Lok Sabha Question No. 1014 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2018-07-24
Subject: Houses for Weaker Sections
Ministry: HOUSING AND URBAN AFFAIRS
Asked by: VIJAY KUMAR HANSDAK

No. 1014.

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

## MINISTRY OF HOUSING AND URBAN AFFAIRS

## LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1014

## TO BE ANSWERED ON 24 JULY, 2018

## HOUSES FOR WEAKER SECTIONS

SHRI VIJAY KUMAR HANSDAK:

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

- (a) the number of persons belonging to weaker sections who have been  allotted  houses  under  various  schemes  in  Jharkhand during the last three years;
- (b) the  estimated  number  of  persons  in  Jharkhand  who  are homeless;
- (c) the various efforts being made to ensure that housing facility
- is  made available to all in Jharkhand by the year 2018; and
- (d) the outcome of the said efforts?

## ANSWER THE MINISTER OF STATE (INDEPENDENT CHARGE) OF THE

## MINISTRY OF HOUSING AND URBAN AFFAIRS (SHRI HARDEEP SINGH PURI)

- (a): The number of houses sanctioned to weaker sections under various schemes in Jharkhand during the last three years is at Annexure.
- (b): A  demand  of  approximately  2.92  lakh  houses  has  been projected  in  the  road  map  presented  by  the  State  of Jharkhand.
- (c): In  order  to  provide  all  weather  pucca  houses  with  basic amenities  to  all  the  eligible  urban  poor  in  all  States/UTs including  Jharkhand  under  Pradhan  Mantri  Awas  Yojana (Urban) Mission, the following steps have been taken by the Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs (MoHUA):
- (i) A Central Sanctioning & Monitoring Committee (CSMC) under the  chairpersonship  of  the  Secretary,  MoHUA  has  been constituted for regular reviews of the implementation of the scheme.
- (ii) A  committee  of  the  Secretary,  MoHUA  and  the  Secretary, Department of Financial Services has also been constituted for monitoring Credit Linked Subsidy Scheme (CLSS) component of the PMAY(U) Mission.

- (iii) Further, the MoHUA regularly monitors the progress through periodic  review  meetings/  video conferencing  with  the concerned States/UTs.
- (iv) The officers of the MoHUA  as  well as the Program Management Unit (PMU) set up under the scheme regularly
- undertake field visits to monitor the scheme.
- (v) National/  Regional/  State/  City  Level  workshops  have  been conducted at regular interval to explain the  Scheme Guidelines to Executive Officers/Engineers/Elected Representatives  of  all  Urban  Local  Bodies  (ULBs)/Special
- Development Authorities for creating awareness.
- (vi) Workshops  are  being  conducted  by  the  Central  Nodal Agencies  (CNAs)  i.e.  National  Housing  Bank  (NHB)  and Housing & Urban Development Corporation Ltd. (HUDCO) to disseminate information on CLSS to all stakeholders
- including Primary Lending Institutions (PLIs).
- (d): Central Assistance of Rs. 2,500.88 crore has been sanctioned for  1,69,318  houses  for  weaker  sections  in  the  State  of Jharkhand  and  out  of  sanctioned  Central  Assistance,  Rs. 971.11  crore  has  been  released.  Further,  out  of  1,69,318 sanctioned houses, 86,027 houses have been grounded and 34,208 houses have been constructed.

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## Referred to Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No. 1014 for answer on 24.07.2018

## Houses sanctioned for weaker sections in various schemes during last three years alongwith Cumulative Physical and Financial progress under PMAY(U)

| Particulars                                | Financial Year                             | Houses sanctioned for Slum dwellers including houses sanctioned In-situ Slum   | Affordable Housing in Partnership   | Beneficiary Led Construction   |   Credit Linked Subsidy Scheme | In all components of PMAY(U)   |
|--------------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
| Houses Sanctioned to Weaker Section        | 2015-16                                    | -                                                                              | -                                   | 7,739                          |                           11   | 7,750                          |
|                                            | 2016-17                                    | -                                                                              | -                                   | 52,846                         |                           40   | 52,886                         |
| (Nos)                                      | 2017-18                                    | 13,789                                                                         | 35,230                              | 41,064                         |                          126   | 90,209                         |
| Houses Gounded                             | Houses Gounded                             | 3,093                                                                          | 464                                 | 82,277                         |                          193   | 86,027                         |
| Houses Constructed                         | Houses Constructed                         | 2,860                                                                          | -                                   | 31,155                         |                          193   | 34,208                         |
| Central Assistance Sanctioned (Rs. in Cr.) | Central Assistance Sanctioned (Rs. in Cr.) | 252.32                                                                         | 637.40                              | 1,607.76                       |                            3.4 | 2,500.88                       |
| Central Assistance Released (Rs. in Cr.)   | Central Assistance Released (Rs. in Cr.)   | 73.40                                                                          | 207.73                              | 686.57                         |                            3.4 | 971.11                         |

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