Lok Sabha Question No. 595 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2017-07-19
Subject: Slums Under PMAY
Ministry: HOUSING AND URBAN AFFAIRS
Asked by: SANJAY(KAKA) RAMCHANDRA PATIL

No. 595

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

## MINISTRY OF HOUSING AND URBAN AFFAIRS LOK  SABHA

UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 595

TO BE ANSWERED ON JULY 19, 2017

## SLUMS UNDER PMAY

SHRI SANJAY KAKA PATIL:

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

- (a)  the  details  of  criteria  laid  down  for  identifying  beneficiaries  of Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana (PMAY) in the country;
- (b) the State-wise details of total number of houses allotted to the urban poor under the new policy of PMAY; and
- (c) whether there is any scheme to make alterations in slums under PMAY for  urban  poor  living  in  slum  clusters  and  if  so,  the  details thereof?

ANSWER

## THE MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF HOUSING AND URBAN AFFAIRS

## (RAO INDERJIT SINGH)

- (a): The Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana-(Urban) Mission, launched on 25.6.2015  aims  to  provide  central  assistance  to  implementing agencies  through  States/UTs  for  providing  houses  to  all  eligible families/ beneficiaries.

A  beneficiary  family  will  comprise  husband,  wife,  unmarried  sons and/or unmarried daughters. The beneficiary family should not own a pucca house (an all-weather dwelling unit) either in his/her name or in the name of any member his / her family in any part of India.

An  adult  earning  member  (irrespective  of  marital  status)  can  be treated as a separate household;

Provided that he / she does not own a pucca (an all weather dwelling unit) house in his / her name in any part of India.

Provided also that in the case of a married couple, either of the spouses or both together in joint ownership will be eligible for a single  house,  subject  to  income  eligibility  of  the  household under the Scheme.

Selection/identification  of  beneficiaries  for  the  projects  taken  up under the Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana (Urban) Mission comes within the purview of State/UT Governments.

- (b): State-wise  details  of  total  number  of  houses  for  urban  poor sanctioned under the PMAY(U) mission are at Annexure.
- (c): 'In-situ'  Slum  Redevelopment  (ISSR)  is  a  component  under PMAY  (Urban)  mission  under  which  State  /  UT  Government  using land  as  a  resource  may  take  up  Slum  redevelopment  projects  for providing houses to eligible slum dwellers. Slum rehabilitation grant of Rs. 1.0 lakh per house, on an average, is admissible for all houses built in all such projects.

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## States/UTs wise details of Houses sanctioned for Urban Poor under PMAY(U)

[as on 10th July 2017]

| Sl. No.         | Name of the State/ UT   | Houses Sanctioned (Nos)   |
|-----------------|-------------------------|---------------------------|
| 1               | A&N Island (UT)         | 609                       |
| 2               | Andhra Pradesh          | 195,074                   |
| 3               | Arunanchal Pradesh      | 1,606                     |
| 4               | Assam                   | 26,798                    |
| 5               | Bihar                   | 88,319                    |
| 6               | Chandigarh (UT)         | 8                         |
| 7               | Chhattisgarh            | 35,124                    |
| 8               | D&N Haveli (UT)         | 906                       |
| 9               | Daman & Diu (UT)        | 132                       |
| 10              | Delhi (UT)              | 383                       |
| 11              | Goa                     | 11                        |
| 12              | Gujarat                 | 152,471                   |
| 13              | Haryana                 | 4,418                     |
| 14              | Himachal Pradesh        | 4,893                     |
| 15              | Jammu & Kashmir         | 6,250                     |
| 16              | Jharkhand               | 81,681                    |
| 17              | Karnataka               | 203,033                   |
| 18              | Kerala                  | 32,521                    |
| 19              | Lakshdweep (UT)         | -                         |
| 20              | Madhya Pradesh          | 286,350                   |
| 21              | Maharashtra             | 130,635                   |
| 22              | Manipur                 | 16,059                    |
| 23              | Meghalaya               | 61                        |
| 24              | Mizoram                 | 10,552                    |
| 25              | Nagaland                | 13,560                    |
| 26              | Orissa                  | 59,515                    |
| 27              | Puducherry (UT)         | 3,866                     |
| 28              | Punjab                  | 42,841                    |
| 29              | Rajasthan               | 44,506                    |
| 30              | Sikkim                  | 43                        |
| 31              | TamilNadu               | 319,096                   |
| 32              | Telangana               | 83,032                    |
| 33              | Tripura                 | 45,968                    |
| 34              | Uttar Pradesh           | 54,945                    |
| 35              | Uttrakhand              | 8,001                     |
| 36              | West Bengal             | 144,629                   |
| Grand Total* :- |                         | 2,100,475                 |

* Includes 2579 Houses of CLSS scheme for which State/UT-wise breakup is awaited from CNAs

Monitoring Division- MoHUA