Jawaharlal Nehru National Urban Renewal Mission

Jawaharlal Nehru National Urban Renewal Mission is a massive city modernisation scheme launched by Government of India. It envisages a total investment of over $20 billion over seven years. It is named after Jawaharlal Nehru, the first prime minister of independent India. The scheme was officially inaugurated by the prime minister, Manmohan Singh on 3 December 2005 as a programme meant to improve the quality of life and infrastructure in the cities. It has two sub-missions:

the Sub-Mission for Urban Infrastructure and Governance administered by the Ministry of Urban Development, with a focus on water supply and sanitation, solid waste management, road network, urban transport and redevelopment of old city areas.

the Sub-Mission for Basic Services to the Urban Poor administered by the Ministry of Housing and Urban Poverty Alleviation with a focus on integrated development of slums. brought under the MTC-JnNURM collaboration]]

Implementation mechanism

The funds are channeled through state-level agencies, where grants from the Central and State governments are pooled and passed on as grants or soft loans to cities provided that they have prepared city development strategies and that the investments identified fit within these strategies. The mission emphasizes transparency and accountability. It supports public-private partnerships and cost recovery to make service providers financially self-sustaining. Capacity building is also included in the mission to assist urban local bodies to prepare strategies and projects.

Eligibility

A total of 65 cities are eligible (up from 63 initially), provided that they have elected bodies in position. 13 specific reforms are mandatory for states and municipalities before funds can be accessed. At the municipal level, they include the adoption of modern accounting systems, improvements in property tax collection, better cost recovery by utilities and targeting of investments to the poor. At the state level, they include the implementation of decentralisation measures, as well as the enactment of laws for community participation and public disclosure.

City level reforms. As of 2009, Visakhapatnam had the distinction of having accomplished all the reforms pertaining to water supply and sanitation. Other proactive cities to have made significant progress in implementation of reforms are Vijayawada, Chennai, Coimbatore, Greater Mumbai, Hyderabad and Madurai.

Sanctioning of projects. As of 2009, 415 projects requiring an investment of Rs. 440 billion (about US$10bn), equivalent to half the total envisaged program amount, have been approved. Among the states, Maharashtra has been sanctioned the maximum number of projects under the mission. Among cities, Bangalore has had the highest number of approved projects.

See also

Vikas yojna

Accredited Social Health Activist

Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act

References

External links

JNNURM Homepage

JNNURM information from the Centre for Civil Society, New Delhi

indiaurbanportal-JNNURM

Category:Government of India Category:Urban planning in India Category:Manmohan Singh administration