Urban Amenities - Rural Development - Lecture Slides, Slides of Human Development

Download Urban Amenities - Rural Development - Lecture Slides and more Slides Human Development in PDF only on Docsity! Provision of Urban Amenities in Rural Areas (PURA) Docsity.com 2 Vision of PURA President Dr. A.P.J. Kalam's address on eve of Republic Day - 2003 “Knowledge Powered PURA • Vision of transformation to a ‘developed’ India can only be realized if we launch a mega mission for empowering the rural people • Creation of physical, electronic and knowledge connectivities leading to economic connectivity in villages. Such a model of establishing a circular connectivity among the rural village complexes will accelerate rural development process by empowerment • PURA to be a business proposition economically viable and managed by entrepreneurs, local people and small scale industrialists • Government’s support should be in the form of empowering such management agencies, providing initial economic support and finding the right type of management structure and leaders to manage and maintain ” Docsity.com 5 5 NIRD Study on the Pilot Projects Independent evaluation by National Institute of Rural Development: • Convergence with on-going schemes was found missing • Highlighted need for consultation with wide spectrum of stakeholders for community and private sector participation • Suggested taking up PURA near a growth centre • Recommended inclusion of livelihoods aspects besides creation of connectivities • Plan should include efforts to improve linkages for improving all-round productivity across sectors in the rural cluster • Recommended restructuring of the scheme Docsity.com 6 6 Restructuring Process • Planning Commission suggested that financial outlay for a cluster may be to the tune of Rs. 70-80 crore and recommended that MoRD may obtain technical assistance from international agencies such as ADB, IFC, etc • Extensive consultations undertaken by MoRD with Planning Commission, Line Ministries, State Governments, Private Sector, Chambers of Commerce, etc during 2007-09 • Planning Commission approved a budget of Rs. 248 crore in the XI Plan for PURA scheme • Restructured scheme proposal was circulated to different Ministries and their views incorporated in preparing Cabinet Note • Cabinet approved restructured PURA scheme in January 2010 • Guidelines notified and scheme launched in April 2010 Docsity.com The Restructured PURA Scheme Docsity.com 10 What does PURA aim to achieve • Combining livelihoods creation with infrastructure development in rural areas • Simultaneous delivery of key infrastructure required in villages • Provision of funds for operations and maintenance of assets, along with capital investment for creation of assets • Standards of service delivery in rural areas almost at par to those set for urban areas • Enforcement of service standards through a legally binding arrangement 10 Docsity.com 11 Urban Amenities to be provided under PURA • Under MoRD Schemes (Existing and PURA): 1. Water and Sewerage 2. Village streets 3. Drainage 4. Solid Waste Mgt 5. Skill Development 6. Development of Economic Activity • Under Non MoRD Schemes: 7. Village Street Lighting 8. Telecom 9. Electricity, etc. • Add-on Projects i.e. Revenue earning projects (Indicative): 10. Village linked Tourism 11. Integrated Rural Hub, Rural Market 12. Agri – Common Services Centre, etc . 13. Any other rural economy based project 11 Schemes such as NRDWP, TSC, Special SGSY, etc will be converged in CAPEX provision of PURA Access schemes for dovetailing in PURA Docsity.com 12 What is a PURA Village • A Gram Panchayat / a cluster of geographically contiguous Gram Panchayats with a population of about 25,000 – 40,000 • Water supply – Piped water supply of 100 lpcd through individual household connections – Sustainability of water supply through water harvesting and water recharge activities • Sewerage – 100% sanitation coverage, with provision of sewerage connections to individual households • Solid waste management – 100% coverage of SWM services to individual households – Scientific treatment of solid waste • Village streets and drainage – 100% of village streets paved along with storm water drains, to cover entire rural populace – 100% of village streets to have street lighting • Increase in livelihood opportunities – Skills building program to cover 50% of candidates in BPL households – Assure placement for at least 75% of the trainees 12 Docsity.com 15 Concession Agreement • Between Gram Panchayat and Private Developer. Gram Panchayat would sanction the Private Developer to undertake development of infrastructure as its authorised agent •Will include minimum service level standards, performance guarantees, etc State Support Agreement • Tripartite Agreement between Central Govt, State Govt and Private Developer • State Govt. commitment for core facilities like roads, water and power to the PURA area Independent Engineer • To supervise and monitor performance during project life cycle • Cost of Independent Engineer financed under PURA scheme Project Agreements Docsity.com 16 Selection Process...1 • Through open competitive 2-stage bidding process • Expression of Interest from private sector entities experienced in community-oriented infrastructure projects and having – Minimum net worth of Rs. 25 crore – Experience of developing infrastructure projects with a cumulative value of at least Rs. 50 crore • Short listed bidders invited to pre-bid conference and issued the Request for Proposal (RfP) document • Each bidder required to submit consent from the Gram Panchayat(s) and State Government(s) concerned • Short listed bidders invited to submit bids consisting of their experience and concept plans • No financial bidding 16 Docsity.com 17 Selection Process...2 • Evaluation of Concept Plans on parameters of innovativeness, inclusivity, sustainability, convergence, etc • Evaluation of organisation’s experience focussed on: – Understanding of rural sector and demonstrated experience of working in the same – Ability and resources to engage with stakeholders to create a sustainable project – Experience in development/construction and management of community-oriented infrastructure projects – Ability to raise finances • Bidders to be ranked on basis of (experience score + concept plan score) – Bidder has to score at least 50% on the concept plan score • Detailed Project Report (DPR) as the basis of determining capital grant admissible which shall be evaluated by technical consultants • Inter-Ministerial Empowered Committee to approve cost and capital grant 17 Docsity.com 20 Future Planning...1 Under XI Plan • XI Plan provision of Rs. 248 crore allows for only 06-08 projects • With a view to increasing the bouquet of pilot projects and to glean experience from a wider sample of States, MoRD proposes further 10 PURA pilot projects under XI Plan • Wide interest and commitment evinced by number of stakeholders including elected representatives for more PURA projects • Proposal to Planning Commission for enhancing budget ceiling by Rs. 560 crore under XI Plan – advanced stage of consideration Docsity.com 21 Future Planning...2 Under XII Plan • The pilot projects will provide a framework for testing the principles on which the scheme is based. This will help in upscaling the scheme in future • Scaling up after experience of pilot phase during XII Plan • It is proposed to engage an Indian Institute of Management (IIM) which will do a concurrent evaluation of the PURA implementation for a period of 1 year and assist MoRD in preparing its proposal under the XII Plan. The evaluation would also enable improvements to the current project design Docsity.com