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State Urban Development Agency

Under Department of Urban Development & Municipal AffairsGovernment of West Bengal

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Schemes

 

Objective: To improve the quality of life especially for urban poor and disadvantaged by way of providing basic services.
 
Components: Water Supply, Sewerage & Septage Management, Storm Water Drainage, Urban Transport, Green Space Development.
 
Coverage area: 55 towns of West Bengal having above 1 lakh population.
 
Activities: Out of total 479 several Infrastructure Development Projects, 43 Projects are for Water Supply, 7 for Drainage, 3 for Sewerage & Septage Management, 2 for Non Motorized Transport Management and 424 for Green Space Development.
 
 
 
 

 

 

Overview : Government of India launched HFA (U),a Mission Mode Programme on 25th June, 2015. It is a seven year programme which envisages provision of Housing to all EWS and LIG category families by 2022.
 
Coverage : All the 125 ULBs and Development Authorities in the State are covered under this programme from 2015-16 with the concurrence of Government of India.
 
Criteria for selecting beneficiaries :
  • Beneficiaries must belong to Economically Weaker Sections (EWS) category
  • Beneficiaries must not own “Pucca” house anywhere in India
  • Beneficiaries must have ownership of the land, where construction is proposed.
PMAY Verticals : The Mission is being implemented through four verticals giving option to beneficiaries. These four verticals are as below:
  • In-situ Slum rehabilitation of Slum Dwellers with participation of private developers using land as a resource (ISSR)
  • Promotion of Affordable Housing for weaker section through credit linked subsidy (CLSS)
  • Affordable Housing in Partnership with Public & Private sectors (AHP)
  • Subsidy for beneficiary-led individual house construction (BLC)
Amongst the above-mentioned verticals, as per the Demand Survey, the major focus is on beneficiary-led individual house construction (BLC-New). However, simultaneously new projects are being taken up for AHP. Credit Linked Subsidy is implemented as Central Sector Scheme. HUDCO & NHB are acting as Central Nodal Agencies to channelise subsidy to the Primary Lending Institution and for monitoring the Progress.
 
Implementation and Project Management :
 
The Mission supports construction of Houses upto 30 Sq. Mtr Carpet area ( Model layout Plan prepared by MEDte, Govt. of West Bengal) with basic civic infrastructure and it conforms to the standards as National Building Code.SUDA being the State Level Nodal Agency , it monitors regular progress and provide supports to the ULBs through capacity building measures thereby ensuring effective implementation. Municipal Engineering Directorate provides technical support and supervision with regard to Construction of Dwelling Units and Infrastructure. State level technical cell (SLTC) is in position comprising of ten professionals who are providing support to the ULBs and SUDA. Third Party Quality Monitoring Agency (TPQMA) has been engaged to ensure quality of construction under the above verticals except CLSS.
 
Fund Sharing :  Total Dwelling Unit Cost is Rs. 3.68 Lakh (Rs. 4.41 Lakh for Hilly Areas) Ministry of Housing & Urban Affairs (MoHUA), Govt. of India is providing Rs.1.5 lakh for BLC & AHP. Government of West Bengal is providing Rs.1.93 lakhs as State Share to the ULBs having less than 5 Lakh Population, Rs. 1.83 lakh to the ULBs having more than 5 Lakh Population and Rs.2.66 lakh for the ULBs in Hilly Areas. Moreover, the Beneficiary Contribution is Rs.0.25 lakh for all ULBs except ULBs having population more than 5 lakhs ( Rs.0.35 Lakh) Apart from these, 5% of the Total project Cost is provided by the State and rest 5% by the ULBs for infrastructure Development.
 
Physical Progress : 264 BLC projects have been taken up till date comprising of 230,013 Dwelling Units . As of Date total of 1,07,120 Dwelling Units have been grounded out of which 61,635 are completed and occupied. As per the mandate of Govt. of India all the grounded Dwelling Units are Geo-tagged.
 
Financial Progress : Out of Rs.3687.15 Crore received as Central & State Share till date Rs. 3446.98 Crore have already been released to the ULBs.

 

 

Objective: To improve the quality of life of urban poor by way of organising the poor women under one umbrella and providing livelihood support to them & urban youth.
 
Components:Social Mobilization & Institutional Development; Capacity Building & Training; Employment through Skills Training & Placement; Self Employment Programme; Support to Urban Street Vendors; Shelter for the Urban Homeless; and Innovative & Special Projects.
 
Coverage area: 128 Urban Local Bodies of West Bengal.
 
Activities: Total 89851 nos of SHGs involving 1061576 urban poor women have been organized through 2871 registered Area Level Federation & 121 City Level Federations. At total of 88 City Livelihood Centers are operational providing day to day livelihood support to the urban youth. 3184 Individual Entrepreneurs and 79 Group Entrepreneurs started their ventures. 57516 SHGs have been credit linked through disbursement of 1998.93Cr. 116865 urban youth have been provided several Skill Development Trainings. 27 Shelter for Urban Homeless are under construction & 72 units are functional.
1,86,492 Number of Urban Street Vendors received loan (Rs. 10,000/20,000/50,000) under PM SVANidhi scheme and 84,197 Street Vendors have been profiled under SVANidhi se Samriddhi scheme.

 

 

This programme has been initiated in March 2014 in 89 ULBs having population 50,000 and above.
  • Aim – To improve health of the urban population particularly the slum dwellers and other vulnerable sections by facilitating equitable access to quality health care with active involvement of ULBs.
  • The programme is being implemented at the state level jointly by Dept of Health and Family Welfare and Dept of UD & MA.
  • The primary objective of the mission is to provide preventive, promotive and curative through Urban Primary Health Centres (1 UPHC for 50,000- 60,000 population) and Urban Community Health Centres (1 UCHC for population above 5 lakhs).
  • The components include – OPD counselling and treatment, basic lab diagnosis, awareness generation, drug/contraceptive dispensing, delivery of RCH services, counselling, screening and treatment of communicable and non communicable disease.
 
 
 
 
 
 

 

 

Objective: To improve the quality of life especially for urban poor and dis-advantaged by way of proper arrangement of Sanitation and Solid Waste Management components.
 
Components: Construction of Individual House Hold latrine (IHHL), Community Toilet (CT) & Public Toilet (PT), and Integrated Solid Waste Management.
 
Coverage area: 125 towns of West Bengal.
 
Activities: out of total 421490 nos of IHHL construction of 282542 nos IHHL have been completed. Open Defecation Free (ODF) status achieved by 70 towns in 6 Districts, remaining 52 towns of 17 Districts to be declared as ODF shortly. 694 nos of Community Toilet and 267 nos of Public Toilets are under construction. Integrated Solid Waste Management Projects have been initiated in 29 towns. Other towns are being taken up phase by phase as per availability of land.

 

 

State Urban Development Agency (SUDA) under Municipal Affairs Department has been acting as “State Level Nodal Agency” for implementation of National Social Assistance Programme in terms of G.O. No. 4799-PN/P/II/3F-9/2006 dated 28th November,2008 issued by Panchayat & Rural Development Department, Govt. of West Bengal.
 
Sl. No Scheme Eligibility criteria
1 Indira Gandhi National Widow Pension Scheme (IGNWPS) BPL widows in the age group of 40-79 Years ;Rate of assistance : Rs. 600/- per month
2 Indira Gandhi National Disability Pension Scheme (IGNDPS) BPL persons with severe or multiple disabilities in the age group of 18-79 Years Rate of assistance : Rs. 600/- per month
3 Indira Gandhi National Old Age Pension Scheme (IGNOAPS) (i) BPL persons of age 60-79 years (excluding BPL widows and BPL disabled persons) Rate of assistance : Rs. 400/- per month
(ii) BPL persons of 80 years and above;Rate of assistance : Rs. 1000/- per month
4 National Family Benefit Scheme (NFBS) The death of “primary bread winner” (male or female) of a BPL household should have occurred while he or she is in the age group of 18-59 years Rate of assistance : Rs. 40000/- lumpsum
STATUS OF NSAP : AT A GLANCE As on 18.12.2018
Sl No. ITEM IGNOAPS IGNWPS IGNDPS NFBS
1. Total No. of Beneficiaries as on 1.1.2018 294421 239321 17145 2987(46308 since inception)
  TOTAL : 550887 All through Bank Account
2 a Bank 505604 [91.78%]
b Post Office Account 42363 [7.69%]
c Money Order 2920 [0.53%]

 

 

 As per Govt of India guidelines the process of Smart City Mission was initiated in 2015 by this Department. State Level High Powered Steering Committee (HPSC) has been constituted under the chairmanship of the Chief Secretary, Govt. of West Bengal. New Town Kolkata was selected as one of the Fast Track Cities through the "City Challenge" under the Smart City Mission program in 2016.
 
 As per Notification vide Memo No: 2203-T&CP/C-2/1P-05/2018 dated 27.08.2018 of this Department the Special Purpose Vehicle (SPV) in the name and style of New Town Kolkata Green Smart City Corporation Limited has been formed with the given criteria and component as mentioned in the said notification. Various projects as per Smart city proposal and resolution of the board meeting are going on under the said SPV.
 
 

 

 

The Ministry of Food Processing Industries has launched the scheme of modernization of abattoirs during 2008 – 09. The scheme has been scaled up during the 12th Five Year Plan to cover setting up new and modernization of existing abattoirs for first two years of the 12th Five Year Plan i.e. 2012 – 13 and 2013 – 14.
 
A scheme of setting up modern abattoir under 5 ULBs viz. Krishnagar, Ranaghat, Nabadwip, Bhatpara and Contai are being approved with the objective to provide facility of scientific slaughtering and better hygienic environment. The scheme has envisaged setting up an abattoir for a capacity of slaughtering small animals, namely goat and sheep and or ig animal like Buffalos to cater the demand of local people of the municipality and supply to adjoining areas.
 
The scheme is to provide civil construction of open lairage, covered lairage with truss structure, slaughtering unit, blood processing plant, effluent treatment plant, deep tube well etc. and necessary electro mechanical units. Now, Abattoirs at four towns viz. Krishnagar, Ranaghat, Bhatpara and Contai are being constructed by the respective ULBs under technical guidance of Municipal Engineering Directorate.

 

 

Backward Regions Grant Fund (BRGF) is a Government of India programme designed to redress regional imbalances in development, bridge critical gaps in local infrastructure, and other development requirements. The programme was launched in February, 2007 funded by Government of India (GoI). Out of 6 (Purulia, Raghunathpur, Bishnupur, Sonamukhi, Kharagpur & Dhupguri) approved projects, Government of India provided 100% funding for 5 projects & the rest one projects (Dhupguri) is totally funded by Government of West Bengal. BRGF projects were sanctioned for water supply schemes of 6 towns to ensure water supply to the urban populace living in arid regions and in the western part of the State.
 
All the projects are in advance stages of completion.