Lok Sabha Question No. 3498 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2022-03-24
Subject: Slums in Urban Cities
Ministry: HOUSING AND URBAN AFFAIRS
Asked by: Aparajita Sarangi

- (a)
- (e)

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF HOUSING AND URBAN AFFAIRS

## LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 3498

## TO BE ANSWERED ON MARCH 24, 2022

## SLUMS IN URBAN CITIES

- NO\_ 3498. SHRIMATI APARAJITA SARANGI: Will the Minister of HOUSING AND URBAN AFFAIRS be   pleased

state:

- whether there is an increasing incidence of slums in Urban Cities across the country;
- if so, the details thereof and the action taken thereon;
- the steps taken by the Government to rehabilitate the slum-dwellers;
- whether the lack of good sanitation facilities had accelerated the spread of Covid-19 and other diseases such as typhoid, malaria, and dengue in slums across the country; and
- if so, the actions taken by the Government in this direction?

## ANSWER

## THE MINISTER OF STATE IN THE

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

- (a) & (b): No Sir. The number of slums has reduced from 51,688 to 33,510 as per 58th and round  Survey of National Sample  Survey Office (NSSO) on urban slums in 2002 and 2012 respectivelyThe State wise total number of slums as per NSSO surveys is at Annexure: 69th
- (c): Land and colonization are State subjects: The schemes related to housing including rehabilitation of slum dwellers are implemented by Satesl Union Territories (UTs): However, Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs is supplementing the efforts of Statel UT by providing Central Assistance under Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana Urban (PMAY-U) for construction of houses for familiesl beneficiaries including slum dwellersEligible beneficiaries can avail the benefit of PMAY-U through available four verticals i.e. Beneficiary-led Construction (BLC),
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Affordable Housing in Partnership (AHP), In-Situ Slum Redevelopment (ISSR) and Credit Linked Subsidy Scheme (CLSS): ISSR component of the Scheme specifically deals with slum redevelopment using land as a resource- Central assistance of % 1 lakh per house is provided under this component, based on projects submitted by the Statel UT Governments: Under ISSR component, a total of 4,51,050 houses have been sanctioned so far to construct houses for slum dwellers-

(d) & (e): Public health and sanitation are State subjectsThe primary responsibility of strengthening public health and sanitation in all urban areas including slums lies with the respective StatelUT Governments. However, the Central Government supplements the efforts of States/Uts through various programmatic interventions including Atal Mission for Rejuvenation and Urban Transformation (AMRUT), Swachh Bharat Mission-Urban (SBM), National Health Mission (NHM) for augmenting and improving the sanitation and public health facilities for urban poor in the country including slum areas:

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## Number of Slums as per different NSSO Surveys for State/UTs

| Statesl UTs       |                             |                                         |
|-------------------|-----------------------------|-----------------------------------------|
|                   | 58th Round (July Dec, 2002) | 69th Round (July 2012 to December 2012) |
| Andhra Pradesh    | 7,724                       | 4,539                                   |
| Arunachal Pradesh |                             |                                         |
| Assam             |                             | 71                                      |
| Bihar             | 1,326                       | 655                                     |
| Chhattisgarh_     | 1,244                       | 1,079                                   |
| Goa               |                             |                                         |
| Gujarat           | 1,532                       | 2,923                                   |
| Haryana           |                             | 71                                      |
| Himachal Pradesh  |                             | 47                                      |
| Jammu & Kashmir   | 364                         | 42                                      |
| Jharkhand         |                             |                                         |
| Karnataka         | 1,983                       | 1,424                                   |
| Kerala            |                             | 35                                      |
| Madhya Pradesh    | 2,222                       | 1,635                                   |
| Maharashtra       | 16,662                      | 7,723                                   |
| Manipur           |                             |                                         |
| Meghalaya         |                             |                                         |
| Mizoram           |                             |                                         |
| Nagaland          |                             |                                         |
| Odisha            | 401                         | 756                                     |
| Punjab            | 157                         | 597                                     |
| Rajasthan         | 874                         | 1,600                                   |
| Sikkim            |                             |                                         |
| Tamil Nadu        | 3,165                       | 2,364                                   |
| Tripura           |                             |                                         |
| Uttar Pradesh     | 2,643                       | 1,814                                   |
| Uttarakhand       |                             |                                         |
| West Bengal       |                             | 3,957                                   |
| A& N Islands      |                             |                                         |
| Chandigarh        |                             |                                         |
| D & N Haveli      |                             |                                         |
| Daman & Diu       |                             |                                         |
| Delhi             | 1,847                       | 458                                     |
| Lakshadweep       |                             |                                         |
| Puducherry        | 211                         | 17                                      |
| AII India*        | 51,688                      | 33,510                                  |

Note: Estimate not presented as the number of sample slum is less than 10.

Number of slums in small States/UTs is not available, however the total number Of slums in the country as per NSSO surveys (58th & 69th) is 51,688 and 33,510 respectively.