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Government of India

Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs (CCEA)

17-January-2013 13:49 IST

The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs today approved the continuation of the Jawaharlal Nehru National Urban Renewal Mission (JNNURM) to sanction new projects and capacity building activities till 31st March, 2014 under Urban Infrastructure and Governance (UIG) and Urban Infrastructure Development Scheme for Small and Medium Towns (UIDSSMT) components of JNNURM.

New Urban infrastructure projects in States / UTs would be approved till 31st March, 2014, and taking up new capacity building activities in Urban Local Bodies (ULBs) and States has also been approved.

The proposal would enable provisioning of creation of urban infrastructure, particularly in small and medium towns, in all States and UTs. These projects would be subsumed in the next phase of the JNNURM for the 12th Five Year Plan.

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Continuation of JNNURM mandate permits sanctioning new urban infrastructure projects and capacity building under UIG and UIDSSMT. The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs approved continuation of the Jawaharlal Nehru National Urban Renewal Mission to permit sanctioning of new urban infrastructure projects and capacity building activities under the Urban Infrastructure and Governance and UIDSSMT components, authorising States and UTs and Urban Local Bodies to initiate such projects and measures, with approved projects to be integrated into the mission's next phase.