Lok Sabha Question No. 122 (STARRED), answered on 2019-02-12
Subject: Civic Amenities in Slums
Ministry: HOUSING AND URBAN AFFAIRS
Asked by: KRUPAL BALAJI TUMANE

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

## MINISTRY OF HOUSING AND URBAN AFFAIRS

## LOK SABHA STARRED QUESTION NO. 122

## TO BE ANSWERED ON FEBRUARY12, 2019

## CIVIC AMENITIES IN SLUMS

## NO. 122 SHRI KRUPAL BALAJI TUMANE

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

- (a)    whether  the  Government  has  allocated  funds  to  provide  civic amenities  in  the  slums  and  for  development  of  slums  in  the country during the last two years;
- (b)   if so, the details thereof;
- (c)  whether the Government proposes to conduct a survey regarding slums in the urban areas and to detect them by adopting Remote Sensing and Geographical Information System;
- (d)   if so, the details thereof; and
- (e)  whether the Government proposes to take any concrete steps to provide basic amenities such as healthcare to the people living in  the  slums  in  the  metropolitans  of  the  country  and  if  so,  the details thereof?

THE MINISTER OF STATE (INDEPENDENT CHARGE) OF THE

## ANSWER MINISTRY OF HOUSING AND URBAN AFFAIRS

(SHRI HARDEEP SINGH PURI)

(a) to (e) A statement is laid on the Table of the House.

## STATEMENT

STATEMENT  REFERRED  TO  IN  REPLY  TO  LOK  SABHA  STARRED QUESTION NO. 122 FOR 12.02.2019 REGARDING 'CIVIC AMENTIES IN SLUMS'

(a) & (b) : Land and Colonisation are State subjects and therefore, it is primarily the responsibility of State/Union Territory (UT) Governments to frame policies and implement schemes for improving the living conditions of slum dwellers. However, Government of India through its programmatic interventions viz. Atal Mission for Rejuvenation  and  Urban  Transformation  (AMRUT),  Swachh  Bharat Mission  -  Urban  (SBM-U)  and  Pradhan  Mantri  Awas  Yojana  (Urban) {PMAY(U)}, has been making overarching efforts by assisting States/ UTs in providing housing and basic civic amenities to the urban poor including slum dwellers of the urban areas in the country.

AMRUT focuses on water supply, sewerage and septage management, storm water drainage, parks & green spaces and nonmotorized urban transport in 500 Mission cities across the country. Under  AMRUT,  State  Annual  Action  Plans  (SAAPs)  for  Rs.  77,640 crore including the Central Assistance of Rs. 35,990 crore has been approved so far.

SBM-U  mainly  aims  at  making  urban  India  free  from  open defecation and achieving 100% scientific management of municipal solid waste in all statutory towns of the country.

Under 'In-Situ' Slum Redevelopment (ISSR) component of PMAY (U), the government provides all weather pucca houses to all eligible urban homeless households including slum dwellers with basic civic infrastructure like water, sanitation, sewerage, septage, road, electricity  etc.  During  last  two  years  and  current  year,  central assistance of Rs. 16,793.12 crore has been sanctioned for construction of 12,10,488 houses for rehabilitation/redevelopment of slums  dwellers  across  the  country  under  PMAY(U).  Against  the sanctioned central assistance, Rs. 4,519.20 crore has been released to States/UTs so far, under this head.

(c)  &  (d)  Ministry  of  Housing  and  Urban  Affairs  does  not  have  any proposal to conduct a survey on slums by adopting Remote Sensing and  Geographical  Information  System  (GIS).The  nodal  agencies  for collection, collation and dissemination of statistics in Government of India  relating  to  slum  population  and  slum  condition  are  Office  of Registrar  General  and  Census  Commissioner  of  India  (  RGI  )  and National Sample Survey Office (NSSO). NSSO, which conducts major socio-economic surveys, has conducted five surveys on slums so far. These surveys provide data on estimated number of slums, households, basic amenities in slums etc. The last survey of NSSO in this regard was the 69 th  survey done in year 2012 emphasising on the collection  of  information  on  the  present  condition  of  the  slums  and facilities  available  therein.  The  objectives  of  the  surveys  on  slums are geared to measuring the extent of the various problems affecting slums and the percentage of slum having access to specific facilities that are required for a healthy urban life.

(e)  The  Government  through  its  National  Urban  Health  Mission (NUHM) has been providing equitable and quality primary health care services  to  the  urban  population  with  special  focus  on  slum  and vulnerable  sections  of  the  society.  So  far,  up  to  FY  2018-19,  1067 cities/  towns  have  been  covered  under  NUHM  in  35  States/UTs including  the  seven  metropolitan  cities  viz.  Delhi,  Mumbai,  Kolkata, Chennai,  Ahmedabad,  Bengaluru  and  Hyderabad.  The  funding  for NUHM is shared between Centre and State in the ratio 60:40 ( 90:10 for  North-Eastern  and  other  hilly  States).  In  the  case  of  UTs,  the entire NUHM programme is fully funded by Central Government.

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