The Union Ministry of Urban Development today approved an investment of Rs. 4,404 crores into augmenting the water supply, sewerage networks, drainage, urban transport and public and green spaces in urban areas in eight States and Union Territories under the Atal Mission for Rejuvenation and Urban Transformation (AMRUT) for the current financial year.
Telangana received Rs. 555 crores.
An inter-ministerial Apex Committee chaired by Secretary (Urban Development) Rajiv Gauba approved the State Level Annual Action Plan (SAAP) for these States and UTs.
Under AMRUT, a total Central assistance of Rs. 50,000 crores for the five-year mission period has been allocated to the States/UTs based on the urban population and the number of statutory Urban Local Bodies in each State/UT.
50% of the project cost will be borne by the Centre if the population of a target city is less than 10 lakhs. Only one-third of the project cost will be borne by the Union government if the population is more than 10 lakhs in a city. 90% of the project cost will be borne by the Union government for hilly and North-Eastern States. And the entire project cost will be borne by the Centre for UTs.
The rest of the cost is to be borne by the States, UTs and ULBs.
SAAP is formulated by the States and UTs themselves as per their requirements.
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