First tranche of funding for 13 projects disbursed under urban renewal scheme. Five state governments have been granted Rs 4,691 crore for 13 projects under the Jawahar Lal Nehru National Urban Renewal Mission (JNNURM), all of them for a Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) system, the efficacy of which is still being tested in its first trial ground in Delhi. Figures available from the urban development ministry show that these projects have already received the first tranche of funding. What is even more surprising is the fact that of the five states that have proposed these schemes, three