Operational Guidelines for recommending

15thFinance Commission Grants to

Urban Local Bodies

Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs

October, 2020
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 GRANT DISTRIBUTION
Grant (Nodal- MoHUA)
S. No. Category
₹1,08, 916 crore
1 ‘Million Plus Cities/ UAs’ (MPC)- 50 nos • ₹26,057 crore
• 100 % Performance Grant
• 100% tied to drinking water sanitation and solid
waste management
2 Non Million Plus Cities (NMPC) • ₹82,859 crore
• 100% Basic Grant
• 40% untied
• 30% tied to sanitation, solid waste management
and attainment of star ratings
• 30% tied to drinking water, rainwater
harvesting and water recycling
 GENERAL CONDITIONS FOR GRANT TRANSFER AND USAGE

1) The States shall transfer grants within 10 working days of receiving it.
2) In case of delay interest to be paid @ market borrowings/State Development Loans (SDLs).
3) Grants cannot be used for salary and other establishment costs.
4) 15th FC grants can be dovetailed with allocations under other Central/State schemes for same purpose
such as Jal Jeevan Mission (U) and Swachh Bharat Mission (U) 2.0.
5) All the claims for grants from MPCs / UAs, NMPC and Cantonment Boards will be uploaded on
www.cityfinance.in.
 MANDATORY CONDITIONS FOR ACCESSING THE GRANTS-
ALL ULBS
S. No. Grant Condition 2021-22 2022-23 2023-24 2024-25 2025-26
1 Linking of ULB account for 15th FC Grant with ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓
PFMS
2 Grant transfer certificate ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓
3 Detailed utilization report for tied grants ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓
4 Publish provision and audited account ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓
(25% ULB) (25%
ULB)
5 Notify property tax floor rates ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓
6 Consistent improvement in collection of ✓ ✓ ✓
property taxes in tandem with growth rate of
State’s own GSDP
7 Functional State Finance Commission by ✓ ✓
March, 2024
 STEPS TO BE TAKEN BY MPC AND NMPC URBAN LOCAL BODIES (ULBS)

1.Login on www.cityfinance.in using census code/ ULB code as user-id and password.

2. Upload unaudited accounts for FY 2020-21 and duly audited accounts for FY 2019-20 for at least 25% ULBs.
Audited and unaudited accounts should include the minimum of
(i) Balance sheet,
(ii) Income & expenditure statement,
(iii)Cash flow statement and
(iv) Schedules to (i) and (ii)

3. Fill the details for ‘detailed utilization report’ for the grant of FY 2020-21.

4. Fill the baseline as on 1 April, 2021 & target (to be achieved in FY 2021-22 and onwards till FY 2024-25) for
following service level indicators for water supply & sanitation
a. Households covered with piped water supply
b. Piped water supplied in liter per capita per day (lpcd)
c. Reduction in Non-Revenue Water (NRW)
d. Household covered with sewerage & septage services
 STEPS TO BE TAKEN BY STATE GOVERNMENTS
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1) Login on www.cityfinance.in using user-id and password for state nodal officer

2) Upload grant transfer certificate for second installment for FY 2020-21 for
• Grants for Million plus UA/cities (if applicable)
• Tied grants for Non-million plus cities and
• Untied grants for Non-million plus cities
3) Ensure at least 25% of ULBs upload unaudited annual accounts for FY 2020-21 and
audited accounts for FY 2019-20

4) Review and approve submissions made by ULBs

 STEPS TO BE TAKEN BY STATE GOVERNMENT IN
COORDINATION WITH MILLION PLUS CITIES/UAS
1. Fill in details for projects selected for rejuvenation of water bodies, recycling and reuse of waste water and
water supply for each Million Plus City/ UA.

2. Fill in details for year-wise action plan for projects to be undertaken by each Million Plus City/ UA from 15th
FC grants.

3. Submission of population of ULBs/ statutory towns in Million Plus Cities/ UA as per the census 2011 and also
submit estimated population as of 01-04-2020 .The State will submit the population figures in Excel format, and
these population figures will serve as the basis for calculating weightage score in case UA has more than one ULB/
Statutory town

4. Sign MoU with MoHUA and each Million Plus City/ UA

 PROCESS OVERVIEW – 15TH FC TIED GRANT DISBURSAL
DoE, 9. Disburses
MoF TG to State

6.Verifies 7. Prepares
claim Final List
MoHUA 1. Releases Tied Grant
(with PMU (TG) Marking Scheme
support) 8. Approves
Final List

5. Submits consolidated TG claim

4. Submits projects and plans for UA’s in State

10. Disburses
State to eligible
UDD 3. Verifies ULBs
claim &
documents

2. Submits targets, Cityfinance portal will be used by ULB to share the target,
ULB achievements, achievements, documentation with State and States will do online
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documentation and claim verification and share these with MoHUA through Cityfinance
 Thank You

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GRANT TRANSFER CERTIFICATE
DETAILED UTILIZATION REPORT
MARKING CRITERIA FOR SLBS FOR SOLID WASTE MANAGEMENT AND WATER SUPPLY & SANITATION

Water Supply and Sanitation

Service level Indicators for Water supply and waste water Marks
management
Households covered with piped water supply 20
Water Supplied in litre per capita per day (lpcd) 10
Reduction in Non-Revenue Water (NRW) 10
Household covered with sewerage/septage services 20

Solid Waste Management

Service level Marks Allotted Marks
Indicators
2021-22 2022-23 2023-24 2024-25

Garbage free star 30 7 Star: 100% 7 Star: 100% 7 Star: 100% 7 star: 100%
rating of the cities 5 Star: 100% 5 star: 100% 5 star: 100% 5 Star: 100%
3 Star: 100% 3 star: 100% 3 star: 100% 3 star: 100%
1 star: 100% 1 star: 80% 1 star: 60% 1 star: 60%
No star: 70% No star: 60% No star: 50% No star: 40%

Sanitation including 10 ODF + : 100% ODF ++ : 100% ODF ++ : 100% ODF ++ : 100%
management of No ODF: 0% ODF+: 80% ODF+: 80% ODF+: 80%
Faecal Sludge No ODF: 0% No ODF: 0% No ODF: 0%
 ILLUSTRATION FOR MARKING SCHEME
Illustration:
If there are 4 ULBs in a UA, marks scored against Garbage free star rating for all ULBs will be computed and then
weighted average of the score on the basis of Census 2011 population will be calculated for entire UA. Sample
Calculation for score in Garbage free star rating for 2020-21:

UA Weighted Population Star Rating Marks Weighted score

ULB 1 0.5 7 star 40 20.0

(100% of
marks)
ULB 2 0.2 3 star 40 8.0
(100% of
marks)
OG 0.2 No star 28 (70% 5.6
of
marks)
CT 0.1 No star 28 (70% 2.8
of
marks)
Score of UA for garbage free star rating (out of 40) 36.4
PROJECTS FOR WATER AND SANITATION
Timeline Rejuvenation of water bodies Recycling & Reuse of waste water Water Supply

Decembe • Selection of 3 polluted water • Selection of minimum of 1 • Selection of at least 1 Water

r’ 21 bodies for rejuvenation (area > projects (Min capacity- total): Supply Projects for uncovered
1 acre) - For 10 – 20 Lakh popn: 20 areas with functional outcomes
• Prepare scientific plan for MLD, • Land Clearance for the projects
rejuvenation - For 20-50 Lakh popn: 50 MLD,
• Project identification and
• Land availability - For 50 Lakh+ popn: 150 MLD)
• Land clearance for the projects

June’ 22 • Preparation of DPR and • Preparation of DPR and • Preparation of DPR and
completion of tendering completion of tendering process completion of tendering process
process • 10% work completion • 10% work completion
• 10% work completion
June’ 23 • 40% work completion • 40% work completion • 40% work completion

June’ 24 • 80% work completion • 80% work completion • 80% work completion

June’ 24 • Project Completion with clear • Project Completion with clear • Project Completion with clear
functional outcomes functional outcomes functional outcomes
 PROJECTS FOR REJUVENATION OF WATER BODIES
Current water quality parameters Expected water quality parameters after
rejuvenation

Project Name of Area Lat/long Biological Chemical Dissolved Total Tur Biologi Chemical Dissolv Total Turbi Proje
water (along Oxygen Oxygen oxygen Dissolved bidi cal Oxygen ed Dissol dity ct
body with Demand Demand (DO) in Solids ty Oxygen Demand oxygen ved in detai
photo) (BOD) in (COD) in mg/L (TDS) in in Deman (COD) in (DO) Solids NTU ls
mg/L mg/L mg/L NT d mg/L in (TDS)
U (BOD) mg/L in
in mg/L mg/L

Project 1

Project 2

Project 3
 PROJECT FOR RECYCLING AND REUSE OF WATER

Project details Location of Water Proposed capacity Proposed water Target customers/
Treatment Plant of STP (MLD) quantity to be consumer for reuse
(Lat/Long) reused (MLD) of water

Project 1
 PROJECTS FOR WATER SUPPLY

Change in Service Levels

Physical Estimated Cost

Project Name
Components Existing After (Amount in INR)
Indicator
(As-is) (To-be)

Project 1
 YEARLY ACTION PLAN

View the format here :

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1HEAOibTmRIWpb9iFChLJ2SE0g9v6oKnUpYlhPs5hzM8/edit?usp=sharing
 DATA REQUIRED FROM STATE GOVERNMENT

• The State Nodal Officers will receive a list of ULBs registered with Cityfinance in their respective States.
Upon verification, the State Nodal Officer is required to notify City Finance within 15 days if any ULBs need to be
added or deleted.

• State Nodal Officers will receive a list of the state's MILLION PLUS UAs and the local government units under
each UA. If there is an error, State Nodal Officer will contact City Finance within 15 days to make corrections.

• State Nodal Officers are responsible for providing 2011 population data and population estimates for 01-04-20 for all
ULBs in the UA's

• The contact details of State Nodal Officers must be provided, and all communication from City Finance will be sent
to that email Id and phone number
 CONTACT DETAILS
Sl.No Name Designation Phone Number Email Id
1 D Thara Joint Secretary, MoHUA (011) 23061991 tharad@ias.nic.in

2 Gurjeet Singh Director, MoHUA (011) 23062399 gsdhillon.ofb@ofb.gov.in

Dhillon
3 Neha Singh Deputy Director, (011) 23062893 neha.singh91@gov.in
MoHUA

4 Harish Chandra Under Secretary, (011) 23063488 harish.chandra72@gov.in

Prasad MoHUA

5 Birju Kumar Section Officer, MoHUA (011) 23061514 soamrut2@gmail.com

6 Prabhat Kumar Senior Manager, 9971104116 prabhat.kumar@janaagraha.org

Janaagraha

7 Pankaj Mittal Consultant, Janaagraha 9910781908 pankaj.mittal@janaagraha.org