Lok Sabha Question No. 1098 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2019-06-27
Subject: Allotment of Houses to Weaker Section
Ministry: HOUSING AND URBAN AFFAIRS
Asked by: Rama Devi, Giridhari Yadav

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF HOUSING AND URBAN AFFAIRS

## LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1098

## TO BE ANSWERED ON JUNE 27, 2019 ALLOTMENT OF HOUSES TO WEAKER SECTION

NO.  1098   SHRIMATI RAMA DEVI: SHRI GIRIDHARI YADAV:

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

- (a)  the  number  of  people  in  Bihar  and  Madhya  Pradesh  who  are homeless at present;
- (b)  the  number  of  people  belonging  to  weaker  section  in  Bihar  and Madhya  Pradesh  who  have  been  allotted  homes  under  various schemes during the last three years; and
- (c) the steps being taken to provide homes to every homeless person in Bihar and Madhya Pradesh by the year 2022?

## ANSWER

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

(a) to (c): The Ministry of Housing &  Urban Affairs (MoHUA)  is administering  a  Scheme  of  'Shelter  for  Urban  Homeless  (SUH)'  as  a component of Deendayal Antyodaya Yojana-National Urban Livelihoods Mission  (DAY-NULM),  through  respective  States/UTs.    The  Scheme focuses  on  providing  permanent  shelters  to  the  urban  homeless. Number  of  urban  homeless  identified  on  the  basis  of  third  party systematic  survey  conducted  by  the  respective  States,  is  12,108  in Bihar and 2,877 in Madhya Pradesh so far.

In  Bihar,  as  on  24.06.2019, a total of 94 shelters for urban homeless have been sanctioned under DAY-NULM, out of these, 65 shelters are operational.    In  Madhya  Pradesh,  as  on  24.06.2019,  a  total  of  133 shelters  for  urban  homeless  have  been  sanctioned  under  DAY-NULM and all shelters are operational.

Further, in pursuance of the Government's vision of 'Housing for All' by  2022,  the  Ministry  is  also  implementing  the  Pradhan  Mantri  Awas Yojana (Urban) [PMAY(U)] since 25.06.2015 for providing assistance to States/Union  Territories  (UTs),  including  the  States  of  Bihar  and Madhya Pradesh, 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. The States/UTs have undertaken demand survey for assessing actual demand of housing in urban areas.  The demand confirmed so far by the  States  of  Bihar  and  Madhya  Pradesh  is  7  lakh  and  11.52  lakh respectively.

The details of houses sanctioned, grounded and completed so far for Economically  Weaker  Sections  (EWS)  in  the  States  of  Bihar  and Madhya Pradesh during last three years are as under:

| Details                                | Bihar    | Madhya Pradesh   |
|----------------------------------------|----------|------------------|
| Houses Sanctioned (Nos)                | 2,51,445 | 6,65,691         |
| Houses grounded for construction (Nos) | 1,30,198 | 4,82,031         |
| Houses completed (Nos)                 | 69,229   | 2,75,915         |

All the States/UTs, including the States of Bihar and Madhya Pradesh, have  been  requested  to  get  their  remaining  demand  of  houses sanctioned  at  the  earliest  so  that  construction  of  all  houses  may progressively be completed by 2022.

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