related to urban planning and development<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\nSynopsis<\/span><\/b>:\u00a0Completion of six years of implementation of three major flagship missions of the Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs \u2014 the Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana (Urban), Atal Mission for Rejuvenation and Urban Transformation (AMRUT) and Smart Cities Mission.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\nSpecial feature of all these missions<\/span><\/b>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n\n- Cooperative federalism<\/span><\/b>: Each of the missions delegated the powers to appraise and approve projects to the states. Earlier, every project was appraised and approved in Delhi, in the ministry. This major step of building trust between the states and the Centre yielded results.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n
- Constant monitoring for timely implementation<\/span><\/b>:\u00a0Through geo-tagging, the progress of construction of houses is being monitored and tied to the release of funds. For the first time,\u00a0ISRO is helping government departments in the use of space technology tools.\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
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\n- All missions use GIS-based tools extensively.\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n
- To speed up construction and to bring in the best of new technologies, a\u00a0<\/span>Global Housing Technology Challenge<\/span><\/b>\u00a0was launched and based on it, six\u00a0<\/span>Lighthouse Projects<\/span><\/b>\u00a0have been identified in six geo-climatic zones of the country.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
\n- Money from the Centre is being released through the\u00a0<\/span>Public Financial Management System<\/span><\/b>.\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
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\n- This electronic mode ensures that central funds seamlessly flow to the state treasury, improving efficiency and preventing fraud. This, along with Direct Benefit Transfer (DBT), has ensured that the possibility of any\u00a0middlemen duping the system and\u00a0the beneficiary have been\u00a0eliminated.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
PMAY(U)<\/span><\/b>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n\n- The Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana Urban (PMAY-U) aims to construct 1.2 crore houses and ensure \u201cHousing for All by 2022\u201d by providing financial assistance to the beneficiaries.\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n
- It has four components:\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
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\n- In-situ Slum Redevelopment (ISSR),\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n
- Affordable Housing in Partnership (AHP),\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n
- Beneficiary-led Individual house construction or Enhancement (BLC),\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n
- Credit-Linked Subsidy Scheme (CLSS).<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
\n- Women empowerment<\/span><\/b>: A house built under PMAY(U) is in the name of the woman of the household or joint ownership, and mandatorily has a toilet.\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
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\n- This encourages female empowerment and safeguards the dignity of the girl child.\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
\n- Aadhaar<\/span><\/b>\u00a0ensures that every beneficiary gets the house for which he\/she was registered. Biometrics ensures that. Hence, this helps the poor get their rightful government benefit.\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
AMRUT (Atal Mission for Rejuvenation and Urban Transformation)<\/span><\/b>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n\n- AMRUT addresses the weak civic infrastructure that plagues our urban local bodies (ULBs) \u2014 electricity, water supply, sewerage, etc.\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
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\n- States are willing to bear the excess expenditure. It covers 500 cities with a population of over one lakh.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n
- The mission spans the entire spectrum of\u00a0<\/span>city governance,<\/span><\/b>\u00a0with a focus on the reforms.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n