Lok Sabha Question No. 2678 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2022-03-17
Subject: Housing Projects
Ministry: HOUSING AND URBAN AFFAIRS
Asked by: Sushil Kumar Singh

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF HOUSING AND URBAN AFFAIRS LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 2678

## TO BE ANSWERED ON MARCH 17, 2022

## HOUSING PROJECTS

## NO. 2678. SHRI SUSHIL KUMAR SINGH:

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

- (a) whether the Government has tried to identify the bottlenecks in ensuring a convenient and smooth regulatory environment to fasttrack construction and delivery of affordable housing projects;
- (b) If so, the details thereof; and
- (c) the status of construction of affordable housing projects, State-wise?

## ANSWER

## THE MINISTER OF STATE IN THE

## MINISTRY OF HOUSING AND URBAN AFFAIRS

## (SHRI KAUSHAL KISHORE)

- (a) & (b): In order to ensure a convenient and smooth regulatory environment to fast-track construction and delivery of housing projects, the Real Estate   (Regulation and Development) Act, 2016 [RERA] was enacted by Parliament: RERA provides various provisions in the interest of homebuyers to enable timely completion and delivery of projects in transparent and accountable manner:

In addition to above, Government has taken various initiatives for housing projects such as reduction in Goods and Service Tax, increase in limit Priority Sector Lending for Affordable Housing Projects and set up of Affordable Housing Fund in National Housing Bank

- (c): Land and Colonialization are State subjects. Therefore, schemes related to housing are implemented by StatelUnion Territories (UTs): The construction affordable housing projects is being done by PrivatelPublic The state wise data related to affordable housing projects is not maintained by this MinistryHowever, Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs is supplementing the efforts of

StatelUTs by providing Central Assistance under Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana Urban (PMAY-U) for construction of houses for all eligible familiesl beneficiaries since 25.05.2015. Eligible beneficiaries can avail the benefit of PMAY(U) through available four verticals Beneficiary-led Construction, Affordable House in Partnership, In-Situ Slum Redevelopment and Credit Linked Subsidy Scheme. The Statewise status of houses sanctioned under PMAY-U is at Annexure.

## State/UT-wise details of Physical and Financial progress for construction of affordable houses under PMAY-U

| Sr. No.   | StatesIUTs        | Houses Sanctioned (Nos)   | Houses Grounded for Construction (Nos   | Houses Completedl Delivered (Nos   | Central Assistance Sanctioned in Cr )   | Central Assistance Released in Cra) ^   |
|-----------|-------------------|---------------------------|-----------------------------------------|------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------|
| 1         | A&N Islands       | 603                       | 603                                     | 44                                 | 9.24                                    | 1.97                                    |
| 2         | Andhra Pradesh    | 20,44,345                 | 17,04,366                               | 4,86,005                           | 31,088.45                               | 11,755.26                               |
| 3         | Arunachal Pradesh | 9,103                     | 7,561                                   | 3,878                              | 191.84                                  | 148.26                                  |
| 4         | Assam             | 1,68,132                  | 1,18,262                                | 43,508                             | 2,542.02                                | 1,085.09                                |
| 5         | Bihar             | 3,65,333                  | 2,74,304                                | 1,02,343                           | 5,720.47                                | 2,499.20                                |
| 6         | Chandigarh        | 1,523                     | 6,483                                   | 6,483                              | 33.84                                   | 33.84                                   |
| 7         | Chhattisgarh_     | 3,09,914                  | 2,36,843                                | 1,48,500                           | 4,811.43                                | 2,792.94                                |
| 8         | D&NH and D&D      | 8,543                     | 8,151                                   | 5,947                              | 173.68                                  | 151.73                                  |
| 9         | Delhi             | 26,646                    | 67,226                                  | 50,626                             | 607.54                                  | 607.54                                  |
| 10        | Goa               | 3,537                     | 3,480                                   | 3,479                              | 80.72                                   | 80.18                                   |
| 11        | Gujarat           | 8,97,338                  | 8,35,702                                | 6,58,069                           | 17,320.69                               | 13,663.92                               |
|           | Haryana           | 1,58,138                  | 83,888                                  | 48,268                             | 2,779.70                                | 1,274.35                                |
| 13        | Himachal Pradesh  | 12,596                    | 12,209                                  | 6,912                              | 225.42                                  | 167.06                                  |
| 14        | J&k               | 48,800                    | 39,567                                  | 13,201                             | 748.47                                  | 362.63                                  |
| 15        | Jharkhand         | 2,35,240                  |                                         | 1,10.481                           | 3,606.86                                | 2,495.75                                |
| 16        | Karnataka         | 6,89,046                  | 5,62,259                                |                                    | 11,257.10                               | 5,306.66                                |
| 17        | Kerala            | 1,41,304                  |                                         | 1,04,303                           | 2,332.31                                | 1,723.02                                |
| 18        | Ladakh            | 1,322                     | 1,030                                   | 502                                | 30.34                                   | 21.44                                   |
| 19        | Lakshadweep       |                           |                                         |                                    |                                         |                                         |
| 20        | Madhya Pradesh    | 8,73,277                  | 7,94,930                                | 4,84,794                           | 14,170.88                               | 10,459.71                               |
| 21        | Maharashtra       | 13,94,064                 | 8,47,598                                | 6,07,272                           | 23,804.18                               | 12,473.41                               |
| 22        | Manipur           | 56,042                    | 39,381                                  | 5,882                              | 841.18                                  | 337.44                                  |
| 23        | Meghalaya         | 5,174                     | 4,324                                   | 1,729                              | 82.34                                   | 34.47                                   |
| 24        | Mizoram           | 39,997                    | 28,534                                  | 4,836                              | 610.29                                  | 191.92                                  |
| 25        | Nagaland_         | 32,331                    | 33,030                                  | 7,940                              | 510.94                                  | 306.91                                  |
| 26        | Odisha            | 2,06,490                  |                                         | 1,03,305                           | 3,240.00                                | 1,859.01                                |
| 27        | Puducherry        | 16,335                    | 16,220                                  | 6,972                              | 258.54                                  | 171.07                                  |
| 28        | Punjab            | 1,14,301                  | 1,01,215                                | 49,809                             | 1,947.84                                | 1,198.21                                |
| 29        | Rajasthan         | 2,29,870                  | 1,78,203                                | 1,50,051                           | 4,248.76                                | 2,959.86                                |
| 30        | Sikkim            | 628                       | 644                                     | 335                                | 10.19                                   | 5.33                                    |
| 31        | Tamil Nadu        | 7,24,993                  | 6,26,078                                | 4,62,428                           | 11,611.82                               | 8,288.19                                |
| 32        | Telangana         | 2,37,097                  | 2,45,720                                | 2,12,782                           | 4,157.51                                | 2,927.78                                |
| 33        | Tripura           | 91,800                    | 72,680                                  | 56,118                             | 1,472.55                                | 1,056.18                                |
| 34        | Uttar Pradesh     | 1740,796                  | 14,85,966                               | 10,22,177                          | 27,203.41                               | 18,335.50                               |
| 35        | Uttarakhand       | 62,911                    | 33,276                                  | 23,816                             | 1,130.77                                | 600.94                                  |
| 36        | West Bengal       | 5,61,209                  | 4,68,181                                | 2,87.,836                          | 8,950.75                                | 5,397.53                                |
|           | Total             | 115.09 Lakh               | 94.08 Lakh                              | 55.45 Lakh                         | 1.89 Lakh Cr.                           | 1.24 Lakh Cr.                           |