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INDIAWATER FOR ALL
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Present Status
Coverage of water is 89% in urbanareas and 76% in rural areas
43% of the gross sown area is irrigatedNational water policy in 2002
Key initiatives- JNNURM and BharatNirman
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Water and the Urban Renewal Mission
285 million people live in the urbanareasBy the year 2021 about 40 percent of the population will live in urban areasSelection of 63 cities made of varioussizes
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Urban Renewal Mission-Objectives
Encourage ReformsFast track planned developmentEfficiency in urban infrastructure andservice delivery mechanisms
Community participation Accountability of ULBs and parastatal
agencies to citizens
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Financing the Urban Renewal Mission
Fund requirement for these 63 cities
works out to Rs. 1205.36 billion over a7 year period beginning with 2005-06
Annual requirement of Rs. 172.19 billion50-90 percent as grant to ULBs
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Urban Renewal Mission-Coverage
Assistance for capacity buildingPreparation of CDP, DPRs, etc.
Community Participation, information,education and communicationEnhance resource availabilityEnhance commercial viability of projectsEnsure bankability of projects
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Urban Renewal Mission and reforms
Modern accrual based accountingsystem
E-governance- GIS, MISReform of property tax
Reasonable user chargesProvision of basic services to urban
poor
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UIDSSMT and AUWSP
To cover small towns with populationbelow 20,000 as per census
565 towns covered either completely orpartiallySince inception it has covered 1244schemes with outlay of Rs. 18218.3million
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Bharat Nirman and Irrigation
Create irrigation potential of 10 millionhectares in a period of 4 years starting
from 2005-06To restore and utilize 10 lakh hectaresof irrigation potential throughextension, renovation, modernizationand command area development
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Bharat Nirman and Rural Water Supply
To cover 55,067 partially coveredand uncovered habitations
Provide additional coverage to280,000 habitations that haveslipped back from full coverageProvide potable water in 2,16,968
villages affected by poor water
quality
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Constraints
Rapid rate of urbanizationLack of integrated planned development
Levy of user charges and political willPaucity of fundsInadequate capacity of local institutionsLow level of stakeholder participation andaccountability
Water use efficiency and sustainability