Lok Sabha Question No. 2445 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2020-03-05
Subject: People Living in Slums
Ministry: HOUSING AND URBAN AFFAIRS
Asked by: Gurjeet Singh Aujla

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF HOUSING AND URBAN AFFAIRS

## LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 2445

## TO BE ANSWERED ON MARCH 05, 2020

## PEOPLE LIVING IN SLUMS

- NO. 2445. SHRI GURJEET SINGH AUJLA : Will the Minister of HOUSING AND URBAN AFFAIRS be pleased to

state:

- (a) whether the Government has the data of the homeless people living in the slums in Indian cities and if so, the details thereof, Statewise;
- whether housing till now provided by the Government is in accordance with its target;
- (c)
- if so, the target set by the Government and the target achieved during each of the last six years from 2014 to 2019; and
- (d) the major roadblocks identified and the solution to tide this
- over hurdle if the targets are not being achieved?

## ANSWER

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

## (SHRI HARDEEP SINGH PURI)

- (a): Since 'Land' and 'Colonisation' are State subjects, the data of the homeless people living in the slums in Indian cities Census of India, 2011, the number of people living in the Indian cities is 6,54,94,604. The
- (b) to (d): 'Land' and 'Colonisation' being State subjects, it is the responsibility of the StatelUt Governments to frame policies and implement schemes for providing housing: However, the Government of India  through various programmatic  interventions has been assisting StateslUTs both technically and financially to address their   housing  shortage: In this   regard, the Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs (MoHUA) has been implementing
- are available with the concerned States/Union Territories (UTs): However, as per slums in StatelUnion   Territory (UT)-wise details of population of people living in the slums are at Annexure-I:

Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana Urban (PMAY-U) Mission since June 2015 to provide Central Assistance to StateslUTs for providing all weather pucca houses to all eligible urban households including slum dwellers by the year 2022 SIn-situ' Slum Redevelopment (ISSR) component under PMAY-U Mission mandates to use land as a resource for providing houses to slum dwellers. This approach aims to leverage the locked potential land under slums to provide houses to the eligible slum dwellers by bringing them into the formal urban settlementThe StateslUTs have undertaken demand survey for assessing actual demand of housing under the PMAY-U Mission: The validated demand for the entire Mission period is around 112.24 lakh and so far, 103.62 Iakh houses have been sanctioned against the target set of 97.22 Iakh up to the year 2019-20. The target achieved in terms of houses sanctioned is well ahead of the  target set under PMAY-U Mission. The   year-wise details of target set by the Government and the target achieved during each of the last six years from 2014 to 2019 under PMAY-U Mission are at Annexure-II.

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## Annexure-[ referred in reply to LS USQ No. 2445 due for answer on 05.03.2020

## State/UT-wise details of 'population of people living in slums as per Census-2011

| StatelUT          | @Slum Population   |
|-------------------|--------------------|
| Andhra Pradesh    | 10186934           |
| Arunachal Pradesh | 15562              |
| Assam             | 197266             |
| Bihar             | 1237682            |
| Chhattisgarh      | 1898931            |
| Goa               | 26247              |
| Gujarat           | 1680095            |
| Haryana           | 1662305            |
| Himachal Pradesh  | 61312              |
| Jammu & Kashmir   | 662062             |
| Jharkhand         | 372999             |
| Karnataka         |                    |
| Kerala            | 202048             |
| Madhya Pradesh    | 5688993            |
| Maharashtra       |                    |
| Manipur           | NS                 |
| Meghalaya         | 57418              |
| Mizoram           | 78561              |
| Nagaland          | 82324              |
| Odisha            | 1560303            |
| Punjab            | 1460518            |
| Rajasthan         | 2068000            |
| Sikkim            | 31378              |
|                   | 5798459            |
| Tripura           |                    |
| Uttar Pradesh     | 6239965            |
| Uttarakhand       | 487741             |
| West Bengal       | 6418594            |
| A & N Islands     | 14172              |
| Chandigarh        | 95135              |
| D & N Haveli      | NS                 |
| Daman & Diu       | NS                 |
| Delhi             | 1785390            |
| Lakshadweep       | NS                 |
| Puducherry        | 144573             |
| India             | 65494604           |

Note: * Andhra Pradesh means the erstwhile State of Andhra Pradesh the area now comprising the presentday State of Andhra Pradesh and 'Telangana. ie

Note: 'NS' indicates slum not reported.

Slum Population estimated for 2613 slum reported cities, 'towns (includes 20 Census towns) out of 4041 statutory towns in Census 2011.

Source: Census of India 2011, Primary Census Abstract for Slum.

## Annexure-II referred in reply to LS USQ No. 2445 due for answer on 05.03.2020

Year-wise details of houses sanctioned against target during the last six years from 2014 to 2019 under PMAY-U Mission

|                          | Financial Year             | Target for sanction of houses (Nos. in lakh)   | Overall Houses Sanctioned under PMAY-U Mission (Nos: in lakh)   | Houses Sanctioned under 'In-Situ' Slum Redevelopment (ISSR) Component of PMAY-U Mission (Nos: in lakh)   |
|--------------------------|----------------------------|------------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|                          | 2014-15                    | Nil                                            |                                                                 |                                                                                                          |
| 2                        | 2015-16                    | 7.30                                           | 7.26                                                            | 1.79430                                                                                                  |
| 3                        | 2016-17                    | 15.00                                          | 9.50                                                            | 0.11282                                                                                                  |
| 4                        |                            | 25.00                                          | 24.87                                                           | 0.39450                                                                                                  |
| 5                        | 2018-19                    | 31.00                                          | 38.70                                                           | 2.23376                                                                                                  |
| 6                        | 2019-20 (up to 25.02.2020) | 19.62                                          | 23.29                                                           | 0.08608                                                                                                  |
| Total for last six years | Total for last six years   | 97.92                                          | 103.62                                                          | 4.62146                                                                                                  |