PARAMETERS FOR SELECTING CITIES UNDER JNNURM.

Under Urban Infrastructure & Governance (UIG) of Jawaharlal Nehru National Urban  Renewal Mission (JNNURM), the Cities/Urban Agglomeration (UAs) have been selected on the basis of population as per census 2001.   (Details of cities is annexed)  and  as per norms/criteria mentioned below:-

Cities/UAs with 4 million plus population as per 2001 Census            :    7

Cities/UAs with 1 million plus but less than 4 million population

As per 2001 Census                                                                   :  28

Select Cities/UAs with less than 1 million population as per

2001 census (State Capitals and Other cities/UAs of

Religious/historic and touristic importance)                      :   30

The Government has decided to restrict the number of cities covered under UIG of JNNURM to around 60.  65 cities have been covered under UIG component of JNNURM.   All other cities and towns are covered under Urban Infrastructure Development Scheme for Small and Medium Towns (UIDSSMT) of JNNURM.

LIST OF CITIES INCLUDED IN JNNURM

This information was given by Shri Saugata Roy, Minister of State, Urban Development  in reply to a question by Shri Bhagirathi Majhi in Rajya Sabha Today.

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