Lok Sabha Question No. 6383 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2017-04-12
Subject: Criteria of Pucca Houses
Ministry: HOUSING AND URBAN  POVERTY ALLEVIATION
Asked by: RANJANBEN BHATT, CHANDRA PRAKASH JOSHI

O.I.H.

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

## MINISTRY OF HOUSING AND URBAN POVERTY ALLEVIATION LOK  SABHA

UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 6383

TO BE ANSWERED ON APRIL 12, 2017

CRITERIA OF PUCCA HOUSES

No. 6383

SHRIMATI RANJANBEN BHATT:

SHRI CHANDRA PRAKASH JOSHI:

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

- (a) whether the Government has taken a decision to do away with the criteria of a pucca house owner excluded from benefit of Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana and if so, the details thereof;
- (b)  whether the Government proposes to provide pucca house to the people living below poverty line in the country including Gujarat and if so, the details thereof, State-wise; and
- (c) the details of the implementation of a national rental housing policy?

## ANSWER

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

(RAO INDERJIT SINGH)

- (a):   No such decision has been taken to do away with the criteria of a pucca  house  owner  excluded  from  benefit  of  Pradhan  Mantri  Awas Yojana (Urban) {PMAY (U)} mission.

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(b): 'Land' and 'Çolonization' are State subjects and it is the responsibility of the State / UT Governments to provide housing to all its citizens including those belonging to vulnerable categories among the urban  poor.  In  order  to  supplement  the  efforts  of  the  States/UTs, Government  is  implementing  PMAY  (U)  mission  to  provide  central assistance houses to all eligible families/beneficiaries.

State/UT-wise details of houses sanctioned and constructed for urban poor  including  the  State  of  Gujarat  under  PMAY(U)  mission,  are Annexed.

(c) : National  Urban  Rental  Housing  Policy  (NURHP)  has  not  been finalized.

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## Including Gujarat, State/UT wise details of houses and central assistance sancioned to provide pucca house to Urban Poor under PMAY(Urban)

[as on 3rd April 2017]

| Sl. No.                          |                                  | Central Assistance involved (Rs. In Cr.) Name of the State/ UT   | Houses involved   |
|----------------------------------|----------------------------------|------------------------------------------------------------------|-------------------|
| 1 11 12                          | Andhra Pradesh                   | 2,943.34                                                         | 1,95,022          |
| 2                                | Bihar                            | 1,452.51                                                         | 88,254            |
| 3                                | Chhattisgarh                     | 444.03                                                           | 29,944            |
| 4                                | Goa                              | 0.20                                                             | 10                |
| 5                                | Gujarat                          | 1,985.24                                                         | 1,42,696          |
| 6                                | Haryana                          | 222.86                                                           | 4,221             |
| 7                                | Himachal Pradesh                 | 96.39                                                            | 4,885             |
| 8                                | Jammu & Kashmir                  | 103.98                                                           | 6,236             |
| 9                                | Jharkhand                        | 1,006.53                                                         | 64,555            |
| 10                               | Karnataka                        | 2,490.53                                                         | 1,46,466          |
| States                           | Kerala                           | 450.05                                                           | 28,237            |
|                                  | Madhya Pradesh                   | 3,235.52                                                         | 2,09,036          |
| 13                               | Maharashtra                      | 1,886.55                                                         | 1,24,619          |
| 14                               | Orissa                           | 823.39                                                           | 48,845            |
| 15                               | Punjab                           | 599.22                                                           | 42,637            |
| 16                               | Rajasthan                        | 681.03                                                           | 37,617            |
| 17                               | TamilNadu                        | 3,479.43                                                         | 2,27,700          |
| 18                               | Telangana                        | 1,250.10                                                         | 82,949            |
| 19                               | Uttar Pradesh                    | 462.10                                                           | 20,467            |
| 20                               | Uttrakhand                       | 199.69                                                           | 7,853             |
| 21                               | West Bengal                      | 2,174.17                                                         | 1,44,337          |
| 25,986.85 Sub- total (States) :- | 25,986.85 Sub- total (States) :- | 25,986.85 Sub- total (States) :-                                 | 16,56,586         |
| 22 23 24 25                      | Arunanchal Pradesh               | 78.44                                                            | 1,606             |
| 22 23 24 25                      | Assam                            | 365.32                                                           | 24,353            |
| States                           | Manipur                          | 146.25                                                           | 9,748             |
| 22 23 24 25                      | Meghalaya                        | 0.72                                                             | 48                |
| 26 East                          | Mizoram                          | 164.04                                                           | 10,456            |
| 27 North                         | Nagaland                         | 229.27                                                           | 13,560            |
| 28                               | Sikkim                           | 0.02                                                             | 1                 |
| 29                               | Tripura                          | 721.44                                                           | 45,905            |
| Sub- total (NE States) :-        | Sub- total (NE States) :-        | 1,705.50                                                         | 1,05,677          |
| 30                               | A&N Island (UT)                  | -                                                                | -                 |
| 31                               | Chandigarh (UT)                  | 0.10                                                             | 5                 |
| 32 Territories                   | D&N Haveli (UT)                  | 12.58                                                            | 828               |
| 33                               | Daman & Diu (UT)                 | 0.72                                                             | 48                |
| 34                               | Delhi (UT)                       | 2.72                                                             | 200               |
| 35                               | Lakshdweep (UT)                  | -                                                                | -                 |
| 36 Union                         | Puducherry (UT)                  | 57.99                                                            | 3,862             |
| Sub- total (UT) :-               | Sub- total (UT) :-               | 74.12                                                            | 4,943             |
| Grand Total :-                   | Grand Total :-                   | 27,766.46                                                        | 17,67,206         |

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