Lok Sabha Question No. 3705 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2021-12-21
Subject: House for Homeless
Ministry: SOCIAL JUSTICE AND EMPOWERMENT
Asked by: Harsimrat Kaur Badal

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF SOCIAL JUSTICE AND EMPOWERMENT LOK SABHA

UNSTARRED QUESTION N0.705 TO BE ANSWERED ON 21.12.2021

## HOUSE FOR HOMELESS

## 3705. SHRIMATI HARSIMRAT KAUR BADAL:

## Will the Minister of SOCIAL JUSTICE AND EMPOWERMENT be pleased to state:

- (a) the status of homelessness and number of people homeless in the country;
- the details of the funds Government allocate to provide temporary accommodation houses to them during extreme weather conditions like heat wave, season, and cold wave; rainy
- whether Government is constructing built up houses for homeless population, if the details thereof; and SO,
- d the total allocation that the government has made for providing houses to people who are homeless or without houses?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF STATE FOR SOCIAL JUSTICE AND EMPOWERMENT (SHRI A. NARAYANASWAMY)

- (a): As per information provided by Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs, a8 per census 2011, the number of houseless people in India was 17,73,040 which includes 9,38,348 from urban areas and 8,34,692 from rural areas. StateMUT-wise details are at Annexure-I
- (b): Ministry of Rural  Development has informed that there is no provision for temporary accommodation under Pradhan Mantri Awaas Yojana-Gramin (PMAY-G)
- (c) (d): In pursuance of the Governments vision of "Housing for All", Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs (MoHUA) is implementing Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana-Urban (PMA Y-U) since 25.06.2015 for giving Central assistance to States/ Union Territories (UTs) for providing all-weather pucca houses to all eligible urban households including urban homeless persons States/ UTs have under-taken demand survey under PMA Y-U for assessing actual demand of housing: Based on the project proposals submitted by the Statesl UTs as per their assessed demand of houses under PMA Y-U, around 114 lakh houses have been sanctioned across the country. Against the total  sanctioned houses 52.88 lakh have been  completed/  delivered to beneficiaries and remaining are at various stages of construction/ grounding;

involve   investment of Rs: 7.52 lakh crore which includes Central assistance of Rs. 1.85 lakh crore. So far; Central assistance of Rs. 1.03 lakh crore has been released.

The Ministry of Rural  Development is implementing Pradhan Mantri Awaas Yojana-Gramin (PMAY-G) with effect from Ist April, 2016 to provide assistance to eligible rural households for construction of 2.95 crore Pucca   houses with basic   amenities to achieve the   objective of lakhs in plain areas and Rs. 1.30 lakhs in difficult  areas, IAP districts and Hilly areas for construction ofhouse.

As per the Framework for Implementation the basic selection criteria for a PMAY-G beneficiary is as per SECC 2011 data as verified by Sabha Under PMA Y-G landless beneficiary are given top priority.

Providing land to the landless PMA Y-G beneficiaries for the construction of the houses is of utmost importance since are among the most deserving beneficiaries Provision of land to beneficiary is State responsibility. As reported by the States/ UTs, out of the total 4,46,058 landless  beneficiaries identified in the entire PWL so far 2,02,719 have been provided land & 3128 have been provided financial assistance for the land purchase for the construction ofhouses. State /UT wise status of the same is enclosed at Annexure-II: they

Under PMA Y-G, financial assistance is given directly to beneficiaries for building house.

No separate allocation is made under PMA Y-G for providing houses to people who are homeless

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## House for Homeless

|     |                           | Houseless_population (in Numbers)   | Houseless_population (in Numbers)   | Houseless_population (in Numbers)   |
|-----|---------------------------|-------------------------------------|-------------------------------------|-------------------------------------|
|     |                           | Total                               | Urban                               | Rural                               |
|     | AANDHRA PRADESH           | 145211                              | 75857                               |                                     |
|     | ARUNACHAL PRADESH         | 1556                                | 313                                 | 1243                                |
|     | IASSAM                    | 12919                               | p527                                | 10392                               |
|     | BIHAR                     |                                     | 12591                               | 132993                              |
| 5   | CHATTISGARH               | p4214                               | 6533                                | 17681                               |
| 6   | GOA                       |                                     | 1693                                | 1358                                |
| 7   | GUJARAT                   | 144306                              | 184822                              | 59484                               |
| 18  | HARYANA                   | 151871                              | p3789                               | p8082                               |
| 9   | HIMACHAL PRADESH          |                                     | 872                                 | 13226                               |
| 10  | JAMMU & KASHMRR           |                                     | 10848                               |                                     |
|     | JHARKHAND                 |                                     | 66967                               | 16424                               |
| 12  | KARNATAKA                 | 76735                               | p35473                              |                                     |
| 113 | KERALA                    | 11853                               | 7761                                |                                     |
| 14  | MADHYA PRADESH            | 146435                              | k66055                              |                                     |
|     | MAHARASHTRA               | b1ogo8                              |                                     | 199535                              |
| 16  | MANIPUR                   | B212                                | 1331                                | 1881                                |
| 17  | MEGHALAYA                 | 1241                                | 177                                 | 1064                                |
| 118 | MIZORAM                   | 152                                 | 104                                 |                                     |
| 19  | NAGALAND                  | 1876                                |                                     |                                     |
| po  | ODISHA                    |                                     | 14053                               | pooos                               |
| p1  | PUNJAB                    |                                     | 18374                               | p8340                               |
|     | RAJASTHAN                 | 1181544                             | 73236                               |                                     |
|     | SIKKIM                    | p77                                 |                                     | p45                                 |
|     | TAMIL NADU                |                                     |                                     |                                     |
| p5  | TRIPURA                   | 13225                               | 1352                                | 1873                                |
| p6  | UUTTAR PRADESH            |                                     | 180929                              | 148196                              |
|     | UTTARAKHAND               | 11824                               | 15556                               | k6268                               |
| b8  | WEST BENGAL               |                                     | 104967                              | p9073                               |
|     | ANDAMAN & NICOBAR ISLANDS | 195                                 | 65                                  | bo                                  |
|     | ICHANDIGARH               | 0139                                |                                     |                                     |
| 31  | DADRA & NAGAR HAVELI      | 1004                                | p81                                 | 723                                 |
|     | DAMAN & DIU               | 737                                 |                                     | 146                                 |
| 133 | NCT OF DELHI              | 47076                               |                                     |                                     |
| 34  | PUDUCHERRY                | 11590                               | 1508                                | 182                                 |
|     | Total                     | 1773040                             | 1938348                             | [834692                             |

Source: Houseless Population, office of the Registrar General and Census Commissioner; India.

Note: Andhra Pradesh means the erstwhile State of Andhra Pradesh the area now comprising the present-day State of Andhra Pradesh and Telangana

(Units In Nos `

|     |                   | Ilandless Ibeneficiaries lin the PWL   | No. Landless lbeneficiaries pprovided lland   | Number llandless Ibeneficiaries pprovided   financialland/ lpurchase   | ofNo. of lbeneficiaries be provided lpurchase   | Landlesst financiall yet   |
|-----|-------------------|----------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------|------------------------------------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------|----------------------------|
|     |                   | 7401                                   | 740                                           |                                                                        |                                                 |                            |
|     | JAndhra Pradesh   | 1888                                   | 1888                                          |                                                                        |                                                 |                            |
|     | Arunachal Pradesh |                                        |                                               |                                                                        |                                                 |                            |
|     | Assam             | 50148                                  | 33347                                         |                                                                        |                                                 | 16801                      |
|     | Bihar             | 279461                                 |                                               | 1124                                                                   |                                                 |                            |
|     | [Chhattisgarh     | 6290                                   | 6191                                          |                                                                        |                                                 | 99                         |
| 7   | D & NH            | 88                                     | 31                                            |                                                                        |                                                 | 57                         |
|     | D & D             |                                        |                                               |                                                                        |                                                 |                            |
| 9   | Goa               | 661                                    |                                               |                                                                        |                                                 | 66                         |
| 60  | IGujarat          | 7665                                   | 5549                                          |                                                                        |                                                 | 2116                       |
| 11  | Haryana           | 9                                      |                                               |                                                                        |                                                 |                            |
|     | Himachal Pr:      | 151                                    | 21                                            |                                                                        |                                                 | 130                        |
| 13  |                   | 127                                    |                                               |                                                                        |                                                 | 127                        |
|     | Vharkhand         |                                        | 1839                                          |                                                                        |                                                 | 1595                       |
|     | Karnataka         |                                        | 11560                                         |                                                                        |                                                 | 38761                      |
|     | Kerala            | 7194                                   | 1561                                          |                                                                        |                                                 | 7038                       |
| 17  | Ladakh            |                                        |                                               |                                                                        |                                                 |                            |
| 18  | Lakshadweep       |                                        |                                               |                                                                        |                                                 |                            |
|     | Madhya Pr         |                                        | 32710                                         |                                                                        |                                                 | 4753                       |
| po  | Maharashtra       | 105000                                 |                                               |                                                                        | 2004                                            | 66674                      |
|     | Manipur           |                                        |                                               |                                                                        |                                                 |                            |
|     | Meghalaya         | 8761                                   | 600                                           |                                                                        |                                                 | 2761                       |
| p3  | Mizoram           |                                        |                                               |                                                                        |                                                 |                            |
|     | Nagaland          |                                        |                                               |                                                                        |                                                 |                            |
|     | JOdisha           | 57932                                  | 9281                                          |                                                                        |                                                 | 48651                      |
| p6  | Pondicherry       |                                        | NA                                            |                                                                        |                                                 | NA                         |
|     | [Punjab           | 204                                    | 156                                           | 0                                                                      |                                                 | 48                         |
|     | Rajasthan         | 554051                                 | 450351                                        |                                                                        |                                                 | 10370                      |
| p9  | ISikkim           | 0                                      |                                               |                                                                        |                                                 |                            |
| 30  | Tamil Nadu        | 50350                                  | 7049                                          |                                                                        |                                                 |                            |
| 31  | Telangana         | NA                                     | NA                                            |                                                                        |                                                 | NA                         |
| 132 | Tripura           |                                        | 124                                           |                                                                        |                                                 | 31                         |
| 33  | Uttar Pr:         | 1993                                   | 1993                                          |                                                                        |                                                 |                            |
| 34  | (Uttarakhand      | 5391                                   |                                               |                                                                        |                                                 |                            |
|     | West Bengal       |                                        | 7588                                          |                                                                        |                                                 | 7371                       |
|     | Total             | 4460581                                | 202719                                        | 3128                                                                   |                                                 | 240211                     |