The Union Cabinet on Tuesday approved the second phase of the Swachh Bharat Mission-Urban and the Atal Mission for Rejuvenation and Urban Transformation till 2025-26.

A financial outlay of Rs 1,41,600 crore has been finalized for SBM-U 2.0, including a central share of Rs 36,465 crore, which is over 2.5 times the financial outlay of Rs 62,009 crores in the last phase of the mission, the government said in a statement.

The decisions were taken at a Cabinet meeting chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi.

The statement said the second phase of SBM focuses on the sustainability of Open Defecation Free (ODF) outcomes, achieving scientific processing of solid waste in all cities, and managing wastewater in cities with less than one lakh population as per Census 2011.

AMRUT 2.0

The AMRUT 2.0 will goal common protection of water provide by offering family faucet connections in all 4,378 statutory cities and 100% protection of family sewerage/ septage administration in 500 AMRUT cities.

The overall incentive allocation for the scheme is ₹2.77 lakh crore.

The federal government stated the scheme’s goals to make cities ‘water safe’ and ‘self-sustainable by way of around economic system of water.

Launched in June 2015, AMRUT aimed to enhance the ease of dwelling to residents in 500 cities by offering faucet connections and sewer connections. Beneath the scheme, 1.1 crore family faucet connections and 85 lakh, sewer/ septage connections have been supplied up to now and 6,000 MLD sewage therapy capability is being developed.

AMRUT 2.0 will goal common protection. “The mission can be monitored on a strong technology-based portal. The initiatives can be geo-tagged. There can be an endeavor to make it a paperless Mission,” the federal government stated. “Entrepreneurs/ start-ups can be inspired in the water ecosystem.”

SWACHH BHARAT (City) 2.0

The prolonged scheme will goal full elimination of open defecation, together with fecal sludge administration in all cities with lower than 1 lakh inhabitants, eradication of hazardous entry into sewers and septic tanks, and can guarantee untreated wastewater doesn’t pollute water our bodies.

The monetary outlay for Swachh Bharat Mission (City) until 2025-26 is ₹1,41,600 crore, together with the central share of ₹36,465 crores for 2021-22 to 2025-26. The outlay for the final part of the mission was ₹62,009 crore.

The mission would require all cities to realize a minimum of 3-star garbage-free certification.

“There can be particular give attention to well-being on sanitation and casual waste staff by way of provision of non-public protecting tools and security kits, linkages with authorities welfare schemes together with their capability constructing,” the federal government stated.