Lok Sabha Question No. 4170 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2020-03-19
Subject: Vacant Lands for Affordable Housing
Ministry: HOUSING AND URBAN AFFAIRS
Asked by: Geetha Viswanath Vanga

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF HOUSING AND URBAN AFFAIRS

## LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 4170

TO BE ANSWERED ON MARCH 19, 2020

## VACANT LANDS FOR AFFORDABLE HOUSING

## NO. 4170. SHRIMATI VANGA GEETHA VISWANATH :

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

- (a) the steps being taken to use vacant lands of SEZs for affordable housing;
- (b) the  details  of  such  housing  undertaken  during  the  last  three years and the current year, State-wise along with funds sanctioned/spent thereon including Andhra Pradesh and Telangana; and
- (c) the  details  of  demands  of  various  States  pending  with  Union Government  in  this  regard  and  by  when  action  will  be  taken against each proposal?

## ANSWER

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

(SHRI HARDEEP SINGH PURI)

- (a)  to  (c)    Land  and  Colonization  are  State  subjects  and  hence fulfilling  the  requirement  of  housing  for  the  people  of  the State  is  the  responsibility  of  the  State  Government.  The Union Government, however, through its programmatic intervention assists the States/UTs in their efforts for providing  houses  to  the  needy  people.  The  Pradhan  Manti Awas Yojana (Urban) [PMAY (U)] launched in June 2015 aims at  providing  Central  Assistance  to  implementing  agencies through States and UTs for providing houses to all eligible families/beneficiaries by 2022.

The scheme of PMAY (U) focuses to cover the entire urban area  consisting  of  all  statutory  towns  and  planning areas including  Urban  Development  Authorities  (UDAs)  notified with respect to the Statutory Towns, and which surround the concerned municipal areas. The scheme guidelines does not provide for any restriction for States/UTs to consider projects  for  Affordable  Housing  under  the  scheme  in  the vacant land of SEZs in urban area.

The Ministry has considered all the project proposals submitted  by  the  States/UTs  so  far  under  PMAY  (U).  The details  of  such  housing  projects  considered  duringthe  last three  years  and  the  current  year,  State-wise,  including Andhra Pradesh and Telangana, along with funds sanctioned/spent thereon are given at Annexure. The Ministry  does  not  separately  maintain  any  data  regarding projects taken up by States/UTs under the scheme in SEZs.

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Annexure referred in reply to LSQ No 4170 due for 19-03-2020 State/UT wise details of Physical and Financial Progress achieved in affordable housing under PMAY(U) during the last three years and current year

| Sr. No.   | State/UT          | Houses Sanctioned (Nos)   | Houses Grounded (Nos)*   | Houses Completed (Nos)*   | Central Assistance Sanctioned (Nos)   | Central Assistance Released (Nos)   |
|-----------|-------------------|---------------------------|--------------------------|---------------------------|---------------------------------------|-------------------------------------|
| 1         | A&N Island (UT)   | 1,387                     | 811                      | 795                       | 27.34                                 | 18.60                               |
| 2         | Andhra Pradesh    | 18,14,724                 | 7,53,754                 | 3,20,773                  | 27,372.53                             | 7,153.10                            |
| 3         | Arunachal Pradesh | 5,694                     | 4,684                    | 1,511                     | 85.42                                 | 81.46                               |
| 4         | Assam             | 1,17,559                  | 51,205                   | 17,715                    | 1,768.52                              | 826.12                              |
| 5         | Bihar             | 2,76,475                  | 1,32,046                 | 63,603                    | 4,195.27                              | 1,729.31                            |
| 6         | Chandigarh (UT)   | 367                       | 367                      | 5,327                     | 8.16                                  | 8.16                                |
| 7         | Chhattisgarh      | 2,50,082                  | 1,81,180                 | 78,379                    | 3,770.96                              | 1,687.28                            |
| 8         | D&N Haveli (UT)   | 4,563                     | 4,286                    | 2,407                     | 85.59                                 | 69.03                               |
| 9         | Daman & Diu (UT)  | 1,326                     | 976                      | 851                       | 24.66                                 | 19.26                               |
| 10        | Delhi (NCR)       | 17,716                    | 17,716                   | 29,196                    | 402.16                                | 402.16                              |
| 11        | Goa               | 858                       | 800                      | 799                       | 19.21                                 | 18.67                               |
| 12        | Gujarat           | 5,56,937                  | 5,12,532                 | 3,70,283                  | 10,254.87                             | 7,079.92                            |
| 13        | Haryana           | 2,66,208                  | 45,097                   | 21,667                    | 4,099.97                              | 727.87                              |
| 14        | Himachal Pradesh  | 8,737                     | 7,065                    | 3,330                     | 135.32                                | 83.02                               |
| 15        | J&K (UT)          | 54,661                    | 24,185                   | 5,475                     | 826.25                                | 186.43                              |
| 16        | Jharkhand         | 1,88,157                  | 1,31,367                 | 73,524                    | 2,800.76                              | 1,589.34                            |
| 17        | Karnataka         | 6,16,268                  | 3,60,151                 | 1,62,435                  | 9,526.24                              | 3,223.53                            |
| 18        | Kerala            | 1,28,418                  | 94,549                   | 69,091                    | 2,002.77                              | 1,221.72                            |
| 19        | Ladakh (UT)       | 1,408                     | 779                      | 308                       | 20.70                                 | 11.01                               |
| 20        | Lakshadweep (UT)  | -                         | -                        | -                         | -                                     | -                                   |
| 21        | Madhya Pradesh    | 7,39,236                  | 5,98,226                 | 3,07,873                  | 11,466.67                             | 6,405.68                            |
| 22        | Maharashtra       | 11,93,891                 | 4,31,191                 | 2,66,527                  | 18,721.85                             | 6,114.43                            |
| 23        | Manipur           | 42,825                    | 29,742                   | 3,069                     | 642.75                                | 237.04                              |
| 24        | Meghalaya         | 4,762                     | 886                      | 776                       | 72.03                                 | 8.13                                |
| 25        | Mizoram           | 19,972                    | 10,527                   | 2,734                     | 302.37                                | 102.17                              |
| 26        | Nagaland          | 30,947                    | 17,395                   | 2,253                     | 464.27                                | 150.13                              |
| 27        | Odisha            | 1,37,487                  | 94,515                   | 66,004                    | 2,071.35                              | 993.26                              |
| 28        | Puducherry (UT)   | 13,498                    | 9,450                    | 2,839                     | 205.46                                | 112.36                              |
| 29        | Punjab            | 92,218                    | 45,067                   | 21,446                    | 1,442.54                              | 478.17                              |
| 30        | Rajasthan         | 1,70,573                  | 74,173                   | 56,003                    | 2,793.38                              | 1,150.99                            |
| 31        | Sikkim            | 538                       | 308                      | 76                        | 8.21                                  | 3.35                                |
| 32        | Tamil Nadu        | 7,33,844                  | 5,45,148                 | 2,58,865                  | 11,292.00                             | 5,070.84                            |
| 33        | Telangana         | 1,38,107                  | 1,75,283                 | 99,866                    | 2,305.07                              | 1,569.45                            |
| 34        | Tripura           | 79,081                    | 50,335                   | 41,008                    | 1,210.13                              | 715.70                              |
| 35        | Uttar Pradesh     | 15,70,897                 | 9,78,871                 | 4,27,480                  | 24,004.71                             | 10,189.96                           |
| 36        | Uttarakhand       | 34,789                    | 17,803                   | 13,390                    | 569.62                                | 304.57                              |
| 37        | West Bengal       | 3,38,642                  | 2,98,559                 | 1,69,253                  | 5,276.58                              | 3,371.34                            |
|           | Total             | 96,52,852                 | 57,28,481^               | 29,94,383^                | 1,52,868.51^                          | 65,706.44^                          |