Urban Infrastructure Development Scheme for Satellite Towns (UIDSST)

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Aim

  • launched in 2009 for the provision of basic infrastructure in satellite towns around mega cities, such as Delhi, Hyderabad and Bengaluru, among others

  • the scheme was conceived to reduce the burden on cities, by decentralising activities and developing satellite towns

  • it was approved as a sub component of the then UPA's Jawaharlal Nehru National Urban Renewal Mission

  • Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs (MoHUA) piloted the scheme

  • Included projects related to solid waste management and improvement of sewerage and drainage systems

Outcome

six years after the scheme lapsed in March 2018, only 41.17 percent of the 17 sanctioned projects have been completed.

Issues

  • slow progress in the implementation of the scheme
  • unable to acquire for the project
  • poor monitoring by the ministry
  • delays in submission of fund utilisation certificates by states
  • lack of impact assessment

Global examples

  • The development of satellite cities/townships has shown good results in countries like the USA, France and UK during the sixties and seventies.
  • The development of satellite cities around 35 million plus cities will help in achieving greater efficiency in the overall hierarchy of human settlements both at national and regional level. Print
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