Lok Sabha Question No. 5090 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2017-04-05
Subject: Vacant Houses
Ministry: HOUSING AND URBAN  POVERTY ALLEVIATION
Asked by: DEVJI MANSINGRAM PATEL

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF HOUSING & URBAN POVERTY ALLEVIATION

## LOK  SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 5090

TO BE ANSWERED ON APRIL 05, 2017

## VACANT HOUSES

No. 5090

SHRI DEVJI M. PATEL:

Will the Minister of HOUSING AND URBAN POVERTY

ALLEVIATION be pleased to state:

- (a)  the  total  number  of  houses  constructed  under  the  low  income category  in  all  metropolitan  cities  including  the  National  Capital, Delhi;
- (b) whether more than three and a half lakh houses are lying vacant in  the  metropolitan  cities  and  if  houses  built  in  small  cities  are added  to  it,  the  number  goes  upto  almost  six  lakh  and  if  so,  the details thereof;
- (c)  the  steps  taken  by  the  Government  to  provide  houses  to  all people belonging to the economically weaker sections; and
- (d)  the  number  of  affordable  houses  constructed  in  the  country including Rajasthan during the last three years, Statewise?

## ANSWER

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

(RAO INDERJIT SINGH)

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(a): A total number of 7,02,030 houses have so far been constructed  under  the  Jawaharlal  Nehru  National  Urban  Renewal

Mission (JNNURM) and Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana (Urban) [PMAY (U)]  Mission  including  subsumed  projects  of  Rajiv  Awas  Yojana (RAY)  for  urban  poor  and  slum  dwellers  in  all  Metropolitan  Cities (million plus population cities) including National Capital of Delhi. (b): A  total  number  of  1,24,006  houses  are  unoccupied  in  all Metropolitan Cities (million plus population cities) and total 75,430 houses are unoccupied in other small cities, constructed under the Schemes  of  JNNURM  and  PMAY  (U)  Mission  including  subsumed projects of RAY. (c): In pursuance of the Government's vision of facilitating housing to  all  by  2022,  the  Government  is  implementing  PMAY(U)  Mission, launched on 25.06.2015.  The Mission aims to provide assistance to all  States/UTs  in  addressing  the  housing  requirement  of  the  slum dwellers and urban poor including people belonging to the economically weaker sections (EWS). (d): A  total  number  of  3,35,379  houses  have  been  constructed during  the  last  three  years  in  the  country  including  State  of Rajasthan  under  the  JNNURM  and  PMAY  (U)  including  subsumed projects  of  RAY.    State-wise  details  of  constructed  houses  are  at annexure.

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## State-wise details of Houses constructed during last three years (2013-2016) under JNNURM and PMAY(U) Mission including subsumed projects of RAY in the country including Rajasthan

| Sr. No.   | State/UT           | JnNURM   | RAY    | PMAY   | Total in all three scheme   |
|-----------|--------------------|----------|--------|--------|-----------------------------|
| 1         | A&N Island (UT)    | -        | -      | -      | -                           |
| 2         | Andhra Pradesh     | 9,022    | -      | 75     | 9,097                       |
| 3         | Arunanchal Pradesh | 320      | -      | -      | 320                         |
| 4         | Assam              | 1,486    | -      | 2      | 1,488                       |
| 5         | Bihar              | 5,271    | 345    | 11     | 5,627                       |
| 6         | Chandigarh (UT)    | -        | -      | 2      | 2                           |
| 7         | Chhattisgarh       | 8,646    | 96     | 881    | 9,623                       |
| 8         | D&N Haveli (UT)    | 48       | -      | 1      | 49                          |
| 9         | Daman & Diu (UT)   | -        | -      | -      | -                           |
| 10        | Delhi (UT)         | 12,500   | -      | 60     | 12,560                      |
| 11        | Goa                | -        | -      | 1      | 1                           |
| 12        | Gujarat            | 25,555   | 3,138  | 1,991  | 30,684                      |
| 13        | Haryana            | 1,543    | 409    | 96     | 2,048                       |
| 14        | Himachal Pradesh   | 746      | -      | 8      | 754                         |
| 15        | Jammu & Kashmir    | 3,689    | 62     | -      | 3,751                       |
| 16        | Jharkhand          | 6,205    | 309    | 14     | 6,528                       |
| 17        | Karnataka          | 8,711    | 3,628  | 135    | 12,474                      |
| 18        | Kerala             | 6,245    | 90     | 40     | 6,375                       |
| 19        | Lakshdweep (UT)    | -        | -      | -      | -                           |
| 20        | Madhya Pradesh     | 18,168   | -      | 361    | 18,529                      |
| 21        | Maharashtra        | 49,551   | -      | 1,609  | 51,160                      |
| 22        | Manipur            | 1,532    | -      | -      | 1,532                       |
| 23        | Meghalaya          | 420      | -      | 2      | 422                         |
| 24        | Mizoram            | 1,625    | 38     | 16     | 1,679                       |
| 25        | Nagaland           | 3,061    | -      | -      | 3,061                       |
| 26        | Orissa             | 5,605    | 157    | 27     | 5,789                       |
| 27        | Puducherry (UT)    | 888      | -      | 7      | 895                         |
| 28        | Punjab             | 3,753    | -      | 43     | 3,796                       |
| 29        | Rajasthan          | 23,373   | 7,264  | 345    | 30,982                      |
| 30        | Sikkim             | 208      | -      | -      | 208                         |
| 31        | TamilNadu          | 44,957   | 1,416  | 449    | 46,822                      |
| 32        | Telangana          | 3,333    | -      | 112    | 3,445                       |
| 33        | Tripura            | 630      | -      | 4      | 634                         |
| 34        | Uttar Pradesh      | 18,898   | 1,799  | 272    | 20,969                      |
| 35        | Uttrakhand         | 728      | 251    | 13     | 992                         |
| 36        | West Bengal        | 42,860   | 89     | 134    | 43,083                      |
|           | Grand Total        | 3,09,577 | 19,091 | 6,711  | 3,35,379                    |

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