Lok Sabha Question No. 3422 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2019-01-01
Subject: Low Cost Houses
Ministry: HOUSING AND URBAN AFFAIRS
Asked by: JAYAKUMAR JAYAVARDHAN, P.R. SUNDARAM, VIJAYSINH MOHITE PATIL, RAJEEV SHANKARRAO SATAV, SUPRIYA SADANAND SULE, HEENA VIJAYKUMAR GAVIT, DHANANJAY BHIMRAO MAHADIK

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

## MINISTRY OF HOUSING & URBAN AFFAIRS

## LOK  SABHA

UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 3422

TO BE ANSWERED ON JANUARY 01, 2019

LOW COST HOUSES

No.  3422   DR. J. JAYAVARDHAN:

SHRI P.R. SUNDARAM:

SHRI MOHITE PATIL VIJAYSINH SHANKARRAO:

SHRI SATAV RAJEEV:

SHRIMATI SUPRIYA SULE:

DR. HEENA VIJAYKUMAR GAVIT:

SHRI DHANANJAY MAHADIK:

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

- (a)  whether  the  Government  has  entrusted  agencies  with  the responsibility  of  providing  low  cost  houses  in  the  cities,  if  so,  the details of the names of the agencies and the number of such houses constructed by these agencies during each of the last three years
- and the current year;
- (b)  whether the Government has set any target for these agencies to provide low cost houses in the cities;
- (c)  if so, whether these agencies have failed to achieve the target;
- (d)  if so, the reasons therefor along with the corrective steps taken by the Government in this regard; and
- (e)  the  other  steps  taken  by  the  Government  to  provide  low  cost houses in cities in a time bound manner?

## ANSWER

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

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(a) to (d): In pursuance of the Government's vision of 'Housing for All by 2022', the Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs is implementing  Pradhan  Mantri  Awas  Yojana  (Urban)  [PMAY(U)]  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  through  following four verticals:

- (i) 'In-situ' Slum Redevelopment (ISSR);
- (ii) Credit-Linked Subsidy Scheme (CLSS);
- (iii) Affordable Housing in Partnership (AHP); and
- (iv) Beneficiary-led individual house construction or enhancement (BLC)

The PMAY (U) is being implemented as Centrally Sponsored Scheme (CSS) except for the CLSS which is being implemented as a Central

Sector Scheme.

The PMAY (U) Guidelines provides for  undertaking  demand  survey by  States/UTs  for  assessing  actual  demand  of  housing  under  the Scheme.  The demand validated and reported by States/UTs under the PMAY (U) to this Ministry so far is around 100 lakhs.

This Ministry has requested all States/UTs to saturate their demand of houses under the PMAY(U) at the earliest so that construction of all houses may progressively be completed by 2022.

State Level Nodal Agencies (SLNAs) have been designated in each State/UT for implementation of the PMAY (U).  The SLNAs formulate project  proposals  based  on  the  demand  for  housing  assessed  by them  which  are approved  by the State Level Sanctioning  & Monitoring  Committee  (SLSMC)  of  the  concerned  State.    After approval from the SLSMC, the States/UTs submit proposals to this Ministry for approval of central assistance by the Central Sanctioning & Monitoring Committee (CSMC).

Based  on  the  project-proposals  received  from  the  States/UTs,  the details of the houses approved and houses constructed during the last  three  years  and  the  current  year  under  the  PMAY  (U),  as  on 24.12.2018, are given below:

| Houses    | Houses grounded   | Houses d               | Year-wise houses constructed   | Year-wise houses constructed   | Year-wise houses constructed   | Year-wise houses constructed   |
|-----------|-------------------|------------------------|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
| approved  |                   | complete (cumulati ve) | 2015-16                        | 2016-17                        | 2017-18                        | Current Year (2018- 19)        |
| 65,52,096 | 36,28,545         | 12,87,561              | 1,19,994                       | 1,31,418                       | 3,28,039                       | 5,94,159                       |

(e): In order to implement the Scheme in a time bound manner, a Central  Sanctioning  &  Monitoring  Committee  (CSMC)  has  been constituted  under  the  chairmanship  of  Secretary,  Housing  and Urban  Affairs  which  meets  regularly  and inter-alia  reviews  the progress of the Mission.  Further, the Ministry regularly monitors the progress  through  periodic  review  meetings/video-conferences  with the  concerned  States/UTs.  Hon'ble  Minister  (HUA)  holds  review meetings with  Hon'ble  Chief  Ministers  and  concerned  Ministers  of the States. Officers of this Ministry as well as Program Management  Unit  (PMU),  set  up  under  the  PMAY  (U)  Mission, regularly  undertake  field  level  visits  to  review  the  progress  under the Scheme.

The  SLSMC  under  the  Chairmanship  of  Chief  Secretary  of  the concerned State, constituted in each State/UT under the PMAY (U), also reviews the progress of implementation of the Scheme.

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