Lok Sabha Question No. 2053 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2020-09-22
Subject: Homeless and BPL Population
Ministry: HOUSING AND URBAN AFFAIRS
Asked by: Ravi Kishan Shukla, Manoj Kumar Tiwari, John Barla, Sangamlal Kadedin Gupta

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF HOUSING AND URBAN AFFAIRS LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 2053 TO BE ANSWERED ON SEPTEMBER 22, 2020

## HOMELESS AND BPL POPULATION

NO. 2053. SHRI RAVI KISHAN:

SHRI MANOJ TIWARI:

SHRI JOHN BARLA:

SHRI SANGAM LAL GUPTA:

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

- (a) whether the Government has conducted any survey of poor homeless people related to BPL category;
- (b) if so, the details thereof, State-wise, including National Capital
- Territory of Delhi, West Bengal and Uttar Pradesh;
- (c) whether the Government proposes to provide permanent houses to the above mentioned destitute persons; and
- (d) if so, the details thereof and if not, the reasons therefor?

## ANSWER

## THE MINISTER OF STATE (INDEPENDENT CHARGE) OF THE MINISTRY OF HOUSING AND URBAN AFFAIRS (SHRI HARDEEP SINGH PURI)

- (a) & (b): Yes, Sir. The Operational Guidelines of Scheme of Shelter for Urban Homeless (SUH) under Deendayal Antyodaya Yojana National Urban Livelihoods Mission (DAY-NULM), provides for conducting a systematic third party survey by the Iocall municipal bodies So as to assess accurately the need for shelters at suitable locationsSo 22 Statesl Union Territories (UTs) have conducted third party survey through which 2,07,847 urban homeless persons have been identified: The Statesl UTs-wise details are at Annexure. far,
- (c) & (d): 'and' and 'Colonisation' are State subjects: Therefore, it is of the Statel UT Governments to frame policies and implement schemes for providing permanent

houses to destitute persons. However, Government of India through Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana Urban (PMAY-U) Mission; has been providing technical and financial assistance to Statesl UTs to provide houses with basic civic amenities to eligible urban poor including destitute persons:

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## Number of Urban Homeless identified by Statesl UTs in Third Party Systematic Survey

| S. No:   | Statel UT        | No. of urban homeless persons identified   |
|----------|------------------|--------------------------------------------|
|          | Andhra Pradesh   | 11,173                                     |
| 2        | Bihar            | 10,253                                     |
| 3        | Chandigarh       | 2,064                                      |
|          | Chhattisgarh     | 10,216                                     |
| 5        | Goa              | 173                                        |
| 6        | Gujarat          | 35,293                                     |
|          | Haryana          | 19,015                                     |
| 8        | Himachal Pradesh | 879                                        |
| 9        | Jharkhand        | 1,735                                      |
| 10       | Kerala           | 3,195                                      |
| 11       | Manipur          | 4                                          |
| 12       | Meghalaya        | 48                                         |
| 13       | Mizoram          | 3,888                                      |
| 14       | Nagaland         | 50                                         |
| 15       | Odisha           | 13,651                                     |
| 16       | Puducherry       | 719                                        |
| 17       | Rajasthan        | 39,512                                     |
| 18       | Sikkim           | 13                                         |
| 19       | Tamil Nadu       | 14,040                                     |
| 20       | Telangana        | 2,952                                      |
| 21       | Uttar Pradesh    | 28,409                                     |
| 22       | West Bengal_     | 10,565                                     |
| Total    | Total            | 207847                                     |