6 Years of Urban Transformation: Infra in Numbers

• 26 Jun 2021

The Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs (MoHUA) recently commemorated 6 years of the three transformative Urban Missions - Smart Cities Mission (SCM), Atal Mission for Urban Rejuvenation and Urban Transformation (AMRUT) and Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana-Urban (PMAY-U), which were launched by Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi, on 25th June, 2015.

Highlights of Achievements

• 1.12 crore houses sanctioned and over 83 lakh houses grounded under PMAY-U
• 16 lakh families benefitted from PMAY-U’s Credit Linked Subsidy Scheme (CLSS)
• Government investment under PMAY-U created around 689 crore person days of employment translating into around 246 lakh jobs
• Affordable Rental Housing Complexes scheme under PMAY-U for urban migrants/ poor has elicited remarkable response on ground
• So far, 105 lakh household water tap connections and 78 lakh sewer/ sepatage connections provided under AMRUT Mission
• 88 lakh streetlights replaced with energy efficient LED lights leading to energy savings of 193 crore units
• 84.6 lakh tons carbon footprint reduced through various initiatives under AMRUT, as per TERI
• 70 cities have developed and operationalised Integrated Command and Control Centres (ICCCs) under Smart Cities Mission
• 310 Smart Road projects, 57 Smart Solar Projects and 101 Smart Water Projects completed