Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan called on Union Minister of Urban Development Venkaiah Naidu at his residence here on Sunday.
He was accompanied by Chief Secretary Anthony DeSa.
The Chief Minister urged the Union Minister to release Rs1,062 crore pending amount of development projects.
He informed the Union Minister that Rs347 crore were pending for projects sanctioned before March 31, 2012 under Jawaharlal Nehru National Urban Renewal Mission and Rs60 crore for projects sanctioned after that. Thus, Rs437 crore Central assistance were pending.
Central assistance of Rs698 crore was pending including Rs227 crore under UIDSSMT scheme, Rs264 crore sanctioned as general basic grant under 13th Finance Commission and performance grant worth Rs429 crore.
The Chief Minister said that the State Government had allotted 26 acres land and allocated Rs14 crore for establishment of National Institute of Governance and Town Management in Madhya Pradesh. Presently, this institute was being run in a rented building where trained teachers were imparting education in Hindi-related subjects. Other Hindi speaking States like Rajasthan, Uttar Pradesh, Uttaranchal, Bihar, Jharkhand and Chhattisgarh will also benefit from it.
He said the State was to receive Rs60 crore Central assistance for this institute and data centre was still pending. Therefore, the State was awaiting Rs1062 crore Central grant for diverse urban body projects.
Union Minister Naidu assured to make available Central assistance. He congratulated the Chief Minister for success in urban body elections in the state recently.