Lok Sabha Question No. 3281 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2017-03-22
Subject: Low Cost Houses by Private Agencies
Ministry: HOUSING AND URBAN  POVERTY ALLEVIATION
Asked by: ANOOP MISHRA

No. 3281

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

## MINISTRY OF HOUSING AND URBAN POVERTY ALLEVIATION LOK  SABHA

UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 3281

TO BE ANSWERED ON MARCH 22, 2017

## LOW COST HOUSES BY PRIVATE AGENCIES

SHRI ANOOP MISHRA:

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

- (a) whether  any  private  agencies  have  succeeded  in  providing  low cost houses in the metro cities;
- (b) the number of such houses constructed by these agencies during
- the last three years in metro cities; and
- (c) if  not,  the  reasons  therefor  and  the  response  of  the  Government thereto?

## ANSWER

THE MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF HOUSING & URBAN POVERTY ALLEVIATION

## (RAO INDERJIT SINGH)

(a) to (c):  Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana (Urban) {PMAY (U)} Mission has been  launched  on  25.06.2015  to  provide  central  assistance  to  the implementing agencies through States and UTs for providing houses to all eligible families/beneficiaries.

Private sector participation is envisaged under the Affordable Housing in Partnership (AHP) and In-situ Slum Redevelopment (ISSR) components of the PMAY (U) mission. Central assistance of Rs.1 lakh

Contd/-

per house, on an average, under the ISSR component and Rs.1.5 lakh per house under AHP component, is admissible for projects approved under the mission.

Details  of  projects  approved  under  AHP  and  ISSR  components  of PMAY (U) mission and houses constructed thereunder in major metro cities, are Annexed.

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Details of progress of construction of houses approved in major metro cities in Affordable Housing in Partnership (AHP)  and 'Insitu' slum rehabilitation (ISSR) projects under Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana (Urban)

| Sl. No.        | Metro Cities   | Name of the State   | Houses sanctioned for construction (Nos)   | Houses under construction (Nos)   | Houses constructed (Nos)   |
|----------------|----------------|---------------------|--------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------|----------------------------|
| 1 Delhi        | Delhi          | -                   | -                                          | -                                 |                            |
| 2 Ahmedabad    | Gujarat        | 42,799              | 21,652                                     | 7,204                             |                            |
| 3 Surat        | Gujarat        | 25,304              | 7,417                                      | 3,419                             |                            |
| Bangalore      | Karnataka      | 9,258               | 288                                        | 704                               | 4                          |
| Mumbai         | Maharashtra    | -                   | -                                          | -                                 | 5                          |
| Pune           | Maharashtra    | 2,678               | 648                                        | -                                 | 6                          |
| Jaipur         | Rajasthan      | 6,384               | -                                          | 5,776                             | 7                          |
| Chennai        | TamilNadu      | 4,912               | 256                                        | 32                                | 8                          |
| Hyderabad      | Telangana      | 32,091              | -                                          | -                                 | 9                          |
| Kolkata        | West Bengal    | -                   | -                                          | -                                 | 10                         |
| Grand Total :- | Grand Total :- | 1,23,426            |                                            | 30,261                            | 17,135                     |

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