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Fig. 1 Current GoI programmes that support urban sanitation
1. Main urban programmes: This includes the Atal Mission for Rejuvenation and
Urban Transformation (AMRUT), Heritage City Development and Augmentation Yojana (HRIDAY), Smart Cities Mission, Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana
(PMAY).
2. Dedicated sanitation programmes: This is primarily the Swachh Bharat Mission
(SBM) or the Clean India Mission.
3. Programmes of other ministries—This includes Programmes like Namami Gange
(the programme to clean the Ganges river).
4. Finance commission: This includes the latest 14th Finance Commission (Fig. 1).
The opportunities for improving sanitation under each are summed up in the table
below. However, none include gender in a proactive manner.
Programme
Opportunity for improving
sanitation
Focus on gender/women
AMRUT
Funds can be sought for
creating “…sewerage
systems…recycling and reuse
of wastewater”
“… the purpose of Atal
Mission for Rejuvenation and
Urban Transformation
(AMRUT) is to …All these
outcomes are valued by
citizens, particularly women,
and indicators and standards
have been prescribed by the
Ministry of Urban
Development (MoUD) in the
form of Service Level
Benchmarks (SLBs).”
(continued)