Lok Sabha Question No. 2184 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2017-03-15
Subject: Houses for the Urban Poor in Tamil Nadu
Ministry: HOUSING AND URBAN  POVERTY ALLEVIATION
Asked by: PR. SENTHILNATHAN, V. SATHYABAMA

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

## LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 2184 TO BE ANSWERED ON MARCH 15, 2017

## HOUSES FOR THE URBAN POOR IN TAMIL NADU

No. 2184 SHRI PR. SENTHIL NATHAN: SHRIMATI V. SATHYA BAMA:

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

- (a) whether the Government has received any request from the Government of Tamil Nadu to sanction a special project for the construction of 50,000 houses for the poor people living in the banks of Adyar river, Coovam and Buckingham Channel  in  Chennai  and  nearby  other  water  bodies  in  Kanchipuram  and Tiruvallur districts of Tamil Nadu;
- (b) if so, the details thereof and the steps taken by the Government to expedite
- the same;
- (c) the amount released in the last three years, year-wise as against the total sanctioned  amount  during  the  corresponding  periods  for  the  construction  of
- houses for the urban poor in Tamil Nadu; and
- (d)  the  steps  taken  by  the  Government  to  provide  adequate  support  to  the Government of Tamil Nadu for providing the poor people who lost their houses
- and belongings during the heavy floods during December 2015?

## ANSWER

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

(RAO INDERJIT SINGH)

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(a) & (b):  A request was made in December, 2015 by State Government of Tamil Nadu for grant of special package of Rs. 5,000 crore for construction of 50,000 houses  for  the  families  living  along  the  banks  of  Adyar  River,  Coovam  and Buckingham  Canal  and  other  water  bodies  in  Chennai  city  and  its  sub-urban areas  at  a  unit  cost  of  Rs.  10  lakh  each.  The  State  Government  had  also requested for sanction of additional grant of Rs. 750 crore under Housing for All Mission  during  the  financial  year  2015-16  for  construction  of  another  50,000 houses  in  Chennai  and  adjoining  urban  areas  for  the  slum  dwellers  whose dwelling units have severely been damaged/lost due to floods.

As the sanction of special package is beyond the scope of the Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana (Urban) {PMAY(U)} mission, the State Government of Tamil Nadu was  requested  by  the  Ministry  to  approach  appropriate  authorities  in  this regard.

In so far as grant under 'Housing for All' is concerned, a total of 989 projects have been  considered for central assistance of Rs. 3,325.38 crore for construction of 2,21,692 houses for urban poor in the State of Tamil Nadu under the  Pradhan  Mantri  Awas  Yojana  (Urban).  Central  Assistance  of  Rs.  630.43 crore has been released so far as part of 1st instalment for these projects.

(c): For construction of houses for urban poor in Tamil Nadu, a total of 1149 projects  have  been  approved  for  construction  of  3,54,007  houses  under Jawaharlal  Nehru  National  Urban  Renewal  Mission  (JNNURM),  Rajiv  Awas Yojana (RAY) and PMAY(U) so far involving Central Assistance of Rs. 4883.23 crore  of  which  Rs.  2163.72  crore  has  been  released.  In  addition,  under  the Credit  Linked  Subsidy  Scheme  (CLSS)  of  PMAY(U),  central  assistance  in  the form  of  interest  subsidy  of  Rs.  18.80  crore  has  been  credited  to  the  loan account of 1128 beneficiaries for acquiring new houses.

The details of amount released as against the total amount sanctioned during each  of  last  three  years  and  the  current  financial  year  for  construction  of houses for urban poor in Tamil Nadu is Annexed.

(d): The  State  Governments  including  Tamil  Nadu  have  been  requested  to complete demand assessment and submit project proposals to the Ministry for availing central assistance for construction of houses under PMAY(U) to meet housing requirement for their urban poor.

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Details  of houses along with central assistance sanctioned and released during each of last three years and current financial year inTamil Nadu under schemes of JnNURM and PMAY (U) incuding projects of RAY subsumed  in PMAY (U)

| Schemes              | No of Houses involved (Nos)   | Central assistance Involved (Rs. In Cr.)   | No of Houses Completed (Nos)   | No of Houses under construction (Nos)   | Central Assistance Sanctioned for release (Rs. In Cr.)   | Central Assistance Sanctioned for release (Rs. In Cr.)   | Central Assistance Sanctioned for release (Rs. In Cr.)   | Central Assistance Sanctioned for release (Rs. In Cr.)   | Central Assistance Released (Rs. In Cr.)   | Central Assistance Released (Rs. In Cr.)   | Central Assistance Released (Rs. In Cr.)   | Central Assistance Released (Rs. In Cr.)   |
|----------------------|-------------------------------|--------------------------------------------|--------------------------------|-----------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------|
| Schemes              | No of Houses involved (Nos)   | Central assistance Involved (Rs. In Cr.)   | No of Houses Completed (Nos)   | No of Houses under construction (Nos)   | 2013-14                                                  | 2014-15                                                  | 2015-16                                                  | Current year                                             | 2013-14                                    | 2014-15                                    | 2015-16                                    | Current year                               |
| JnNURM               | 1,27,435 1,422.60             | 1,15,432                                   |                                | 12,003                                  | 225.55                                                   | 20.59                                                    | 1.87                                                     | -                                                        | 227.33                                     | 20.58                                      | -                                          | -                                          |
| RAY 4,880            |                               | 135.25                                     | 2,599                          | 2,281                                   | 17.92                                                    | 36.43                                                    | 11.76                                                    | 36.12                                                    | 10.31                                      | 54.35                                      | 10.13                                      | 28.00                                      |
| PMAY (U) 2,22,820    |                               | 3,344.18                                   | 2,379                          | 37,846                                  | -                                                        | -                                                        | 211.18                                                   | 1,133.90                                                 | -                                          | -                                          | 48.12                                      | 601.12                                     |
| Total in all schemes | 3,55,135                      | 4,902.02                                   | 1,20,410                       | 52,130                                  | 243.47                                                   | 57.02                                                    | 224.80                                                   | 1,170.02                                                 | 237.64                                     | 74.94                                      | 58.25                                      | 629.12                                     |

Central assistance released in a particular year is sometimes more as it includes for releases for which sanctioned accrded in the particular year as well as preceding years.

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