Lok Sabha Question No. 2852 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2019-12-05
Subject: Shelter Homes for Urban Homeless
Ministry: HOUSING AND URBAN AFFAIRS
Asked by: Gaddam Ranjith Reddy

NO. 2852.

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

## URBAN AFFAIRS

## MINISTRY OF HOUSING AND LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 2852

## To BE ANSWERED ON DECEMBER 05, 2019

## SHELTER HOMES FOR URBAN HOMELESS

DR. G. RANJITH REDDY:

Will the Minister of HOUSING AND URBAN AFFAIRS be pleased to

- (a) the details of schemes under which the Government supplements
- efforts of the States to provide shelter homes for urban homeless;
- (b) the details of shelter homes that the Government has provided to
- the State of Telangana during the last five years and the current year, year-wise and district-wise;
- whether no allocation has been to Telangana the current
- (c) made in year; and
- (d) if so, the reasons therefor and the number of shelter homes that so far have been constructed and have become operational during the said period?

## ANSWER

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

(SHRI HARDEEP SINGH PURI)

- (a): It is the primary responsibility of respective Governments of the StatesIUnion Territories to provide shelters for the urban homeless. However, in order to complement and supplement their efforts, Ministry Of Housing & Urban Affairs is administering scheme of Shelter for Urban Homeless (SUH) under Deendayal Antyodaya Yojana National Urban Livelihoods Mission (DAY-NULM), through respective States/UTsfocuses on providing permanent shelters equipped with basic facilities to the urban homeless.

- (b) to (d): The State level Project Sanctioning Committee (PSC)is competent to approve proposals for establishment of shelters As reported by State Government of Telangana, the details are as under:

| Year    | Shelters          | Shelters   |
|---------|-------------------|------------|
|         | Sanctioned by PSC | Functional |
| 2014-15 | 42                | 17         |
| 2015-16 | 2                 | 3          |
| 2016-17 | 3                 |            |
| 2017-18 | 0                 | ;          |
| 2018-19 | 8                 |            |
| 2019-20 |                   | 2          |

DAY-NULM is a Centrally Sponsored Scheme under which, for Telangana, 60% of funds are provided by the central government in a consolidated manner for the Mission and remaining by an amount Rs. 31.60 crore has been released under DAY-NULM to Telangana It is the responsibility of the state to apportion appropriate amount for the shelters based on the local requirement:

For the year, as reported by State Government, a target has been fixed for constructionlrefurbishment of 10 shelters.

The District-wise details of shelter sanctioned and functional are at Annexure-I.

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District-wise status of shelters under DAY-NULM in Telangana

|     | Name of District         | Shelters          | Shelters   |
|-----|--------------------------|-------------------|------------|
| No  |                          | Sanctioned by PSC | Functional |
|     | GHMC                     | 20                | 15         |
| 2   |                          | 4                 | 2          |
| 3.  | Warangal Urban Nizamabad |                   |            |
| 4   | Karimnagar               |                   |            |
| 5.  | Jagitial                 |                   |            |
| 6.  | Suryapet                 |                   |            |
| 7.  | Khammam                  |                   |            |
| 11. | Peddapalli               |                   |            |
| 12. | Adilabad                 |                   |            |
| 13. | Sangareddy               | 2                 |            |
| 14. | RajannaSirchilla         |                   |            |
| 15. | Bhulpalapally            |                   |            |
| 16. | Gadwal                   |                   |            |
| 17. | Kamareddy                |                   |            |
|     | Total                    | 55                | 28         |

Besides above, in FY 2019-20, State Government has targeted for constructionlrefurbishment of 10 shelters-

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