India Marks 10 Years of AMRUT Mission: Transforming Urban Infrastructure Since 2015
India celebrates a major milestone as the Atal Mission for Rejuvenation and Urban Transformation (AMRUT) completes 10 years on 25 June 2025. Launched in 2015, AMRUT aimed to improve urban infrastructure and quality of life across 500 cities and towns, focusing on water supply, sewerage, urban mobility, and green spaces.
Over the past decade:
- ₹77,640 crore in State Annual Action Plans (SAAPs) approved
- ₹35,990 crore committed as Central Assistance
- ₹79,401 crore worth of projects completed with ₹72,656 crore spent
Key achievements include:
- Universal tap water and sewer connections
- Parks developed with 2.5% of project costs for children and the elderly
- Projects in stormwater drainage, non-motorized transport, and green spaces
- Capacity building in Urban Local Bodies (ULBs) for better governance
To scale up its impact, AMRUT 2.0 was launched on 1 October 2021, with an expanded scope to cover all ULBs in India. It aims for:
- Universal water security and sewerage coverage
- Outlay of ₹2.99 lakh crore, with ₹76,760 crore as Central share
Under AMRUT 2.0:
- 3,568 water supply projects worth ₹1.14 lakh crore approved
- 181 lakh tap connections, 10,647 MLD water treatment capacity added
- 592 sewerage projects worth ₹67,607 crore approved
- 67.11 lakh new sewer connections and 6,739 MLD sewage treatment capacity created
- SCADA technology used in 1,487 projects for real-time monitoring
- 120 start-ups shortlisted for innovative pilots in 82 cities
Cumulatively, AMRUT and AMRUT 2.0 have:
- 14,828 projects sanctioned worth ₹2.73 lakh crore
- ₹1.02 lakh crore in Central Assistance (₹47,625 crore disbursed)
- 2.03 crore tap water connections and 1.5 crore sewerage connections provided
- 544 water bodies rejuvenated, covering 9,511 acres
- AMRUT Mitra initiative engaged 10,000+ women from Self-Help Groups
- ‘Drink from Tap’: 381 projects worth ₹23,490 crore to benefit 8 lakh households
- 90,000+ individuals trained across states
AMRUT@10 marks a paradigm shift in India’s urban transformation—blending infrastructure development, inclusivity, sustainability, and citizen well-being, laying the groundwork for resilient, future-ready cities.