Enhance in city infrastructure: HUA ministry allotted Rs 96,777 cr in Finances 2025-26

New Delhi: In a bid to spice up city infrastructure, the Centre Saturday hiked the allocation for the Union Housing and City Affairs Ministry by round 18 per cent, setting apart Rs 96,777 crore for it within the Union Finances 2025-26. Within the finances introduced in Parliament, the federal government additionally introduced the organising of an City Problem Fund of Rs 1 lakh crore for “cities as progress hubs”, “inventive redevelopment of cities”, and “water and sanitation”. An allocation of Rs 10,000 crore has been proposed for it in FY 2025-26. The federal government has allotted Rs 96,777 crore to the HUA ministry for the subsequent fiscal as in opposition to Rs 82,576 crore in Finances 2024-25.

Presenting the Union Finances 2025-26, Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman mentioned the PM Avenue Vendor’s AtmaNirbhar Nidhi (PM SVANidhi) scheme can be revamped with enhanced loans from banks and UPI-linked bank cards with Rs 30,000 restrict.

Within the Finances 2025-26, the federal government has put aside Rs 373 crore for the PM SVANidhi in opposition to the Rs 326 crore allotted for the present monetary 12 months.

PM SVANidhi scheme has benefitted greater than 68 lakh avenue distributors, giving them respite from high-interest casual sector loans, in line with the federal government.

A provision of Rs 3,500 crore has additionally been made for the second part of Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana (City), one other flagship programme of the Modi authorities. It has additionally proposed to allocate Rs 10,000 crore for City Rejuvenation Mission being carried out in 500 cities. Within the 2024-25 finances, the federal government had introduced Rs 8,000 crore for it. There was no allocation for the Sensible Cities Mission for the reason that mission deadline will finish in June this 12 months. Rs 1,310 crore has been allotted for the PM-eBus Sewa Scheme.

In comparison with the 2024-25 Finances, there isn’t a change within the allocation for the Swachh Bharat Mission, with Rs 5,000 crore earmarked within the 2025-26 Finances. Rs 133.10 crore has been allotted for transport planning and capability constructing in city transport for metro and non-metro initiatives, up from Rs 88.04 crore within the 2024-25 Finances.