From these, 756 urban local bodies(Ulbs) have been identified as water stressed.
Singh alongwith its Members and
senior officials today met with the representatives of the Urban Local Bodies(Ulbs) of Rajasthan.
In Maharashtra, the 18 functions mentioned under Schedule 12
of the constitution were devolved to Urban Local Bodies(Ulbs) in 1994.
The voluntary NGOs may
also be involved by State governments/Ulbs in building awareness about the scheme among the urban poor.
To promote the reuse of treated waste water, Ulbs can ensure dual piping systems
in all public and commercial buildings.
Currently 1,502 urban local bodies(Ulbs) across India have enrolled in the programme
where work of 900 Ulbs have already been completed.
Capacity Building: to assess whether officials in the Ulbs were provided sufficient opportunities to attend trainings
and go for exposure visits.
The Mission is being implemented during 2015-2022 and
provides central assistance to Urban Local Bodies(Ulbs) and other implementing agencies through States/UTs for:.
It stressed that parking of money and
multiplicity of bank accounts are major areas of concern in Ulbs, hampering transparency & accountability.
The Mission will be implemented during 2015-2022 and
will provide central assistance to Urban Local Bodies(Ulbs) and other implementing agencies through States/UTs for:.
The Council is
also organizing Capacity Building Programmes for Ulbs in the area of project preparation, appraisal, quality assurance, MIS, project management, etc.
Cities have been so far self-declared Open Defecation Free and after third-party certification,
2,133 cities/ Ulbs have been certified as Open Defecation Free(ODF).
States and Ulbs will be required to submit their progress reports online
and may also use this tool to monitor progress on the ground.
These Urban Local Bodies(Ulbs) in league with other urban development authorities are engaged to
ameliorate the socioeconomic standards of the citizens living in the urban areas.
Prime Minister Housing Scheme: Mission will be implemented during 2015-2022 and will provide central assistance to the urban and
rural local bodies(Ulbs) and other implementing agencies through states/ union territories:.
On June 25, 2019, To provide basic urban services to the people and
help improve the management capacity of the urban local bodies(Ulbs) in Jharkhand,
the World Bank approved a $147 million loan agreement to the state.
It may be noted that the identification, selection, formation and monitoring of SHGs who are to get interest
subvention would be the responsibility of State/ Ulbs and banks would not be liable
for wrong identification of SHGs who get interest subvention.
The Local Government Minister said that before the rainy season,
he had instructed the officers of the Department of Local Government and all Ulbs in the State to clear the sewerage system by the use
of Super Sucker Machine/Jetting Machine, clean all the manholes and road galleys.
According to the 1991 Census of India,
there were 3255 urban local bodies(Ulbs) in the country;
classified into the four major categories: Municipal corporation(Nagar Nigam) Municipality(municipal council, municipal board, municipal committee)(Nagar Parishad) Town area committee Notified area committee The municipal corporations and municipalities are fully representative bodies, while the notified area committees and town area committees are either fully or partially nominated bodies.