Lok Sabha Question No. 4568 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2017-03-29
Subject: Houses for Homeless
Ministry: HOUSING AND URBAN  POVERTY ALLEVIATION
Asked by: MOHAMMAD SALIM, MD. BADARIDDOZA KHAN

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

## MINISTRY OF HOUSING AND URBAN POVERTY ALLEVIATION LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 4568

## TO BE ANSWERED ON MARCH 29, 2017

## HOUSES FOR HOMELESS

No. 4568:  SHRI MOHD. SALIM: SHRI MD. BADARUDDOZA KHAN:

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

- (a) whether the Supreme Court has recently directed the Government
- to assess the availability of houses for homeless and take steps for providing temporary houses and if so, the details thereof;
- (b) whether the court was not satisfied with the implementation of the National Urban Livelihoods Mission and issued appropriate directions in this regard and if so, the details thereof;
- (c) the  number  of  BPL  card  beneficiaries  who  have  been  allotted
- permanent/temporary houses; and
- (d) the details of various facilities provided to BPL card beneficiaries by
- the States/UTs including West Bengal?

## ANSWER THE MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF HOUSING & URBAN POVERTY ALLEVIATION [RAO INDERJIT SINGH]

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(a)  &  (b):  Hon'ble  Supreme  Court,  vide  its  Order  dated  11 th   November, 2016, has directed to constitute a Committee under  Chairmanship of Mr. Justice Kailash Gambhir, retired Judge, High Court of Delhi for physical verification  of    the  available  shelters  for  urban  homeless  in  each State/UT.  The  Committee  shall  verify  whether  the  shelters  are  in compliance with the operational guidelines for the scheme of Shelters for  Urban  Homeless  under  the  National  Urban  Livelihoods  Mission (NULM) and inquire into the reasons for slow progress in the setting up of shelter homes by the States/UTs and about the non-utilization and/ or diversion/  mis-utilization  of  the  funds  allocated  for  the  scheme.  The Committee  shall  also  issue  suitable  recommendation  to  the  State Governments to ensure that at least temporary shelters are provided for the  homeless  in  the  urban  areas  to  protect  them  during  the  winter season. Accordingly, a Committee has been constituted.

(c) and (d): State/ UT-wise details (including the State of West Bengal) of houses along with civic and social infrastructure facilities provided to urban  poor  including  BPL  card  holders  under  schemes  of  Jawaharlal Nehru  National  Urban  Renewal  Mission  (JnNURM)  &  Pradhan  Mantri Awas Yojana (Urban) Mission including subsumed projects of Rajiv Awas Yojana (RAY) are annexed.

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## State/UT  wise details of construction of houses integrated with  basic social and civic infratructural facilities/amenities for urban poor beneficiaries including BPL card beneficiaries schemes of JNNURM, RAY and PMAY(Urban)

[as on 20th March 2017]

| Sl. No.   |                           | Name of the State         | Houses sanctioned for construction   | Construction of Houses under Progress   | Houses Completed   | Occupied   |
|-----------|---------------------------|---------------------------|--------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------|--------------------|------------|
| 1         |                           | Andhra Pradesh            | 2,74,404                             | 58,520                                  | 68,418             | 55,347     |
| 2         |                           | Bihar *                   | 87,458                               | 28,473                                  | 20,716             | 26,621     |
| 3         |                           | Chhattisgarh              | 58,586                               | 18,697                                  | 25,096             | 16,810     |
| 4         |                           | Goa                       | 10                                   | -                                       | 10                 | 10         |
| 5         |                           | Gujarat                   | 2,74,150                             | 66,865                                  | 1,51,995           | 1,30,969   |
| 6         |                           | Haryana                   | 17,444                               | 2,653                                   | 13,647             | 11,083     |
| 7         |                           | Himachal Pradesh          | 4,360                                | 2,485                                   | 863                | 489        |
| 8         |                           | Jammu & Kashmir *         | 20,444                               | 2,178                                   | 6,982              | 7,841      |
| 9         |                           | Jharkhand                 | 54,559                               | 41,610                                  | 10,979             | 10,871     |
| 10        |                           | Karnataka                 | 1,60,204                             | 20,887                                  | 55,540             | 46,551     |
| 11        | States                    | Kerala *                  | 58,920                               | 5,215                                   | 35,522             | 35,846     |
| 12        |                           | Madhya Pradesh            | 2,19,924                             | 57,378                                  | 38,956             | 34,195     |
| 13        |                           | Maharashtra               | 2,99,651                             | 29,844                                  | 1,44,171           | 1,03,556   |
| 14        |                           | Orissa                    | 61,553                               | 18,192                                  | 13,823             | 12,613     |
| 15        |                           | Punjab                    | 49,674                               | 1,039                                   | 6,332              | 3,416      |
| 16        |                           | Rajasthan                 | 80,763                               | 25,618                                  | 44,460             | 41,322     |
| 17        |                           | TamilNadu                 | 3,55,135                             | 61,877                                  | 1,22,372           | 1,13,876   |
| 18        |                           | Telangana                 | 1,65,703                             | 12,629                                  | 76,599             | 57,097     |
| 19        |                           | Uttar Pradesh             | 1,03,884                             | 12,358                                  | 75,556             | 63,088     |
| 20        |                           | Uttrakhand                | 11,768                               | 3,582                                   | 3,711              | 2,706      |
| 21        |                           | West Bengal               | 3,16,642                             | 42,046                                  | 1,66,039           | 1,65,427   |
|           | Sub- total (States) :-    | Sub- total (States) :-    | 26,75,236                            | 5,12,146                                | 10,81,787          | 9,39,734   |
| 22        |                           | Arunanchal Pradesh        | 2,778                                | 2,288                                   | 420                | 244        |
| 23        |                           | Assam *                   | 30,936                               | 2,403                                   | 3,489              | 3,648      |
| 24        | States                    | Manipur                   | 13,827                               | 105                                     | 4,095              | 4,095      |
| 25        |                           | Meghalaya                 | 1,280                                | 389                                     | 888                | 366        |
| 26        | East                      | Mizoram                   | 13,502                               | 122                                     | 3,094              | 2,016      |
| 27        | North                     | Nagaland                  | 19,825                               | 2,015                                   | 5,305              | 4,274      |
| 28        |                           | Sikkim                    | 294                                  | 33                                      | 261                | 150        |
| 29        |                           | Tripura                   | 49,276                               | 31,703                                  | 3,526              | 3,376      |
|           | Sub- total (NE States) :- | Sub- total (NE States) :- | 1,31,718                             | 39,058                                  | 21,078             | 18,169     |
| 30        |                           | A&N Island (UT)           | -                                    | -                                       | -                  | -          |
| 31        |                           | Chandigarh (UT)           | 17,701                               | -                                       | 17,701             | 12,531     |
| 32        |                           | D&N Haveli (UT)           | 972                                  | 48                                      | 121                | 121        |
| 33        | Territories               | Daman & Diu (UT)          | 62                                   | -                                       | 14                 | 14         |
| 34        |                           | Delhi (UT)                | 55,624                               | 24,087                                  | 31,537             | 1,976      |
| 35        | Union                     | Lakshdweep (UT)           | -                                    | -                                       | -                  | -          |
| 36        |                           | Puducherry (UT)           | 2,276                                | 152                                     | 1,404              | 885        |
|           |                           | Sub- total (UT) :-        | 76,635                               | 24,287                                  | 50,777             | 15,527     |
| Grand     | Grand                     | Total                     | 28,83,589                            | 5,75,491                                | 11,53,642          | 9,73,430   |

Monitoring Division- MoHUPA

* Houses occupied includes houses being constructed by beneficiaries themselves.