Lok Sabha Question No. 121 (STARRED), answered on 2022-12-15
Subject: Schemes for Rehabilitation of Homeless People
Ministry: HOUSING AND URBAN AFFAIRS
Asked by: Rodmal Nagar

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

## MINISTRY OF HOUSING AND URBAN AFFAIRS LOK SABHA

## STARRED QUESTION NO. 121

TO BE ANSWERED ON DECEMBER 15, 2022

## SCHEMES FOR REHABILITION OF HOMELESS PEOPLE

## NO. 121.   SHRI RODMAL NAGAR:

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

- a) whether there are many homeless people in the country who live at public places like footpaths, flyovers, railway stations, etc. and if so, the details thereof;
- b) whether the Government has formulated any scheme to rehabilitate  and  provide  necessary  skill  training  and  education  to the said homeless people, particularly children; and
- c) if so, the details thereof?

ANSWER THE MINISTER OF HOUSING AND URBAN AFFAIRS

(SHRI HARDEEP SINGH PURI)

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

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STATEMENT REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PART (a) TO (c) OF THE LOK ON OF

SABHA STARRED QUESTION NO. *121 DUE FOR ANSWER 15.12.2022 REGARDING SCHEMES FOR REHABILITATION HOMELESS PEOPLE

- (a): As  per  census  2011,  the  total  urban  houseless  population  in the country is 9,38,348.
- (b)&(c): As  per  7 th   Schedule  of  the  Constitution  of  India,  Land  & Colonisation  are  State  subjects.  Therefore,  it  is  the  primary responsibility  of  States/Union  Territories  (UTs)  to  take  steps and devise schemes to provide for rehabilitation of homeless persons.  Central  Government  is  supplementing  the  efforts  of State Governments/UTs through the following steps:
- (i) MoHUA  is  administering  'Shelters  for  Urban  Homeless (SUH)' under Deendayal Antyodaya Yojana -National Urban Livelihoods Mission (DAY -NULM), through respective States / UTs . It  focuses  on  providing  permanent  shelters equipped with basic facilities to the urban homeless . As per  SUH  guidelines,  convergence  of  various  entitlements of social security, food, education and health care systems  are provided at the shelters for the urban homeless. Provision for admission of the homeless children to government  school,  skill training, etc. is provided in the scheme guidelines. The operational guidelines of SUH is available
- athttps://nulm.gov.in/PDF/NULM\_Mission/NULM-SUHSanctioning for establishment of shelters. The State/UT wise detail of the

Guidelines.pdf. The State/UT project Committee is competent to approve proposals shelters for urban homeless is at Annexure-I.

- (ii) MoHUA is also implementing Pradhan Mantri Awas YojnaUrban (PMAY-U) for providing assistance to States/UTs for
- addressing  the  housing  requirement  of eligible  urban households. PMAY-U  envisages providing all weather pucca  houses  with  basic  civic  amenities  to  all  eligible urban households.
- (iii) The  Department  of  School  Education  and  Literacy  with effect from 2018-19 has launched an Integrated Centrally Sponsored Scheme for School Education-Samagra Shiksha. Under the scheme, financial assistance is provided to States and UTs  for undertaking various activities  for  universalisation  of  school  education,  which also include education to homeless children.

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## ANNEXURE-I REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PART (b&c) OF LOK SABHA STARRED QUESTION NO.121 TO BE ANSWERED ON 15.12.2022

## STATE/UT WISE DETAILS OF FUNCTIONAL SHELTERS

(as on 30.11.2022)

| S. No.              | States/UTs       | Functional   |
|---------------------|------------------|--------------|
| 1.                  | Andhra Pradesh   | 88           |
| 2.                  | Assam            | 1            |
| 3.                  | Bihar            | 84           |
| 4.                  | Chandigarh       | 1            |
| 5.                  | Chhattisgarh     | 41           |
| 6.                  | Delhi            | 193          |
| 7.                  |                  | 3            |
| 8.                  | Goa Gujarat      | 53           |
| 9. Haryana          |                  | 51           |
| 10.                 | 19               |              |
| 11. Jammu & Kashmir | Himachal Pradesh | 1            |
| 12.                 | Jharkhand        | 55           |
| 13.                 | Karnataka        | 116          |
| 14.                 | Kerala           | 17           |
| 15. Madhya          | Pradesh          | 120          |
| 16.                 | Maharashtra      | 94           |
| 17.                 | Meghalaya        | 4            |
| 18.                 | Mizoram          | 96           |
| 19.                 | Nagaland         | 3            |
| 20.                 | Odisha           | 48           |
| 21.                 | Puducherry       | 2            |
| 22.                 | Punjab           | 27           |
| 23.                 | Rajasthan        | 207          |
| 24.                 | Sikkim           | 1            |
| 25.                 | Tamil Nadu       | 225          |
| 26.                 | Telangana        | 35           |
| 27.                 | Tripura          | 7            |
| 28.                 | Uttar Pradesh    | 135          |
| 29.                 | Uttarakhand      | 11           |
| 30.                 | West Bengal      | 50           |
| TOTAL               | TOTAL            | 1,788        |