Jawaharlal Nehru national urban renewal mission was started for developing the country’s cities. The aim of this scheme was to provide a speed of growth to those cities that are selected under this mission. The name of this mission is selected after India’s first prime minister Jawaharlal Nehru.
Jawaharlal Nehru National Urban Renewal Mission 2024
Jawaharlal Nehru national urban renewal mission was a step of the government of India’s whose aim was the modernization of Indian cities. This scheme was ran under the central urban development ministry.
It was started by that time’s prime minister Manmohan Singh in September 2005. First, this mission was implemented for seven years and after that, it was extended for another two years.
Selected cities under Jawaharlal Nehru Urban Renewal Mission
The name of the selected cities under this scheme are given below
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List of metropolitan cities selected under this mission
| Delhi | Greater Mumbai | Hyderabad | Banglore |
| Chennai | Kolkata |
Name of big cities selected for this scheme
| Faridabad | Patna | Vijayawada | Agra |
| Ludhiana | Nasik | Bhopal | Kocchi |
| Lucknow | Amritsar | Indore | Pune |
| Madurai | Jaipur | Kanpur | Meerut |
| Vishakhapatnam | Nagpur | Jabalpur | Asansol |
| Varanasi | Allahabad | Dhanbad | Vadodara |
| Coimbatore | Jamshedpur | Rajkot | |
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Congress led #UPA is Transforming Cities by implementing the Jawaharlal Nehru National Urban Renewal Mission #JNNURM pic.twitter.com/rIRESEQ4Lk
— Congress (@INCIndia) December 29, 2013
Now those cities that are small compared to the above-given cities
| GuwahatiMathuraGuwahati | Raipur | Shimla | Jammu |
| Itanagar | Imphal | Kohima | Ranchi |
| Thiruvananthapuram | Shilong | Aizawl | Panji |
| Bhubaneswar | Pushkar | Bodhgaya | Puri |
| Dehradun | Ujjain | Chandigarh | Udupi |
| Agartala | Mysore | Srinagar | Kolhapur |
| Nainital | Pondicherry | Haridwar | Kollam |
| Mangalore | Mathura | Cuttack | Tiruchirapalli |
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The noticeable thing here is that cities that are selected for the Jawaharlal Nehru national urban renewal mission were classified by the size of their population.
The amount which was given to the cities is provided by the central and state governments and other financial institutions. They all paid a specific share of the amount for jnnurm. Let’s take a look at this also.
| Cities (according to their population) | Central government’s share | State government’s share | Share of financial institutions |
| Metropolitan | 35% | 15% | 50% |
| Other big cities | 50% | 20% | 30% |
| Cities of the northeast and Jammu Kashmir | 90% | 10% | — |
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Jawaharlal Nehru national urban renewal mission is an old and completed scheme. Its lifespan was 9 years from 2005 to 2014. Its aim was to make Indian cities modern and world-class. In which it’s quite successful. For this kind of information do read our other articles and do share your suggestions.
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