Lok Sabha Question No. 2356 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2020-03-05
Subject: Manual Cleaning of Sewers
Ministry: HOUSING AND URBAN AFFAIRS
Asked by: Vinod Kumar Sonkar, Jayanta Kumar Roy, Bhola Singh, Raja Amareshwara Naik, Sukanta Majumdar, Sangeeta Kumari Singh Deo

- (a)

## ANSWER

THE MINISTER OF STATE (INDEPENDENT CHARGE)  IN THE

MINISTRY OF HOUSING AND URBAN AFFAIRS (SHRI HARDEEP SINGH PURI)

- No, Sir.
- (b) The Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs(MoHUA) is implementing  Pradhan  Mantri  Awas  Yojana-Urban  with  the objective of providing affordable houses to all eligible beneficiaries in urban areas of the country by the year 2022 through four components detailed in Annexure.

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF HOUSING AND URBAN AFFAIRS

## LOK SABHA

UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 2356

TO BE ANSWERED ON MARCH 05, 2020

MANUAL CLEANING OF SEWERS

NO. 2356.

SHRI VINOD KUMAR SONKAR :

DR. JAYANTA KUMAR ROY:

SHRI BHOLA SINGH :

SHRI RAJA AMARESHWARA NAIK :

DR. SUKNTA MAJUMDAR :

SHRIMTI SANGEETA KUMARI SINGH DEO :

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

- (a) whether the Government has proposed to provide financial support for wider acceptance of technologies to ensure no manual  cleaning  of  sewer  systems  andif  so,  the  details thereof;
- (b) whether  the  Government  has  proposed  to  provide  several incentives  for  development  of  affordable  housing  and  real estate sector and if so, the details thereof;
- (c) whether the Government has proposed to develop five new smart cities and if so, the details thereof; and
- (d) the  other  steps  being  taken  by  the  Government  in  this
- regard?

- (c)&(d) DEPARTMENT  for  PROMOTION  of  Industry  and  Internal  Trade (DPIIT) has intimated that the Finance Minister had announced the proposal for developing five new Smart cities in collaboration with the States.  The sites for these cities would be  selected  on  the  basis  of  availability  of  contiguous  land parcels,  allocation  of  water  and  power  for  the  project  by  the State  Government  and  concurrence  on  the  Institutional  and Financial  structure  approved  by  the  Government  of  India  for Industrial Corridor Projects. Project development activities have been initiated in consultation with the respective State Governments.

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Annexure  referred  to  in reply to Part (b)  of  Lok  Sabha Unstarred  Question  No  2356  regarding  'Manual  cleaning  of Sewers'.

## Components under Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana

- (i) 'In-situ' Slum Redevelopment (ISSR): Central assistance of Rs. 1 lakh per house is admissible for all houses built for eligible slum dwellers.
- (ii) Affordable Housing in Partnership with public or private sector (AHP): Central assistance of Rs. 1.5 Lakh per Economically Weaker Section(EWS) house is provided by GoI in projects.
- (iii) Beneficiary-led individual house construction/enhancements (BLC):  Under  this  vertical,  central assistance  of  Rs.  1.5  lakh  is  extended  to  individual  eligible families belonging to EWS categories.
- (iv) Credit  Linked  Subsidy  Scheme (CLSS): An  interest  subsidy  of 6.5%, 4% and 3% on loan amount up to Rs. 6 lakh, Rs. 9 lakh and Rs. 12 lakh are available for the eligible beneficiaries belonging  to  and Economically  Weaker  section (EWS)/Low  Income  Group  (LIG),  Middle  Income  Group  (MIG)-I and Middle Income Group (MIG)-II respectively seeking housing  loans  from  Banks,  Housing  Finance  Companies  and other such institutions.

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