Lok Sabha Question No. 2215 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2019-07-04
Subject: Survey on Shortage of Houses in Urban Areas
Ministry: HOUSING AND URBAN AFFAIRS
Asked by: Chandan Singh

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

## MINISTRY OF HOUSING AND URBAN AFFAIRS

## LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 2215

## TO BE ANSWERED ON JULY 04, 2019

## SURVEY ON SHORTAGE OF HOUSES IN URBAN AREAS

NO.  2215.  SHRI CHANDAN SINGH:

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

- (a)  whether  the  Government  has  conducted  any  survey  to  find  out shortage of houses in urban areas of the country;
- (b)  if so, the details and the outcome thereof;
- (c) whether the Government has formulated any action plan to address the shortage;
- (d)  if so, the features thereof;
- (e) whether new houses have been constructed under the said scheme in Government sector during the last five years; and
- (f)  if so, the details thereof?

## ANSWER

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

- (a) & (b): Yes, Sir.  The States/UTs had undertaken demand survey for assessing  actual  demand  of  housing  under  Pradhan  Mantri  Awas Yojana (Urban) [PMAY(U)].  The validated demand so far is around 100 lakhs.
- (c) & (d): In  pursuance  of  the  Government's  vision  of  'Housing  for All'  by  2022,  the  Ministry  of  Housing  and  Urban  Affairs  (MoHUA)  is implementing the PMAY(U) since 25.06.2015 for providing assistance to States/Union Territories (UTs) in addressing the housing requirement of the people belonging to Economically Weaker Sections (EWS),  Lower  Income  Group  (LIG)  and  Middle  Income  Group  (MIG) categories  in  urban  areas.    Detailed  features  of  the  PMAY(U)  are  at Annexure.
- (e) & (f): During the last five years, a total of 83,62,975 houses have been  approved,  out of this 48,31,580 are at various stages of construction  and  26,07,913  have  been  completed/occupied  under PMAY(U) and earlier housing schemes viz. Jawaharlal Nehru National Urban Renewal Mission (JNNURM) & Rajiv Awas Yojana (RAY).

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## Annexure referred to in reply of the LSUQ No. 2215 due for 4.7.2019 Features of PMAY (U)

## 1.0  Background:

- In pursuance of Government's vision of 'Housing for All' by 2022, the  Ministry  of  Housing  &  Urban  Affairs  (MoHUA)  is  implementing Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana (Urban)[PMAY(U)] since 25.06.2015.
- Under  the  Scheme,  this  Ministry  is  providing  assistance  to States/Union Territories (UTs) in addressing the housing requirement of  the  people  belonging  to  Economically  Weaker  Sections  (EWS), Lower Income Group (LIG) and Middle Income Group (MIG) categories in the urban areas.
- The Scheme comprises following four verticals:
- (i) In-situ  Slum  Redevelopment  (ISSR):  Slum  redevelopment grant of Rs. 1 lakh per house is admissible for all houses built for eligible slum dwellers under the vertical.
- (ii) Credit Linked Subsidy Scheme (CLSS): An interest subsidy of 6.5 %, 4% and 3% on loan amountsupto Rs. 6 lakh, Rs. 9 lakh and Rs. 12 lakhis available for the eligible beneficiariesbelonging to EWS/LIG, MIG-I and MIG-II respectively seeking housing loans from Banks, Housing Finance Companies and other such institutions.
- (iii) Affordable Housing in Partnership (AHP): Central assistance of Rs. 1.5 Lakh per EWS house is available.
- (iv) Beneficiary-led individual house construction/enhancements(BLC): Central  assistance  of  Rs. 1.5  lakh  per  house  is  available  to  individual  eligible  families belonging to EWS categories.
- The  Mission  is  implemented  as  a Centrally  Sponsored  Scheme (CSS) except the CLSS vertical of PMAY (U) which is being implemented as a Central Sector Scheme.

## 2.0 Beneficiary Family:

- The  beneficiary  family  under  the  Scheme  has  been  defined  as under:
- A beneficiary family will comprise of 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 of 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.
- Such  person  with  pucca  house  having  built-up  area  less than  21  Sq.  m.  may  be  included  for  enhancement  of  existing dwelling  units  upto  30  Sqm.However,  if  enhancement  is  not possible on account of lack of availability of land/ space or any other reason, she/he may get a house under PMAY(U) elsewhere.
- An  eligible  beneficiary  can  take  advantage  of  only  one  of the four verticals of the Mission.

## 3.0 Salient Details:

## Flexibility to States:

- Cafeteria Approach: States/UTs can choose any vertical of the Mission to meet their demand of housing.
- Demand  Based  Approach:  Housing  requirement  based  on
- demand assessment by States.
- Appraisal& Approval of projects at State level.

## Ownership of houses:

- o House to be in the name of adult female member or in joint name.
- o Preference to persons  with disabilities, ST/  SC/  OBCs Minorities, Transgender and women (with overriding priority to widow).
- o All  dwelling  units  to  have  drinking  water,  power  supply, sewerage and toilet facility.

## Coverage:

- o All statutory towns (Census-2011) and towns notified subsequently.
- o Notified Planning Areas and Notified Development Authorities (excluding rural areas).
- o Areas  falling  within  notified  Planning/  Development  area under the jurisdiction of an Industrial Development Authority/Special Area Development Authority/ Urban Development  Authority  or  any  such  Authority  under  State Legislation

## 4.0

## Funding:

- o A  National  Urban  Housing  Fund  (NUHF)  has  been  created for providing extra budgetary resources for the Scheme.

## Use of Technology:

- o Promoting  use  of  innovative  construction  technology  for rapid delivery of houses.
- o Use of Information/Space Technology through PMAY(U)-MIS (Management  Information  System),  Bhuvan  Portal,  PFMS (Public Financial Management System) for effective monitoring.
- o Geo-tagging  of  all  houses  to  be  constructed  under  BLC vertical and AHP projects, to monitor the progress.
- o
- Robust MIS for all stake holders.
- o PMAY(U)  Mobile  App  for  dissemination  of  information  and capturing the emotions of beneficiaries through photographs/videos testimonials.

## Technology Submission: GHTC

- Ministry  has  launched  a  Global  Housing  Technology  ChallengeIndia (GHTC-India) to get the best globally available constructiontechnologies through a challenge process and to enable paradigm shift in the housing construction sector.
- Hon'ble  Prime  Minister  of  India  inaugurated  the  Construction Technology  India-  2019,  a  global  Expo-cum-Conference  which was organized on 2-3 March 2019 in New Delhi.60 Exhibitors with 54  proven  technologies  from  25  countries  showcased  their
- technologies in the Expo.
- Hon'ble Prime Minister declared the year 2019-20 as the 'Construction Technology Year'.
- Further,  6  Light  House  Projects  in  different  regions  (Gujarat, Jharkhand, Madhya Pradesh, Tamil Nadu, Tripura & Uttar Pradesh) will be constructed using different innovative technologies.  These  projects  will  serve  as  live  laboratories  for different aspects of transfer of technologies to field application, such as planning, design, production of components, construction practices, testing etc.
- In  addition,  72  Potential  Future  technologies  (domestic)  have been  identified  through  the  challenge  which  will  be  shortlisted for providing Acceleration and Incubation support.
- During  the  Expo,  Hon'ble  Prime  Minister  also  released  the  3rd edition of Vulnerability Atlas of India.

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