending water supply to pheripheral areas with allied works in two tranches.

Tranche 1 & Tranche 2 at a total cost of Rs.47.00 crore and sanitation & Solid waste Management at a total cost of Rs.17.00 crore. Under the Gangtok Water Supply Scheme, the ADB has approved and sanctioned installation of 14000 household consumer water meters with an objective of preventing wastages and ensuring equitable distribution of drinking water to the consumers.

One of the significant components of Solid Waste management project is the construction of Scientific Sanitary landfill site at Martam, east and refurbishment of existing redundant mechanical compost plant at Martamlandfill site for the judicious operation of the new landfill site to ensure its life span.

E. MICROCITIES

A micro-city will be the smallest planning division of a city/town replicated with all the essential neighbourhood facilities in the bazaar already notified by the UD&HD. Greenfield development of micro cities would be a herculean task given the expenditure to be incurred in land acquisition and laying out of trunk infrastructure. Intervention to promote the concept of micro cites in the already notified bazaars of Sikkim would be the way forward. To start with, the Rural Marketing Centres which is in the lowest rung in the hierarchy of bazaars will be targeted for reinventing itself as micro city. Taking a design population ranging from 500 to 2000 inhabitants, the neighbourhood design concept would be replicated here. The micro-city may not be contiguous to the main city/town but will be a part of the whole of the nearest major urban centre.

The micro cities no matter how small will have some requirement of physical and social infrastructure catering to the congregation of people unlike the scattered settlement of rural hamlets that punctuate our landscape. This initiation would basically mean that the concept of Providing Urban Amenities in Rural Areas (PURA) propagated by Shri.A.P.J.Abdul Kalam, former President of India and seconded by Shri.Narendra Modi, Prime Minister of India as RURBAN approach would be implemented on ground. The micro cities will be having access to urban amenities required and recommended for the smallest planning zone of a larger city or town. This would definitely improve the quality of life of its residents and also arrest migration of the populace for the basic level infrastructure. Further each micro city will have character defined by its location on important transit corridors between major urban centres and also by its economic activity.

The micro city will however have access the services of a higher hierarchy falling under the economic influence zone of the bigger urban centre. Some of the parameters that would be an integral part of the micro cities are:

A. Physical Infrastructure i. Street lighting ii. Common parking facility iii. Access footpaths iv. Storm water drains v. Decentralized waste water treatment system (DEWATS) vi. Decentralized solid waste management vii. Tourist amenity centre

B. Social infrastructure i. Primary school ii. Sub-Primary Health Centre iii. Police Outpost/Police Station iv. Playground for multipurpose use v. Marketing centre with space for community assembly vi. Indoor fitness centre

In addition to the basic physical and social infrastructure, each micro city will be developed on a specific theme based on the strengths of the settlement. The various themes to be adopted are Eco-city, Organic-city, Handloom & handicraft city, Heritage city, Spices city, Riverside city, Green city, Silk route city, Art & Artifacts city, wine city & health city.

F. NATIONAL URBAN LIVELIHOODS MISSION (NULM) The Swarna Jayanti Shahari Rozgar Yozana (SJSRY) has been restructured as the National Urban Livelihoods Mission w.e.f 23 rd September 2013. However FY 2014-15 was the inception year for initiation of NULM with its varied components. The NULM is a centrally sponsored scheme under Ministry of Housing & Urban Poverty Alleviation. The Sikkim Urban Development Agency is the nodal agency for implementation of NULM in Sikkim. The scheme is currently being implemented in the 4 District headquarters viz; Mangan, , Namchi and Gangtok in the pattern of funding 90:10 (Centre:State) as before.

The NULM aims to reduce poverty and vulnerability of the urban poor households by enabling them to access gainful self-employment and skilled wage employment opportunities, resulting in an appreciable improvement in their livelihoods on a sustainable basis, through building strong grassroots level institutions of the poor. The mission also aims at providing shelter equipped with essential services to the urban homeless in a phased manner. In addition, the Mission would also address livelihood concerns of the urban street vendors by facilitating access to suitable spaces, institutional credit, social security and skills to the urban street vendors for accessing emerging market opportunities.

1.0. Components under NULM

1.1. SMID: Social Mobilisation and Institutional Development NULM envisages universal social mobilisation of urban poor into Self-Help Groups (SHGs) and their federations. At least one member from each urban poor household, preferably a woman, should be brought under the Self-Help Group network in a time-bound manner. These groups will serve as a support system for the poor, to meet their financial and social needs. Normally, women SHGs will be formed; however male SHGs of handicapped persons will be allowed to be formed.

For catalysing the formation of SHGs and to promote the financial inclusion of SHG members under NULM, Resource Organisations (ROs) will be engaged to facilitate the formation of SHGs, their development and bank-linkages, training and capacity building, and establishing links to ULBs and to mitigate social, occupational and residential vulnerabilities. The Sikkim Urban Development Agency has engaged Nehru Yuva Kendra Sangathan, Sikkim Zone as the resource organisation under this component.

1.2. CB&T: Capacity Building & Training A key objective of the Capacity Building and Training component is to transform the State Agencies in charge of urban poverty alleviation into providers of high quality technical assistance in the fields of urban livelihoods promotion and urban poverty alleviation. A State Mission Management Unit (SMMU), 2 City Mission management Units and 6 community organisers have been in operation w.e.f. 1 st January 2015. Sl.No Particulars Location No. of experts/ manpower 1 State Mission Urban Poverty Resource 1 Social Development Management Unit Centre, Gangtok. Specialist & 1 MIS specialist 2 City Mission UD&HD HQ, Gangtok 1 Asstt.Town Project Officer Management Unit & 1 Project Assistant (N/E) 3 City Mission UD&HD Circle office, 1 Asstt.Town Project Officer Management Unit Jorethang & 1 Project Assistant (N/E) 4 Community Attached with the ULB in 6 community organisers in Organiser Mangan, Gyalshing, Namchi the NULM towns & Gangtok

1.3. EST&P: Employment through Skills Training and Placement This component focuses on providing assistance for development / upgrading of the skills of the urban poor so as to enhance their capacity for self-employment and salaried employment. EST&P intends to provide training to the urban poor as per the skill demand from the market, so that they can set up self-employment ventures or secure salaried employment. EST&P will target the urban poor subjected to occupational vulnerability. No minimum or maximum educational qualification is prescribed for the selection of beneficiaries under EST&P.

The skill trade for which training is to be imparted is adopted from the Skill Gap Study of the North-East-Sikkim by the National Skill Development Corporation. A total 12 firms/agencies have been empanelled as Skill Training Providers (STPs) as per the guidelines. A total of 440 candidates are undergoing training in various trades as on December 2015.

Si. No. Name of the empanelled STPs 1 Future Career Academy, Bhanzang road, Namchi, South Sikkim

2 Aptech Computer Education, Gangtok

3 Sikkim Consultancy Centre, Gangtok

4 M/s SIMTEI Gangtok Sikkim

5 NIS Academy , Gangtok

6 IDENTITY by LATA’s Gangtok

7 ITFT Consultancy Pvt.Ltd, Chandigarh

8 JIS Foundation, Kolkata

9 Globsyn Crystal, Saltlake, Kolkata,

10 Edubridge Learning Pvt. Ltd, Mumbai, Maharashtra

11 S-E-Biz Infotech Ltd. Mohali Punjab.

12 M.Coms Media Marketing Pvt.Lts. Ghaziabad, Uttar Pradesh

1.4. SEP: Self Employment Program This component will focus on financial assistance to individuals/groups of urban poor for setting up gainful self-employment ventures/ micro-enterprises, suited to their skills, training, aptitude and local conditions. Under this component, setting up of both individual and group micro enterprises will be supported. The project cost ceiling will be Rs. 2.00 lakh for individual enterprises and Rs. 10 Lakh for group enterprises. Interest subsidy over and above 7 percent rate of interest will be available on a bank loan for setting up of an individual or group enterprise. No collateral is envisaged other than the microenterprise itself. Also, Interest Subsidy over and above 7 percent rate of interest will be applicable to all SHGs accessing bank loan. An additional 3 percent interest subvention will be provided to all women SHGs who repay their loan in time in all the cities.

The Master Circular for Restructuring of Swarna Jayanti Shahari Yojana as National Urban Livelihoods Mission was issued by the RBI vide RPCD.CO.GSSD.BC.No. 26/09.16.03/2014-15 dated August 14, 2014 and the same received from the Ministry on September 2014. The same was placed as agenda No.6 in the 43 rd SLBC Sikkim meeting on 19 th November 2014. The credit targets for banks under SHG bank linkage, SEP_I and SEP-G was received from the Ministry on February 2015. The targets were placed as agenda on the 44 th SLBC Sikkim meeting on 16 th February 2015. With the end of the financial year, the same targets allocated have been adopted for FY 2015-16. The Lead Bank has finally allocated the targets to various banks and forwarded the same to the SUDA on 10.04.2015. 1.5. SUSV: Support to Urban Street Vendors This component aims at skilling of street vendors, support micro-enterprise development, credit enablement and pro-vending urban planning along with supporting social security options for vulnerable groups such as women, SCs/STs and minorities. The street vendor survey is to be taken up as per the rules framed under The Street Vendors (Protection of Livelihood and regulation of Street Vending) Act 2014. Since the regulates the issue and control of street vendors through the Sikkim Trade License and Miscellaneous Provisions Rules 2011 framed in exercise of the powers conferred by section 8 of the Sikkim (Repeal and Miscellaneous Provision) Act, 1985, the rules to be framed under The Street Vendors (Protection of Livelihood and regulation of Street Vending) Act 2014 is still under review. Till such time, the SUDA will not be undertaking any works under this component.

1.6. SUH: Scheme of Shelter for Urban Homeless The main objective of Scheme of Shelter for Urban Homeless (SUH) is to provide shelter and all other essential services to the poorest of the poor segment of urban societies. The shelters should be permanent all-weather 24 x 7 shelters for the urban homeless. For every one lakh urban population, provisions should be made for permanent community shelters for a minimum of one hundred persons. Depending upon local conditions each shelter could cater to between 50 and 100 persons. It will be the responsibility of the State Governments to bring in land as their contribution. 1.7. Innovative & Special Projects: This component will focus on the promotion of novel initiatives in the form of innovative projects. These initiatives may be in the nature of pioneering efforts, aimed at catalysing sustainable approaches to urban livelihoods through Public, Private, Community Partnership (P- P-C-P), demonstrating a promising methodology or making a distinct impact on the urban poverty situation through scalable initiatives.

This component will be centrally administered and no state share provision will be needed. Special projects covering proposals under any of the components will be implemented directly by the National Mission Directorate. The proposals under this component are yet to be initiated.