Ministry Of Housing & Urban Affairs Shares Functioning Of Municipal Bodies
Urban Development is a State subject. However, Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs (MoHUA) facilitates and assists the States/Union Territories (UTs) through its flagship Missions/ Schemes – Atal Mission for Rejuvenation and Urban Transformation 2.0 (AMRUT 2.0), Smart Cities Mission (SCM), Swachh Bharat Mission-Urban 2.0 (SBM-U 2.0), Deendayal Antyodaya Yojana-National Urban Livelihoods Mission (DAY-NULM), Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana-Urban (PMAY-U) and Urban Transport (UT) projects. The Schemes are implemented in accordance with the Mission / Scheme guidelines and funds are released to the State/ UT Governments and not to Urban Local Bodies (ULBs).
Capacity building is one of the important components under Atal Mission for Rejuvenation and Urban Transformation (AMRUT) launched in June, 2015 and AMRUT 2.0 launched in October, 2021 consisting of individual and institutional capacity building. Institutional arrangements that support Missions implementation have been funded from State Administrative & Office Expense (A&OE) funds, including ongoing Comprehensive Capacity Building Programme (CCBP). States have been encouraged to take up extensive Capacity Building activities for their Urban Local Bodies (ULBs) to achieve urban reforms and implement projects in Mission mode. Under the AMRUT mission target of training 45,000 municipal functionaries, around 57,134 municipal functionaries have been given Capacity Building trainings. 11,101 municipal functionaries and elected representatives have been trained under AMRUT 2.0.
In addition, SBM-U has developed a dedicated National Capacity Building Framework for Garbage Free Cities under SBM-U 2.0. The framework covers all aspects of administrative and technical capacity building and skill development projects under SBM-U 2.0. There are multiple expert agencies/ institutions which are empanelled and on boarded by MoHUA for undertaking specific Capacity Building activities at the State/UT and City level.