Lok Sabha Question No. 839 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2022-07-21
Subject: Development of ARHCs
Ministry: HOUSING AND URBAN AFFAIRS
Asked by: Maddila  Gurumoorthy, Reddeppa Nallakonda Gari

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF HOUSING AND URBAN AFFAIRS

## LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 839

TO BE ANSWERED ON JULY 21, 2022

## DEVELOPMENT OF ARHCs

## NO. 839 SHRI MADDILA GURUMOORTHY: SHRI N. REDDEPPA:

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

- whether the Government has given targets to the State Government to develop Affordable Rental Housing Complexes (ARHCs)
- (a) in the country;
- (b)
- if so, the details thereof;
- (c) the details of Viability Gap Funding (VGF) required for implementation of (ARHCs) Model-Il across the country;
- (d) whether the Government proposes to provide the VGF required to the
- (e)
- States; and
- if so, the details thereof and if not, the reasons therefor?

## ANSWER THE MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF HOUSING AND URBAN AFFAIRS (SHRI KAUSHAL KISHORE)

- (a) & (b): Ministry Housing and Urban Affairs (MoHUA) has launched Affordable Rental Housing Complexes (ARHCs) as a sub-scheme of Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana Urban (PMAY-U) to provide  dignified living to urban migrantsl poor near their workplaceThis scheme is being implemented through two models as under:
- Model-I: Utilizing existing Government funded vacant houses constructed under Jawaharlal Nehru National Urban Renewal Mission (JnNURM) and Rajiv Awas Yojana (RAY) to convert into ARHCs through Public Private Partnership (PPP) or by Public Agencies,

- Model-2: Construction, Operation & Maintenance of ARHCs by Publicl
- Private Entities on their own available vacant land:

Further, the details ARHCs scheme are available at

Under Model-1 of the scheme, 5,548 houses have been converted into ARHCs from Statesl Union Territories (UTs) Chandigarh, Gujarat, Rajasthan, Uttarakhand and Jammu & KashmirUnder Model-2 the scheme, so proposals for construction of 80,273 new ARHC units have been sanctioned: The State-wise details of proposals sanctioned under Model-2 is at Annexure. far,

- (c) to (e): Under Model-2, there is no provision for Viability Gap Funding (VGF) by the Centrall Statel UT Governments and the required investment for construction, operation and maintenance of ARHCs will be made by the Publicl Private Entity which would be recovered through rental income during the project period of 25 years- However, Technology Innovation Grant has been provisioned for the projects using innovative construction technologies for construction of ARHCs under Model-2. So the Ministry has sanctioned 3 178.28 crore as Technology Innovation Grant for use of innovative construction technologies: Out of which 3 83.26 crore has been released to Building Material and Technology Promotion Council (BMTPC) for further releases to Publicl Private Entities: far,

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Annexure referred in reply to LS USQ No. 839 due for answer on 21.07.2022 Statel UT-wise details of ARHC units sanctioned for construction by Publicl Private Entities under Model-2 of the Scheme

| S. No_   | Name of CitylState          | Total Units   |
|----------|-----------------------------|---------------|
|          | Sriperumbudur_Tamil Nadu    | 18,112        |
| 2        | Sriperumbudur; Tamil Nadu   | 3,969         |
| 3        | Hosur, Tamil Nadu           | 11,500        |
| 4        | Chennai; Tamil Nadu         | 18,720        |
| 5        | Chennai; Tamil Nadu         | 1,040         |
| 6        | Raipur,_Chhattisgarh        | 2,222         |
|          | Kampur Town, Assam          | 2,222         |
| 8        | Prayagraj; Uttar Pradesh    | 1,112         |
| 9        | Surat,_Gujarat              | 453           |
| 10       | Chennai; Tamil Nadu         | 5,045         |
| 11       | Nizampet; Telangana         | 14,490        |
| 12       | Kakinada, Andhra Pradesh    | 736           |
| 13       | Vizianagram, Andhra Pradesh | 652           |
| Total    | Total                       |               |