Parliament Question: Urban infrastructure development in Pune metropolitan region

GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF HOUSING AND URBAN AFFAIRS RAJYA SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1812 ANSWERED ON 09/03/2026 URBAN INFRASTRUCTURE DEVELOPMENT IN PUNE METROPOLITAN REGION

1812. DR. MEDHA VISHRAM KULKARNI:

Will the Minister of Housing and Urban Affairs be pleased to state:

(a) whether Government has examined proposals for strengthening urban governance under the Pune Metropolitan Region Development Authority and if so, the details thereof;

(b) whether Central assistance has been provided to Pune under AMRUT and Smart Cities Mission and if so, the details thereof;

(c) whether proposals for new municipal corporations in Pune district are under consideration and if so, the details thereof; and

(d) the measures taken to improve urban mobility, housing and civic infrastructure in the region? ANSWER THE MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF HOUSING AND URBAN AFFAIRS (SHRI TOKHAN SAHU)

(a) to (d): As per the provisions of Article 243W of the Constitution, in conjunction with the Seventh and Twelfth Schedules, matters relating to urban development fall within the purview of States/Urban Local Bodies (ULBs). However, Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs (MoHUA) provides programmatic support to the States/Union Territories (UTs) in their urban development agenda through its various flagship Missions/Programmes viz. Atal Mission for Rejuvenation & Urban Transformation 2.0 (AMRUT 2.0), Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana – Urban 2.0 (PMAY-U

2.0), Swachh Bharat Mission – Urban 2.0 (SBM – U 2.0), Smart Cities Mission (SCM), Urban Transport (UT), etc.

Through these Missions/Schemes, the Central Government approves the State Plans and provides the Central Assistance to the States. The projects are selected, designed, approved and executed by the States/UTs and the cities. The State Governments release funds to the cities/districts.

AMRUT: The Mission launched in the year 2015 in selected 500 cities (now 485 cities including 15 merged cities) and towns across the country was focused on development of basic infrastructure in urban areas, in the sectors of water supply, sewerage and septage management, etc. AMRUT 2.0 was launched in the year 2021 in all ULBs/ cities, enabling the cities to become 'self-reliant' and 'water secure'. Providing universal coverage of sewerage and septage management in 500 AMRUT cities is one of the major focus areas of AMRUT 2.0. Under the Mission, States/UTs are empowered to select, appraise, prioritize and implement projects.

Under the AMRUT, the State of Maharashtra has undertaken 10 projects in the Pune Metropolitan Region (Pune and Pimpri Chinchwad) with a total cost of ₹636.83 crore, which includes 03 water supply projects worth ₹479.99 crore, one sewerage/septage management project worth ₹147.84 crore, and 06 green space & park projects worth ₹9 crore. Under AMRUT 2.0 so far, 09 projects worth ₹2,491.88 crore have been approved in Pune Metropolitan Region {Pune, Pimpri Chinchwad and Rajgurunagar (Khed) ULBs} which include 03 water supply projects worth ₹421.26 crore, 04 sewerage/septage management projects worth ₹1,435.16 crore and 02 water body rejuvenation projects worth ₹635.46 crore.

…2/--2- Under AMRUT and AMRUT 2.0, funds are allocated/released/sanctioned to the States/UTs and not City/ULBs wise. Under AMRUT, against the committed Central Assistance (CA) of ₹3,534.08 crore for projects, ₹3,356.19 crore has been released to the State. Under AMRUT 2.0, against the committed CA of ₹9,310 crore for projects, ₹2,977.85 crore has been released/sanctioned to the State so far.

SCM: Under the Mission, Central financial assistance of Rs. 490 Cr has been released for Pune smart city and the same has been utilised by the city. The Mission has come to end on 31.03.2025 and there is no budgetary provision post its closure. The cities under SCM are being developed based on Smart City Proposals (SCPs) received from States/UTs, across various sectors, viz., smart mobility, Water, Sanitation, Hygiene (WASH), smart governance, smart energy, environment, etc.

SBM-U: The mission is being implemented in the ULBs to strengthen the sanitation infrastructure. Sanitation is a state subject. It is the responsibility of States/ULBs to plan, design and execute sanitation projects in the urban areas of the concerned States/UTs. Hence, specific details in respect of municipal corporations in Pune district are not maintained at Ministry level.

Under SBM-U 2.0 (2021-2026), Rs.3,758.50 crores have been allocated to State of Maharashtra, out of which action plan having central share of Rs.3,390.37 crores have been approved.

Details of all the projects under SBM-U reported by State of Maharashtra are available at SBM- U, MoHUA portal https://sbmurban.org/swachh-bharat-mission-progress.

PMAY-U 2.0: ‘Land’ and ‘Colonization’ are State subjects. Therefore, schemes related to housing for their citizens are implemented by States/UTs. However, MoHUA supplements the efforts of States/UTs, by providing Central Assistance for pucca houses to eligible urban beneficiaries across the country under PMAY-U since 25.06.2015.

Based on the learnings from the experiences of implementation of PMAY-U, MoHUA has revamped the scheme and launched PMAY-U 2.0 ‘Housing for All’ Mission with effect from

01.09.2024 for implementation in urban areas across the country to construct, purchase and rent a house by eligible beneficiaries at affordable cost, for one crore additional eligible beneficiaries through four verticals i.e., Beneficiary Led Construction (BLC), Affordable Housing in Partnership (AHP), Affordable Rental Housing (ARH) and Interest Subsidy Scheme (ISS).

PMAY-U 2.0 guidelines and unified web-portal for submitting the online applications can be

accessed through https://pmay-urban.gov.in.

Urban Transport: The following metro projects in Pune Metropolitan Region have been

sanctioned by Union Government as a measure to improve the urban mobility:

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Name of Project Sanctioned year No.

1 Pune Metro Rail Project Phase-1 (33.28 km) December, 2016 Pune Metro Line III- PPP project under State sector 2 February, 2018 (23.203 km) Pune Metro Rail Project Corridor 1A: Pimpri- 3 October, 2023 Chinchwad (P.C.M.C) to Nigdi (4.413 km) Pune Metro Rail Project extension Line from 4 September, 2024 Swargate to Katraj (5.464 km) Pune Metro Rail Project Phase-2: Vanaz to 5 Chandani Chowk & Ramwadi to Wagholi / July, 2025 Vitthalwadi (12.75 km) Pune Metro Rail Project Phase-2, Line-4: Kharadi– 6 Hadapsar-Swargate -Khadakwasala with spur line December, 2025 of Nal Stop-Warje-Manik Baug (31.63 Km) *****