MPPSC Assistant Town Planner cheat sheet

Urban Development Schemes and Governance

• AMRUT (2015) targets water supply, sewerage, drainage, urban transport and green spaces in 500 cities; AMRUT 2.0 extends to water security and circular economy.

• Smart Cities Mission (2015) funds area-based development and pan-city ICT solutions; selection is by city challenge competition, not population alone.

• PMAY-Urban provides central assistance for affordable housing; earlier components were in-situ slum rehabilitation, credit-linked subsidy and beneficiary-led construction.

• Swachh Bharat Mission-Urban 2.0 (2021) targets garbage-free cities, legacy dumpsite remediation and faecal sludge management.

• Urban local body revenue sources: property tax, water and sewerage charges, user fees, assigned state taxes, grants under Finance Commission and central schemes.

• Municipal bonds and PPP/concession models finance urban infrastructure; credit rating of ULBs is a precondition for issuing bonds.

• HRIDAY (2015) conserved heritage cities; it was subsumed into the Smart Cities framework, while the National Urban Innovation approach addresses capacity building.

• Census 2011 classifies a statutory town as one with a municipality, corporation or notified town area committee, and a census town by population above 5,000, density above 400 per sq km and at least 75 percent male non-agricultural workers.