Lok Sabha Question No. 2175 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2019-07-04
Subject: Slum Population
Ministry: HOUSING AND URBAN AFFAIRS
Asked by: Manoj Kishorbhai Kotak

No. 2175

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

## MINISTRY OF HOUSING AND URBAN AFFAIRS LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 2175 TO BE ANSWERED ON JULY 04, 2019 SLUM POPULATION

SHRI MANOJ KOTAK:

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

- (a)  the estimates of slum population across the country, Statewise especially in Mumbai;
- (b)  the  steps  taken  by  the  Government  to  collect  surveys pertaining to slums between successive censuses;
- (c) the number of low-cost housing complexes constructed by the  Government  during  the  last  five  years  especially  in
- Mumbai; and
- (d) the number of such houses that continue to remain vacant?

## ANSWER

THE MINISTER OF STATE (INDEPENDENT CHARGE) OF THE MINISTRY OF HOUSING AND URBAN AFFAIRS

(SHRI HARDEEP SINGH PURI)

- (a) :   As per the population Census of India 2011, the estimated slum  population  across  the  country  is  6,54,94,604,  including 52,06,473 in Municipal Corporation of Greater Mumbai. State/Union Territory (UT)-wise details of slum population are at Annexure-I.

(b): The Ministry  of  Housing  and  Urban  Affairs  (MoHUA)  does not  conduct  any  specific  survey  pertaining  to  slums  between successive censuses. However, the MoHUA through its programmatic  intervention  Viz.  Pradhan  Mantri  Awas  Yojana (Urban) {PMAY(U)} Mission has been making overarching efforts in providing housing with basic civic amenities to the urban poor including slum  dwellers of towns/cities of the  country by assisting States/UTs both technically and financially.

(c) & (d): The details of number of houses sanctioned, grounded, completed and unoccupied during the last five years are enclosed at Annexure-II.

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## Annexure referred to in reply to Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No. 2175 for 04.07.2019.

| State Code   | INDIA/STATE/UT            | Slum Population 2011   |
|--------------|---------------------------|------------------------|
|              | INDIA                     | 65494604               |
| 01           | JAMMU & KASHMIR           | 662062                 |
| 02           | HIMACHAL PRADESH          | 61312                  |
| 03           | PUNJAB                    | 1460518                |
| 04           | CHANDIGARH                | 95135                  |
| 05           | UTTARAKHAND               | 487741                 |
| 06           | HARYANA                   | 1662305                |
| 07           | NCT OF DELHI              | 1785390                |
| 08           | RAJASTHAN                 | 2068000                |
| 09           | UTTAR PRADESH             | 6239965                |
| 10           | BIHAR                     | 1237682                |
| 11           | SIKKIM                    | 31378                  |
| 12           | ARUNACHAL PRADESH         | 15562                  |
| 13           | NAGALAND                  | 82324                  |
| 14           | MANIPUR                   | NS                     |
| 15           | MIZORAM                   | 78561                  |
| 16           | TRIPURA                   | 139780                 |
| 17           | MEGHALAYA                 | 57418                  |
| 18           | ASSAM                     | 197266                 |
| 19           | WEST BENGAL               | 6418594                |
| 20           | JHARKHAND                 | 372999                 |
| 21           | ODISHA                    | 1560303                |
| 22           | CHHATTISGARH              | 1898931                |
| 23           | MADHYA PRADESH            | 5688993                |
| 24           | GUJARAT                   | 1680095                |
| 25           | DAMAN & DIU               | NS                     |
| 26           | DADRA & NAGAR HAVELI      | NS                     |
| 27           | MAHARASHTRA               | 11848423               |
| 28           | ANDHRA PRADESH            | 10186934               |
| 29           | KARNATAKA                 | 3291434                |
| 30           | GOA                       | 26247                  |
| 31           | LAKSHADWEEP               | NS                     |
| 32           | KERALA                    | 202048                 |
| 33           | TAMIL NADU                | 5798459                |
| 34           | PUDUCHERRY                | 144573                 |
| 35           | ANDAMAN & NICOBAR ISLANDS | 14172                  |

## Annexure referred in reply to Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No - 2175 due for 04.07.2019

Details of houses sanctioned, grounded and completed alongwith unoccupied houses in allover country as well as in Mumbai during last five years under PMAY(U)and JnNURM

|                     | All over India   | Mumbai   |
|---------------------|------------------|----------|
| Houses Sanctioned@  | 83,62,975        | 2,08,061 |
| Houses Grounded*    | 48,31,562        | 58,256   |
| Houses Constructed* | 26,07,913        | 6,965    |
| Houses Unoccupied*  | 3,54,642         | 3,162    |

- @ Houses Sanctioned during last five years in PMAY(U)
* Including works of PMAY(U) and works of JnNURM taken up after 2014

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