Lok Sabha Question No. 326 (STARRED), answered on 2017-08-09
Subject: Rehabilitation of Slum Dwellers
Ministry: HOUSING AND URBAN AFFAIRS
Asked by: ARJUNLAL MEENA

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF HOUSING AND URBAN AFFAIRS

## LOK SABHA STARRED QUESTION NO. 326

## TO BE ANSWERED ON AUGUST 09, 2017 REHABILITATION OF SLUM DWELLERS

NO.  326*  SHRI ARJUN LAL MEENA:

Will the Minister of HOUSING AND URBAN AFFAIRS be pleased to state:

- (a)  whether  the  task  force  of  the  National  Advisory  Council  had emphasised to rehabilitate  persons  living  in  slums  at  the  same  spot where they are currently residing;
- (b)  if so, the details thereof and the steps taken in this regard; and
- (c)  the  details  of  the  rehabilitation  of  slum  dwellers  throughout  the country, State and UT-wise including Rajasthan?

## ANSWER THE MINISTER OF HOUSING AND URBAN AFFAIRS [SHRI NARENDRA SINGH TOMAR]

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(a) to (c): A statement is laid on the Table of the Sabha.

## STATEMENT

STATEMENT REFRRED TO THE LOK SABHA STARRED QUESTION NO. 326*  DUE  FOR  09.08.2017  REGARDING  REHABILITATION  OF  SLUM DWELLERS.

- (a): Yes, Madam.

(b) & (c): Housing  is  a  State  Subject  and  rehabilitation  of  slum dwellers comes under the purview of State Governments.

The  recommendations  of  the  National  Advisory  Council  (NAC)  Urban Poverty  Working  Group  were  addressed  in  the  Rajiv  Awas  Yojana (RAY) Scheme then.

Government  also implemented Jawaharlal Nehru National Urban Renewal Mission (JNNURM) for assisting States/UTs in addressing the housing requirements of slum dwellers including urban poor.

This Ministry through Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana (Urban) [PMAY (U)] and  the  subsumed  projects  of  Rajiv  Awas  Yojana  (RAY)  provides assistance  to  States/UTs  in  addressing  the  housing  requirements  of slum dwellers including urban poor.

Central assistance of Rs. 17,392.38 crores and 37,270.84 crores have so  far  been  sanctioned  for  construction  of  12,40,904  houses  and 23,92,061 houses under JNNURM and PMAY(U) respectively. State/UT-wise details are annexed.

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## ANNEXURE REFERRED TO IN REPLY OF THE LOK SABHA STARRED QUESTION NO. 326 ASKED BY SHRI ARJUN LAL MEENA FIXED FOR ANSWER ON 09.08.2017 REGARDING REHABILITATION OF SLUM DWELLERS

## States/UTs  wise details of Central assistance and

[as on 31st July 2017]

|          |                    | PMAY(U)                                    | PMAY(U)                       |
|----------|--------------------|--------------------------------------------|-------------------------------|
| Sl. No.  | Name of the State  | Central Assistance Sanctioned (Rs. in cr.) | Total Houses Sanctioned (Nos) |
| 1        | A&N Island (UT)    | 9.14                                       | 609                           |
| 2        | Andhra Pradesh     | 6,323.03                                   | 420,319                       |
| 3        | Arunanchal Pradesh | 78.44                                      | 1,606                         |
| 4        | Assam              | 548.67                                     | 36,565                        |
| 5        | Bihar              | 1,453.50                                   | 88,317                        |
| 6        | Chandigarh (UT)    | 0.19                                       | 9                             |
| 7        | Chhattisgarh       | 515.09                                     | 35,179                        |
| 8        | D&N Haveli (UT)    | 14.47                                      | 918                           |
| 9        | Daman & Diu (UT)   | 2.08                                       | 135                           |
| 10       | Delhi (UT)         | 6.97                                       | 388                           |
| 11       | Goa                | 0.22                                       | 11                            |
| 12       | Gujarat            | 2,205.85                                   | 154,360                       |
| 13       | Haryana            | 226.53                                     | 4,421                         |
| 14       | Himachal Pradesh   | 96.52                                      | 4,893                         |
| 15       | Jammu & Kashmir    | 104.23                                     | 6,250                         |
| 16       | Jharkhand          | 1,263.43                                   | 81,681                        |
| 17       | Karnataka          | 3,341.13                                   | 203,082                       |
| 18       | Kerala             | 515.45                                     | 32,530                        |
| 19       | Lakshdweep (UT)    | -                                          | -                             |
| 19       | Madhya Pradesh     | 4,404.84                                   | 286,628                       |
| 20       | Maharashtra        | 2,023.22                                   | 131,081                       |
| 21       | Manipur            | 396.72                                     | 26,451                        |
| 22       | Meghalaya          | 11.51                                      | 764                           |
| 23       | Mizoram            | 165.29                                     | 10,552                        |
| 24       | Nagaland           | 229.27                                     | 13,560                        |
| 25       | Odisha             | 976.49                                     | 59,515                        |
| 26       | Puducherry (UT)    | 58.01                                      | 3,866                         |
| 27       | Punjab             | 603.09                                     | 42,845                        |
| 28       | Rajasthan          | 787.46                                     | 44,627                        |
| 29       | Sikkim             | 0.65                                       | 43                            |
| 30       | TamilNadu          | 5,082.21                                   | 334,517                       |
| 31       | Telangana          | 1,251.92                                   | 83,036                        |
| 32       | Tripura            | 722.52                                     | 45,968                        |
| 33       | Uttar Pradesh      | 1,331.47                                   | 78,287                        |
| 34       | Uttrakhand         | 202.39                                     | 8,005                         |
| 35       | West Bengal        | 2,180.23                                   | 144,644                       |
| Total :- | Total :-           | 37,270.84                                  | 2,392,061                     |