The government has rewarded 19 States and the Union Territory of Chandigarh on Friday with performance incentive for promoting urban reforms under Atal Mission for Rejuvenation and Urban Transformation (AMRUT) during 2015-16.
Among the states Tamil Nadu topped the list of performing States, Chandigarh headed the list of Union Territories. The winners were felicitated by Minister of Urban Development M.Venkaiah Naidu with mementoes and cheques during INDOSAN Conference in New Delhi.
“The focus of reforms during 2015-16 was on e-governance, Double Entry Accounting, collection of user charges and municipal taxes, water and energy audit, single window clearences and the focus of reforms during 2016-17 is online building permissions in all the 53 million plus cities, replacement of old water pumpsets with energy efficient ones, reuse of treated water and urban flooding mitigation planning,” Naidu said.
The government has earmarked Rs.400 crore for reform incentive during 2015-16. 23 States/UTs applied to the Ministry of Urban Development. After verification of claims States/UT scoring 70 per cent marks were identified for giving reform incentive.
Haryana, Jammu & Kashmir and A & N Islands could not qualify.
