Lok Sabha Question No. 2058 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2021-12-09
Subject: Housing Requirements in Urban Areas
Ministry: HOUSING AND URBAN AFFAIRS
Asked by: Unmesh Bhaiyyasaheb Patil, Sambhajirao Mane Dhairyasheel, Sujay Radhakrishna Vikhepatil, Shrikant Eknath Shinde, Heena Vijaykumar Gavit

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF HOUSING AND URBAN AFFAIRS

## LOK SABHA

UNSTARRED QUESTION

TO BE ANSWERED ON DECEMBER 9, 2021

HOUSING REQUIREMENTS IN URBAN AREAS

NO. 2058. SHRI UNMESH BHAIYYASAHEB PATIL:

DR. HEENA GAVIT:

DR. SUJAY RADHAKRISHNA VIKHE PATIL:

SHRI DHAIRYASHEEL SAMBHAJIRAO MANE:

DR. SHRIKANT EKNATH SHINDE:

Will the Minister of Housing and Urban Affairs be pleased to state:

- (a) the steps taken by the Government in addressing the housing requirements of the people belonging to Economically Weaker Sections (EWS), Lower Income Group (LIG) and Middle Income
- Group(MIG) categories in urban areas;
- the number of houses approved, under construction and the number of houses completed under the Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana (PMAY) during each ofthe last three years;
- the targets set for constructing houses under the scheme in urban areas during 2019 to 2022;
- (d) the details of houses occupied by beneficiaries, State-wise;
- (e) the demand validated and  reported by Statesl UTs under the scheme as on November 30, 2021; and
- the measures taken by the Government to  implement the scheme in a time bound manner and expedite completion of the approved houses?

## ANSWER

## THE MINISTER OF STATE IN THE

## MINISTRY OF HOUSING AND URBAN AFFAIRS (SHRI KAUSHAL KISHORE)

(a): In pursuance of the Government's vision #Housing for AlI" Ministry Housing and Urban Affairs (MoHUA) is implementing Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana-Urban (PMAY-U) since 25.06.2015 for giving Central assistance to Statesl Union Territories (UTs) for addressing the housing requirement people belonging to Economically Weaker Section (EWS), Low Income Group (LIG) and Middle Income Group (MIG) (from 01.01.2017 to 31.03.2021) categories in urban areas through following four verticals:

- SIn-Situ" Slum Redevelopment (ISSR);
- Credit-Linked Subsidy Scheme (CLSS);
- Affordable Housing in Partnership (AHP); and
- (iv) Beneficiary-Ied individual house construction (BLC):
- or enhancement

Based on the project proposals submitted by the Statesl UTs as per their assessed demand of houses under the Scheme, 114 Iakh houses have been sanctioned across the country  including 99.88 Iakh for EWS, 8.03 Iakh for LIG and 6.15 Iakh for MIG.

- (b): Details Of number of houses sanctioned, grounded for construction and completed under PMAY-U during each of the last three years are as under:

| Year       | Number of houses sanctioned   | Number of houses grounded for construction   | Number of houses completed   |
|------------|-------------------------------|----------------------------------------------|------------------------------|
| FY 2018-19 | 32,32,300                     | 23,43,728                                    | 18,16,669                    |
| FY 2019-20 | 22,42,888                     | 17,22,202                                    | 8,40,645                     |
| FY 2020-21 | 19,60,909                     | 16,23,466                                    | 14,56,511                    |

(c): During 2019 to 2022, a total of 47.50 Iakh houses have so far been sanctioned for construction under the Scheme\_

- (d): StatelUT-wise details of houses occupied by the beneficiaries are at Annexure.
- (e): As on 30.11.2021, assessed demand of houses reported by Statesl UTs under the schemeis 112.24 lakhs-
- In order to achieve the vision for All , Ministry monitors progress of the Scheme through periodic review meetings, video-conferences and field visits: Ministry, at various fora such as Review meetings, Workshopsl Conferences, Central Sanctioning & Monitoring Committee (CSMC) meetings etc. and through correspondences, has advised Statesl UTs to expedite the construction of sanctioned houses so that all houses are completed within the stipulated period:

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