Operational Guidelines for SBM 2.0 and AMRUT 2.0

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GS 2: Government policies and interventions for development in various sectors and issues arising out of their design and implementation.

Recently, Ministry of Housing & Urban Affairs has launched the SBM 2.0, and AMRUT 2.0 guidelines.

SBM has achieved sustainable sanitation in over 3,300 cities and over 950 cities have been certified ODF+ and ODF++ respectively.
Also, 9 cities have been certified Water+, which entails treatment of wastewater and its optimum reuse.
The thrust on scientific waste management is evident with waste processing in India going up by over four times from 18% in 2014 to 70% today.
This has been aided through 100% door-to-door waste collection in 97% wards and source segregation of waste being practised by citizens in letter and spirit across 85% wards.
The active participation of 20 crore citizens (comprising over 50% of India’s urban population) in the program has successfully transformed the Mission into a people’s movement, a true Jan Andolan.

Under AMRUT 2.0, cities will submit City Water Balance Plans (CWBPs) online on a robust Mission portal of MoHUA.
- CWBPs will give the status of water availability, water demand and supply in the city culminating in gaps in services.
With target of filling theses gaps projects will be formulated in from of City Water Action Plan.
- These plans will be aggregated at State level in form of State Water Action Plan (SWAP).
Mission mandates implementation of 10% worth of funds allocated to million plus cities in PPP mode.

Pey Jal Survekshan, Information, Education & Communication (IEC), Technology sub-Mission and Capacity Building are also key components of Mission.
Pey Jal Survekshan will assess quality and quantity of water supplied to the citizens and will instill healthy competition among cities to provide better water related services to the citizens.
IEC campaign targets to convert water conservation into a Jan Aandolan. Start-ups in water sector will also be encouraged through Technology sub-Mission.
Capacity building program shall impart training to elected representatives, Municipal functionaries and larger audience comprising contractors, managers, plumbers, plant operators, workmen, consultants, students, women, and citizens.

Project funds will be released in three instalments of 20:40:40.
Implementation of reforms on Property Tax and user charges is mandatory to get uninterrupted funding from third year onwards.
Cities will also submit City Aquifer Management Plans with focus on maintaining positive ground water balance in aquifers.
Mission management will be paperless and on a complete online platform.
Under the gig economy model, Mission will co-opt women and youth for concurrent feedbacks about its progress.

Reducing non-revenue water to below 20%;
recycle of treated used water to meet at least 20% of total city water demand and 40% for industrial water demand at State level;
24×7 water supply with ‘Drink from tap’ facility; rejuvenation of water bodies;
GIS based master plans of the cities & efficient town planning;
credit rating of cities and raising funds through issuance of municipal bonds.