The Ministry of Rural Development (MoRD), Government of India re-launched the scheme Provision of Urban Amenities in Rural Areas (PURA) during the remaining period of the eleventh five-year plan. MoRD, with support from Department of Economic Affairs and the Asian Development Bank, intends to implement the PURA scheme under a Public Private Partnership (PPP) between Local executive bodies like the Gram Panchayat(s) and private sector partners.
Mission:
“Holistic and accelerated development of compact areas around a potential growth center in a Panchayat (or group of Panchayats) through Public Private Partnership (PPP) by providing livelihood opportunities and urban amenities to improve the quality of life in rural areas.”
Objective:
Provision of urban amenities and livelihood opportunities in rural areas to bridge the rural urban divide thereby reducing the migration from rural to urban areas.
Implementation of Programme:
- Rural Development
- Formulates policies and programmes.
- Provide Funds
- State Govt.
- Implementation through its agencies.
- Monitoring the programmes
- District Administrations
- Preparation of district perspective plans
- Monitoring the programmes
- Panchayati Raj Institutions
- Plan at the grass-root level
- Select works/beneficiaries and implement the programme
Source of Funding:
Funding for the various projects taken up under the PURA scheme depending on the priority, relevance to the objectives of the government may come from four sources:
- MoRD schemes,
- Non-MoRD schemes,
- Private financing
- Capital Grant under PURA.
Eligible Projects under PURA:
- Developed and completed Eligible Projects in the infrastructure sector aggregating to a capital cost of at least Rs.50 cr.
- Capital cost of each eligible project (excluding the cost of land and maintenance of project) should be more than Rs. 24 Crores.
- Entity claiming experience in the project should have held a minimum equity of 26% in the company owning the Eligible Project.
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