Paper I · 6 Indian Economy & Planning · 6.6.6 Infrastructure, ports and services

6.6.6.5 Urban AP: urban local bodies, metro rail plans and urban schemes

AP has 123 urban local bodies (17 corporations, 79 municipalities, 27 nagar panchayats). It plans metro rail for Visakhapatnam and Vijayawada, and runs its urban schemes mainly through AMRUT 2.0, Swachh Bharat (Urban) 2.0 and PMAY-Urban.

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Key terms

  • ULBs
  • municipal corporations
  • nagar panchayats
  • 74th Amendment
  • metro rail
  • APMRCL
  • AMRUT 2.0
  • Swachh Andhra
  • smart cities
  • MEPMA
  • Operation Clean Sweep
  • waste-to-energy
  • PM e-Bus Sewa

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  5. Common trapsFoundation
  6. Quick revisionFoundation

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