Lok Sabha Question No. 304 (STARRED), answered on 2016-12-07
Subject: Homeless People
Ministry: HOUSING AND URBAN  POVERTY ALLEVIATION
Asked by: DEVENDRA (ALIAS) BHOLE SINGH SINGH

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

## LOK SABHA

## STARRED QUESTION NO. 304* TO BE ANSWERED ON DECEMBER 7, 2016 HOMELESS PEOPLE

No. 304* SHRI DEVENDRA SINGH BHOLE:

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 facts in this regard ;
- (b) whether the court was not satisfied with the implementation
- of the National Urban Livelihoods Mission and issued appropriate  direction  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  detail  of  various    facilities  provided  by  the  BPL  card beneficiaries to the States/UTs including Uttar Pradesh?

## ANSWER

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

(RAO INDERJIT SINGH)

(a) to (d):  A statement is laid on the table of the House.

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STATEMENT  REFERRED  TO  IN REPLY TO LOK  SABHA  STARRED QUESTION No. 304* FOR ANSWER ON 07.12.2016 REGARDING HOMELESS PEOPLE

- (a)  and  (b):  Hon'ble  Supreme  Court  has,  vide  its  Order  dated  11 th November, 2016, directed to constitute a Committee under Chairmanship  of  Mr. Justice Kailash Gambhir,  retired Judge, High Court of Delhi for physical verification of  the available  permanent  shelters  for  urban  homeless  in  each State/UT, verifying whether the shelters are in compliance with  the operational guidelines of  the scheme  Shelters for Urban Homeless under the National Urban Livelihoods Mission  (NULM)  and  inquire  into  the  reasons  for  slow progress in setting up of shelter homes by the States/UTs and about  non-utilization and/ or diversion/ mis-utilization of  the  funds  allocated under the scheme. The Committee shall also issue suitable recommendations including provision of temporary shelters  to the State Governments for compliance  within  the indicated time frame.  The Committee has been directed to submit its report within a period of four months.
- (c)  and  (d):  State/  UT-wise  details  (including  the  state  of  Uttar Pradesh) 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 , which includes the houses  constructed  under  the  subsumed  of  Rajiv  Awas Yojana (RAY), are annexed.

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State / UT wise details of Construction of Houses along with basic civic and social infrastructure facilities to urban poor including BPL card holders under schemes of JnNURM and PMAY including subsumed projects of RAY being implemented by Ministry of Housing and Urban Poverty Alliviation (MoHUPA)

| Sl. No.     | State/UT           | Houses sanctioned for construction   | Construction of Houses Under Progress   | Construction of Houses Completed   | Houses Occupied by benificiaries   |
|-------------|--------------------|--------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------|------------------------------------|------------------------------------|
| 1           | A&N Island (UT)    | -                                    | -                                       | -                                  | -                                  |
| 2           | Andhra Pradesh     | 2,74,266                             | 11,069                                  | 67,321                             | 47,665                             |
| 3           | Arunanchal Pradesh | 2,708                                | 2,288                                   | 420                                | 244                                |
| 4           | Assam              | 30,928                               | 2,415                                   | 3,469                              | 3,564                              |
| 5           | Bihar              | 87,442                               | 26,906                                  | 15,996                             | 24,816                             |
| 6           | Chandigarh (UT)    | 17,700                               | 1                                       | 17,699                             | 12,518                             |
| 7           | Chhattisgarh       | 49,269                               | 8,883                                   | 23,958                             | 14,793                             |
| 8           | D&N Haveli (UT)    | 151                                  | 48                                      | 103                                | 103                                |
| 9           | Daman & Diu (UT)   | 14                                   | -                                       | 14                                 | 14                                 |
| 10          | Delhi (UT)         | 55,516                               | 24,000                                  | 31,516                             | 1,766                              |
| 11          | Goa                | 5                                    | -                                       | 5                                  | 5                                  |
| 12          | Gujarat            | 2,70,532                             | 66,399                                  | 1,38,648                           | 1,12,224                           |
| 13          | Haryana            | 17,333                               | 2,555                                   | 13,391                             | 10,726                             |
| 14          | Himachal Pradesh   | 4,355                                | 2,518                                   | 825                                | 403                                |
| 15          | Jammu & Kashmir    | 15,516                               | 2,002                                   | 6,961                              | 7,820                              |
| 16          | Jharkhand          | 54,548                               | 12,084                                  | 9,129                              | 10,006                             |
| 17          | Karnataka          | 1,60,006                             | 9,556                                   | 51,171                             | 41,586                             |
| 18          | Kerala             | 59,671                               | 4,056                                   | 35,344                             | 35,676                             |
| 19          | Lakshdweep (UT)    | -                                    | -                                       | -                                  | -                                  |
| 20          | Madhya Pradesh     | 1,22,704                             | 35,573                                  | 35,849                             | 30,203                             |
| 21          | Maharashtra        | 2,93,284                             | 34,222                                  | 1,36,272                           | 97,059                             |
| 22          | Manipur            | 7,184                                | 22                                      | 4,072                              | 4,072                              |
| 23          | Meghalaya          | 1,271                                | 367                                     | 872                                | 347                                |
| 24          | Mizoram            | 13,497                               | 174                                     | 3,037                              | 1,988                              |
| 25          | Nagaland           | 17,402                               | 2,020                                   | 5,299                              | 4,273                              |
| 26          | Orissa             | 61,531                               | 6,812                                   | 12,932                             | 12,077                             |
| 27          | Puducherry (UT)    | 1,551                                | 161                                     | 1,390                              | 871                                |
| 28          | Punjab             | 49,612                               | 823                                     | 6,237                              | 3,321                              |
| 29          | Rajasthan          | 80,506                               | 22,985                                  | 43,964                             | 40,984                             |
| 30          | Sikkim             | 294                                  | 34                                      | 260                                | 149                                |
| 31          | TamilNadu          | 3,02,473                             | 47,014                                  | 1,19,105                           | 1,10,781                           |
| 32          | Telangana          | 1,65,598                             | 11,769                                  | 75,394                             | 56,898                             |
| 33          | Tripura            | 49,276                               | 2,859                                   | 3,521                              | 3,371                              |
| 34          | Uttar Pradesh      | 92,329                               | 13,207                                  | 74,434                             | 60,733                             |
| 35          | Uttrakhand         | 11,750                               | 3,066                                   | 3,009                              | 1,905                              |
| 36          | West Bengal        | 2,95,236                             | 31,773                                  | 1,61,309                           | 1,60,676                           |
| Grand Total |                    | 26,65,458                            | 3,87,661                                | 11,02,926                          | 9,13,637                           |