Madhya Pradesh has been honoured once again at the national platform. The State has received the honour for excellent implementation and management of Amrit Yojna. Minister for Urban Development Maya Singh received an incentive grant of Rs 33.45 cr towards the Incentive Award from Union Minister for Urban Development Venkaiah Naidu and Union Minister for Panchayat Rural Development Narendra Singh Tomar in the workshop ‘Indo-Sen’ on Friday at Vigyan Bhavan New Delhi. The workshop was inaugurated by the Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
Harda and Indore districts of Madhya Pradesh were awarded for better implementation of Sawachchata campaign. Collectors P Narhari and Shrikant Bhanoth of Indore and Harda districts respectively received the awards.
Maya Singh said that this is the occasion of double delight. We are delighted that the priority scheme of the Prime Minister is being implemented excellently in the state. Secondly, our work has been recognized at the national level and we have been honoured by the Central government. She further said that Madhya Pradesh under the leadership of the Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan is committed to implement every scheme of the union government. Moreover, the state is vigilant towards monitoring and implementation of schemes at ground level.
It may be mentioned that Madhya Pradesh has done exceedingly well since beginning in Amrit Yojna being implemented in 34 cities having population above one lakh. Madhya Pradesh stood on first position for sanctioning and management of overall schemes prepared for these cities. An amount of Rs 8279.4 crore has been sanctioned by the union government for overall scheme of Madhya Pradesh.
Works on 20 schemes costing Rs 1435.82 crore have been started in the first phase of Amrit Yojna in the state. Tender process is underway for 11 schemes costing Rs 1425.15 crore. Amrit Yojna has two components including water augmentation and sewage management. Under the 17 water augmentation sanctioned schemes, works related to 14 schemes costing Rs 560.24 crore have been started. Similarly under the 13 sewage management schemes, works on 6 schemes costing Rs 875.58 crore are underway.
Madhya Pradesh has received Incentive Award on the basis of 237.35 points earned by the state under the Amrit Yojna including 34 cities. A wide survey on the prescribed guidelines was conducted by the union government for implementation of Amrit Yojna. Main points of the survey were e-governance, constitution and professionalization of municipal cadre, augmenting double entry accounting, urban planning and city development plan, devolution of funds and functions, review of building bi-laws, municipal tax and fees improvement, collection of users charge besides energy and water audit.