Atal Mission for Rejuvenation and Urban Transformation (AMRUT) 2.0

Quick Facts

• Type: Centrally Sponsored Scheme.
• Purpose:
  • To make cities “water secure”.
  • Provide functional water tap connections to all households.
• Funding: Outcome-based funding – cities receive funds only after submitting a roadmap of measurable outcomes.
• Tenure: Till 2025–26.

Objectives

• Create water secure cities.
• Provide universal water supply coverage in all statutory towns.
• Achieve 100% coverage of sewerage and septage management in 500 AMRUT cities.

Background

• AMRUT (2015): Initially launched for 500 cities to provide universal water supply and improve sewerage coverage.
• AMRUT 2.0:
  • Builds upon AMRUT-1 achievements.
  • Subsumes AMRUT into a larger water security framework.
  • Works in convergence with Jal Jeevan Mission (Urban).

Key Features of AMRUT 2.0

🔹 Circular Economy of Water

• Recognizes water as:
  • A service,
  • An input for industry/agriculture,
  • A source of energy,
  • A carrier of nutrients/materials.
• City Water Balance Plans (CWBPs):
  • Detailed mapping of water sources, treatment, and distribution.
• City Water Action Plans (CWAPs):
  • List of projects proposed by Urban Local Bodies (ULBs) in priority sectors.

🔹 Priority Areas / Thrust Areas

1. Water supply
2. Sewerage and septic management
3. Stormwater drainage
4. Rejuvenation of water bodies + creation of green spaces/parks
5. Non-motorized urban transport (cycling, walking)
6. Capacity building of stakeholders

🔹 Technology Sub-Mission

• Promotes start-ups and private entrepreneurship.
• Encourages pilot projects using innovative technologies.

🔹 Public–Private Partnerships (PPP)

• Mandatory for million-plus cities.
• At least 10% of city-level funds must go into PPP projects.

🔹 Capacity Building

• Training for contractors, plumbers, plant operators, women, students, and citizens.

🔹 Jan Andolan (People’s Movement)

• Community participation is central.
• Women’s SHGs engaged in:
  • Water demand management
  • Water quality testing
  • Water infrastructure operations

Jal Jeevan Mission – Urban (JJM-U) Link

• Works in synergy with AMRUT 2.0.
• Focus: “Water secure cities through circular economy of water”.
• Key Components:
  • Universal water supply in 4,372 towns.
  • 100% sewerage treatment in 500 AMRUT cities.
  • Rejuvenation of water bodies.
  • Recycle of treated water (20% of city demand, 40% industrial demand).
  • Reduce non-revenue water (leakages, theft) to below 20%.

WICER Approach (Water in Circular Economy and Resilience)

• Supply: Diversify water sources, recharge aquifers, maximize existing infrastructure.
• Recover: Optimize operations, recover resources, design out pollution.
• Reuse/Restore: Restore degraded land/watersheds, regenerate ecosystems, adopt nature-based solutions.

✨ Conclusion

In essence, AMRUT 2.0 goes beyond just providing water taps—it envisions circular, sustainable, and resilient urban water management.
By combining technology, community participation, PPPs, and convergence with JJM-U, it seeks to ensure that Indian cities become truly “Water Secure” by 2026.

📌 For UPSC:

• Launch: 2015 (AMRUT), 2021 (AMRUT 2.0).
• Ministry: MoHUA.
• Focus: Universal water tap connections + 100% sewerage in 500 cities.
• Special: Outcome-based funding, PPP mandatory in million-plus cities, WICER framework.