CITIIS PROJECT - GOVERNANCE

CITIIS PROJECT - GOVERNANCE

News: Cabinet approves CITIIS 2.0 for integrated waste management and climate-oriented reform

 

What's in the news?

●       The government approved the second phase of the City Investments to Innovate, Integrate and Sustain (CITIIS) project, a programme under the ambit of the Smart Cities Mission, which aims to promote integrated waste management and climate-oriented reform actions.

 

Key takeaways:

●       The CITIIS 2.0 will be implemented in 18 cities which would be selected based on a competition.

 

CITIIS Project:

Aim:

●       To support competitively selected projects promoting circular economy with a focus on integrated waste management at the city level, climate-oriented reform actions at the state level, and institutional strengthening and knowledge dissemination at the national level.

 

Timeline: 2023-27

 

Nodal Ministry: Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs

 

Implementation:

●       It is a joint program of the Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs, Agence Francaise de Development (AFD), the European Union (EU), and the National Institute of Urban Affairs (NIUA).

●       The funding for CITIIS 2.0 would include a loan of Rs 1760 crore from AFD and KfW, split equally, and a technical assistance grant of Rs 106 crore from the European Union.

 

Features:

The CITIIS 2.0 has three major components such as

  1. Financial and technical support for developing projects focused on building climate resilience.
  2. Adaptation and mitigation in up to 18 smart cities.
  3. Support to all states and Union Territories on a demand basis and interventions at all centre, state and city levels to further climate governance in urban India through institutional strengthening, knowledge dissemination and capacity building.

 

Targeted Sectors:

The projects would be in four sectors such as

  1. Sustainable mobility
  2. Public open spaces
  3. Urban governance & ICT
  4. Social and organizational innovation in low-income settlements.

 

Go back to basics:

CITIIS 1.0:

●       The first phase of CITIIS had a total outlay of Rs 933 crore.

●       It was launched in July 2018 with projects in 12 cities namely Agartala, Amaravati, Amritsar, Bhubaneshwar, Chennai, Dehradun, Hubballi-Dharwad, Kochi, Puducherry, Surat, Ujjain and Visakhapatnam.

 

Further Reference: CITIIS