Purpose of AMRUT scheme
Q. What is the purpose of AMRUT?- Published on 29 Dec 15a. Providing basic infrastructure
b. Provide affordable housing loans
c. Ensuring quality infrastructure
d. Ensuring clean and sustainable environment
ANSWER: Providing basic infrastructure
- Under AMRUT, focus will be on providing basic infrastructure like providing tap water and sewer connections to every urban household, solid waste management, provision of roads and public transport.
- Promotion of urban reforms to improve urban governance will also be supported.
- This Mission seeks to enable urban local bodies meet service level benchmarks in respect of various services.
- 500 cities with a population of above one lakh each would be included in AMRUT.
