78 NEW TOWNS SELECTED FOR INTEGRATED DEVELOPMENT

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RAJYA SABHA

78 new towns have been brought under the scheme for Integrated Development of Small and Medium Towns (IDSMT) during the year 2003-04, so far. This includes 13 towns of Maharashtra, 10 of Karnataka, 8 each in Arunachal Pradesh and Gujarat, 7 in Andhra Pradesh, 6 each in Rajasthan and Haryana, 5 in Chattisgarh, 4 each in Uttar Pradesh and Jammu & Kashmir, 2 each in Kerala and Himachal Pradesh and one town each in Nagaland, Orissa and Pondicherry. Further coverage of towns in 2003-04 will depend upon the availability of funds and the submission of Project reports duly approved by State level Sanctioning Committee.

Under the Integrated Development of Small and Medium Towns (IDSMT) scheme, 114 towns were covered during 2001-02 and 168 towns in the year 2002-03. The ratio of Central and State contribution of category A, B and C towns is as under: -

Category Project Central State HUDCO/Financial

Of Town Cost Assistance Share Institution Loan/

(Population) Maximum (Grant) Other Sources

A. (< 20,000) 100 48 32 20 (20%)

B. (20,000 – 50,000) 200 90 60 50 (25%)

C. (50,000 – 1,00,000) 350 150 100 100 (29%)

This information was given by the Minister of State for Urban Development & Poverty Alleviation, Shri Pon. Radhakrishnan in a written reply to the question of Shrimati N.P. Durga in Rajya Sabha today.