Lok Sabha Question No. 323 (STARRED), answered on 2023-03-23
Subject: Number of Homeless People
Ministry: HOUSING AND URBAN AFFAIRS
Asked by: Tapir Gao, T.R.V.S. Ramesh

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

## MINISTRY OF HOUSING AND URBAN AFFAIRS

## LOK SABHA

## STARRED QUESTION NO. 323 TO BE ANSWERED ON MARCH 23, 2023

## NUMBER OF HOMELESS PEOPLE

NO. 323.

SHRI TAPIR GAO:

SHRI T.R.V.S. RAMESH:

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

- (a) whether the Government has recently conducted any survey/study on homeless people in the country and if so, the details thereof, State/UT-wise particularly in Tamil Nadu;
- (b) whether the Government has any data on the number of homeless people in the country especially in urban areas;
- (c) if so, the details thereof since 2019, State/UT and year-wise;
- (d) whether  it  is  a  fact  that  after  Covid  pandemic,  the  number  of homeless people have increased;
- (e) if  so,  the  measures  being  taken  by  the  Government to deal with this challenge; and
- (f) the details of schemes operational in the country to achieve total housing requirement and the number of new houses that would be required/ constructed during the next three years?

## ANSWER

THE MINISTER OF HOUSING AND URBAN AFFAIRS (SHRI HARDEEP SINGH PURI)

- (a) to (f): A statement is laid on the Table of the House.

## STATEMENT

STATEMENT REFERRED IN REPLY TO PARTS (a)  to  (f)  OF  THE  LOK SABHA  STARRED  QUESTION  NO.  323  FOR  ANSWER  ON  23.03.2023 REGARDING 'NUMBER OF HOMELESS PEOPLE'

- (a)to(c): Census  of  India  conducts  enumeration  of  population  in  the country  on  decadal  basis  including  homeless  people.  As  per Census  of India 2011, a total of 17,72,889 people are homeless in the country, out of which 9,38,348 are in urban areas. The State/Union Territory (UT)-wise data on homeless people  in  India  including  in  the  State  of  Tamil  Nadu,  is  at Annexure-I.  Data  on  increase  or  decrease  in  number  of homeless people since 2019 is not available.
- (d)to(f):  'Land'  and  'Colonisation'  are  State  subjects.  All  schemes related  to  housing  for  urban  poor  including  homeless  are implemented by respective State/UT Governments. However, Ministry  of  Housing  and  Urban  Affairs  (MoHUA)  supplements the  efforts  of  State/UT  Government  by  providing  Central Assistance under Pradhan Mantri AwasYojana - Urban (PMAYU)  since  June  25,  2015  to  provide  pucca  house  with  basic amenities to all eligible urban beneficiaries including homeless across the country.

The scheme is implemented through four verticals i.e. Beneficiary  Led  Construction  (BLC),  Affordable  Housing  in Partnership  (AHP),  In-Situ  Slum  Redevelopment  (ISSR)  and Credit  Linked  Subsidy  Scheme  (CLSS).  PMAY-U  is  a  demand driven  scheme  and  Government  of  India  has  not  fixed  any target for construction of houses.

Based  on  the  project  proposals  submitted  by  States/UTs, more  than  1.20  crore  houses  have  been  sanctioned  as  on 13.3.2023. Of the sanctioned houses, 109.02 lakh have been grounded for construction; of which 72.56 lakh are completed/delivered to the beneficiaries. The scheme period which was earlier upto 31.03.2022, has since been extended upto  31.12.2024,  except  CLSS  vertical  of  the  scheme,  to complete  all  the  houses  sanctioned  without  changing  the funding pattern and implementation methodology. Additionally, MoHUA is administering 'Scheme of Shelters for Urban  Homeless  (SUH)'  under  Deendayal  Antyodaya  YojanaNational Urban Livelihoods Mission (DAY-NULM),  through respective  States/UTs.  The  Scheme  focuses  on  providing permanent shelters equipped with basic facilities to the urban homeless.  No  study  regarding  the  impact  on  homelessness after  Covid-19  has  been  undertaken  by  the  Government  of India. The details of number  of houses sanctioned, grounded, completed/delivered under PMAY-U to the beneficiaries as on

13.3.2023, is at Annexure-II.

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## ANNEXURE-I REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PART (a)to(c) of LOK SABHA STARRED QUESTION NO. 323* TO BE ANSWERED ON MARCH 23, 2023.

Houseless Population in India as per census 2011

| States/UTs           | Total     | Rural Population   | Urban Population   |
|----------------------|-----------|--------------------|--------------------|
| Andhra Pradesh       | 1,45,211  | 69,354             | 75,857             |
| Arunachal Pradesh    | 1,556     | 1,243              | 313                |
| Assam                | 12,919    | 10,392             | 2,527              |
| Bihar                | 45,584    | 32,993             | 12,591             |
| Chhattisgarh         | 24,214    | 17,681             | 6,533              |
| Goa                  | 3,051     | 1,358              | 1,693              |
| Gujarat              | 1,44,306  | 59,484             | 84,822             |
| Haryana              | 51,871    | 28,082             | 23,789             |
| Himachal Pradesh     | 4,098     | 3,226              | 872                |
| Jammu & Kashmir      | 19,047    | 8,199              | 10,848             |
| Jharkhand            | 23,391    | 16,424             | 6,967              |
| Karnataka            | 76,735    | 41,262             | 35,473             |
| Kerala               | 11,853    | 4,092              | 7,761              |
| Madhya Pradesh       | 1,46,435  | 80,380             | 66,055             |
| Maharashtra          | 2,10,908  | 99,535             | 1,11,373           |
| Manipur              | 3,061     | 1,730              | 1,331              |
| Meghalaya            | 1,241     | 1,064              | 177                |
| Mizoram              | 152       | 48                 | 104                |
| Nagaland             | 876       | 532                | 344                |
| Orissa               | 34,061    | 20,008             | 14,053             |
| Punjab               | 46,714    | 28,340             | 18,374             |
| Rajasthan            | 1,81,544  | 1,08,308           | 73,236             |
| Sikkim               | 277       | 245                | 32                 |
| Tamil Nadu           | 50,929    | 13,812             | 37,117             |
| Tripura              | 3,225     | 1873               | 1,352              |
| Uttar Pradesh        | 3,29,125  | 1,48,196           | 1,80,929           |
| Uttarakhand          | 11,824    | 6,268              | 5,556              |
| West Bengal          | 1,34,040  | 29,073             | 1,04,967           |
| A & N Islands        | 95        | 30                 | 65                 |
| Chandigarh           | 4,139     | 6                  | 4,133              |
| Dadra & Nagar Haveli | 1,004     | 723                | 281                |
| Daman & Diu          | 737       | 146                | 591                |
| Delhi                | 47,076    | 352                | 46,724             |
| Lakshadweep          | 0         | 0                  | 0                  |
| Pondicherry          | 1,590     | 82                 | 1,508              |
| India 2011           | 17,72,889 | 8,34,541           | 9,38,348           |

Source: Primary Census  Abstract: Houseless Population Office of the Registrar General and Census Commissioner, India

## ANNEXURE-II REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PART (d)to(f) of LOK SABHA STARRED QUESTION NO. 323 TO BE ANSWERED ON MARCH 23, 2023.

State/UT-wise  details  of  houses  sanctioned,  grounded,  completed/delivered under PMAY-Uto the beneficiaries as on 13.3.2023

| S.                     |                     | ProjectPro posalConsi dered   | Physical Progress of Houses (Nos.)   | Physical Progress of Houses (Nos.)   | Physical Progress of Houses (Nos.)   |
|------------------------|---------------------|-------------------------------|--------------------------------------|--------------------------------------|--------------------------------------|
| No.                    | Name of theState/UT |                               | Sanctioned                           | Grounded*                            | Completed/ Delivered*                |
| 1 11 12 13             | AndhraPradesh       | 1,323                         | 20,74,765                            | 19,38,392                            | 7,32,222                             |
| 2                      | Bihar               | 520                           | 3,27,315                             | 3,10,075                             | 1,07,861                             |
| 3                      | Chhattisgarh        | 1,953                         | 3,06,034                             | 2,54,938                             | 1,75,651                             |
| 4                      | Goa                 | 4                             | 3,150                                | 3,127                                | 3,125                                |
| 5                      | Gujarat             | 1,707                         | 10,60,376                            | 9,62,555                             | 8,56,128                             |
| 6                      | Haryana             | 457                           | 1,66,671                             | 92,069                               | 63,196                               |
| 7                      | HimachalPradesh     | 364                           | 13,249                               | 13,007                               | 9,081                                |
| 8                      | Jharkhand           | 453                           | 2,34,369                             | 2,08,941                             | 1,22,786                             |
| 9                      | Karnataka           | 2,760                         | 7,06,320                             | 5,72,384                             | 3,03,928                             |
| 10                     | Kerala              | 762                           | 1,66,661                             | 1,37,636                             | 1,12,815                             |
| 1 11 12 13             | MadhyaPradesh       | 1,927                         | 9,60,256                             | 9,28,464                             | 6,55,049                             |
| 1 11 12 13             | Maharashtra         | 1,529                         | 15,09,679                            | 10,82,588                            | 7,91,044                             |
| 1 11 12 13             | Odisha              | 976                           | 2,13,845                             | 1,71,770                             | 1,28,263                             |
| 14                     | Punjab              | 987                           | 1,32,895                             | 1,08,291                             | 72,618                               |
| 15                     | Rajasthan           | 673                           | 2,76,746                             | 2,18,795                             | 1,71,401                             |
| 16                     | TamilNadu           | 4,869                         | 6,88,854                             | 6,44,117                             | 5,19,779                             |
| 17                     | Telangana           | 303                           | 2,49,465                             | 2,43,841                             | 2,22,673                             |
| 18                     | UttarPradesh        | 4,639                         | 16,89,673                            | 15,48,096                            | 12,54,080                            |
| 19                     | Uttarakhand         | 292                           | 62,762                               | 50,376                               | 28,172                               |
| 20                     | WestBengal          | 656                           | 6,91,146                             | 5,61,534                             | 3,42,070                             |
| Sub-total(States)      | Sub-total(States)   | 27,154                        | 1,15,34,231                          | 1,00,50,996                          | 66,71,942                            |
| 21 NorthEast States 22 | ArunachalPradesh    | 61                            | 9,002                                | 8,561                                | 5,853                                |
| 21 NorthEast States 22 | Assam               | 441                           | 1,61,476                             | 1,50,310                             | 77,610                               |
| 23                     | Manipur             | 45                            | 56,037                               | 47,415                               | 9,924                                |
| 24                     | Meghalaya           | 36                            | 4,759                                | 3,761                                | 1,104                                |

| 25                      |                         | Mizoram                 | 52         | 40,756 39,184            | 6,525      |
|-------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|------------|--------------------------|------------|
|                         | 26                      | Nagaland 75             | 32,335     | 31,815                   | 11,614     |
| 27                      |                         | Sikkim 11               | 704        | 447                      | 209        |
| 28                      |                         | Tripura                 | 126 94,162 | 82,964                   | 63,576     |
| Sub-total(NEStates) 847 | Sub-total(NEStates) 847 | Sub-total(NEStates) 847 | 3,99,231   | 3,64,457                 | 1,76,415   |
| 29                      | UnionTerri tories       | A&NIslands 2            | 378        | 376                      | 47         |
| 30                      | UnionTerri tories       | Chandigarh -            | 1,271      | 1,254                    | 1,254      |
| 31                      | UnionTerri tories       | D&NHandD&D 9            | 10,480     | 10,165                   | 8,680      |
| 32                      | UnionTerri tories       | Delhi -                 | 30,194     | 29,882                   | 29,882     |
| 33                      | UnionTerri tories       | Jammu & Kashmir 403     | 49,146     | 47,338                   | 17,951     |
| 34                      | UnionTerri tories       | Ladakh 8                | 1,366      | 1,013                    | 647        |
| 35                      | UnionTerri tories       | Lakshadweep -           | -          | -                        | -          |
| 36                      | UnionTerri tories       | Puducherry 45           | 16,394     | 16,238                   | 8,138      |
| Sub-total(UTs)          | Sub-total(UTs)          | Sub-total(UTs)          | 467        | 1,09,229 1,06,266        | 66,599     |
| GrandTotal*             | GrandTotal*             | GrandTotal*             | 28,468     | 120.43Lakh** 109.23Lakh* | 72.56Lakh* |

*Includes  completed  (3.41lakh)/  grounded  (4.01lakh)  houses  of  JnNURM  during  mission period.

**Out  of  122.69  lakh  houses  sanctioned  as  on  31.3.2022,  2.26  lakh  non-starter  houses have been curtailed by some States against which States are requested to put up new proposals under BLC vertical.