Lok Sabha Question No. 2066 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2021-12-09
Subject: Rental Accommodation for Migrant Workers/Labourers
Ministry: HOUSING AND URBAN AFFAIRS
Asked by: Anubhav Mohanty

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF HOUSING AND URBAN AFFAIRS

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 2066

## TO BE ANSWERED ON DECEMBER 09, 2021

## RENTAL ACCOMMODATION FOR MIGRANT WORKERSI LABOURERS

NO.2066. SHRI ANUBHAV MOHANTY:

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

- (a)
- whether the Government is aware of the fact that during the Covid-19 Pandemic, millions of migrant and seasonal workers had to return home due to lack of low-cost rental accommodation;
- (b) if so, whether the Government has any proposal for construction
- of low-cost rental accommodation for the migrant workers that they don't have to suffer the same mental, physical and financial torture in similar situations;
- (c)
- if so, the details thereof; and
- (d) if not, the alternative arrangements the Government proposes to have in place to facilitate the migrant workersllabourers?

## ANSWER THE MINISTER OF STATE IN THE

## MINISTRY OF HOUSING AND URBAN AFFAIRS

(SHRI KAUSHAL KISHORE)

- (a) to (d): Yes, Sir. In the wake of reverse migration of urban migrantsl poor in the country due to COVID-19 pandemic, Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs (MoHUA) on 31/07/2020 has launched Affordable Rental Housing Complexes (ARHCs), a sub-scheme under Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana (Urban): These ARHCs provide loW-cost rental accommodation for the urban migrantsl poor near their workplace through following two models:

- Utilizing existing Government funded vacant houses in cities by converting them into ARHCs under Public Private Partnership (PPP) mode or by Public agencies
- Construction, Operation and Maintenance Affordable Rental Housing Complexes by Publicl Private Entities on their own available vacant land:

The details Of the ARHCs Scheme are available at

The Statel UT-wise details of the existing vacant houses converted into ARHCs for the beneficiaries and ARHCs sanctioned for Publicl Private Entities to be constructed on their available land are at Annexure.

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Annexure referred in reply to LS USQ No.2066 due for answer on 09.12.2021

- A State/UT-wise details of the existing Govt: funded vacant houses converted into ARHCs for the beneficiaries under Model-1 of the Scheme:
- B. Statel UT-wise details of ARHC units sanctioned for construction by Publicl Private Entities under Model-2 of the Scheme:

|       | State/UT   | City        | No. of vacant houses converted into ARHCs   | No. of beneficiaries allotted   |
|-------|------------|-------------|---------------------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|       | Chandigarh | Chandigarh  | 2,195                                       | 2,195                           |
| 2     | Gujarat    | Surat       | 393                                         | 393                             |
| 3     | Gujarat    | Ahmedabad   | 1,376                                       | 1,376                           |
|       | Rajasthan  | Chittorgarh | 480                                         | 480                             |
| Total | Total      | Total       | 4,444                                       | 4,444                           |

| S.No.   | Name of CitylState        | Name of Entity                                        | Total Units   |
|---------|---------------------------|-------------------------------------------------------|---------------|
|         | Sriperumbudur,_Tamil Nadu |                                                       | 18,112        |
| 2       | Sriperumbudur; Tamil Nadu | SPR Construction Pvt. Ltd_                            | 3,969         |
| 3       | Hosur, Tamil Nadu         | Tata Electronic Pvt. Ltd_                             | 11,500        |
| 4       | Chennai; Tamil Nadu       | State Industries Promotion Corporation of Tamil Nadu_ | 18,720        |
| 5       | Chennai, Tamil Nadu       | Chennai Petroleum Corporation Ltd.                    | 1,040         |
|         | Raipur_Chhattisgarh       | Indian Qil Corporation Ltd_                           | 2,222         |
|         | Kampur Town, Assam        | Guwahati Refinery Indian @il Corporation_Ltd:         | 2,222         |
| 8       |                           | Indian Oil Corporation Ltd:                           | 1,112         |
|         | Surat,_Gujarat            | Mitsumi Housing Pvt. Ltd                              | 453           |
| 10      | Chennai; Tamil Nadu       | SPR Construction Pvt Ltd.                             | 5,045         |
| 11      | Nizampet_Telangana        | Sivani Infra Pvt Ltd                                  | 14,490        |
| Total   | Total                     | Total                                                 | 78,885        |

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