Lok Sabha Question No. 2654 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2022-12-22
Subject: Number of Slums
Ministry: HOUSING AND URBAN AFFAIRS
Asked by: Jagdambika Pal

- (b)

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

## MINISTRY OF HOUSING AND URBAN AFFAIRS

## LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 2654

## TO BE ANSWERED ON DECEMBER 22, 2022

## NUMBER OF SLUMS

## NO. 2654.

SHRI JAGDAMBIKA PAL:

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

- (a) whether the Government has any data on the total number of
- slums in the City of Delhi and Mumbai;
- if so, the details thereof and if not, the reasons therefor;
- (c) the steps taken by the Government to reduce further construction of slums in the major cities of the country;
- (d) the number of initiatives taken by the Government to provide houses and basic amenities to the poor people in urban areas;
- (e) whether the Government has set any target to replace slums with decent houses in the country; and
- (f)
- if so, the details thereof and if not, the reasons therefor?

## ANSWER

## THE MINISTER OF STATE IN THE

## MINISTRY OF HOUSING AND URBAN AFFAIRS

## (SHRI KAUSHAL KISHORE)

- (a) &  (b):  Yes,  Sir.  As  per  Delhi  Urban  Shelter  Improvement  Board (DUSIB),  there  are  675  slums  in  Delhi  whereas  as  per  Slum Redevelopment Authority (SRA), Mumbai, Government of Maharashtra, a total of 2,400 slums are in Mumbai.
- (c) to  (f):  'Land'  and  'Colonisation'  are  State  subjects.  Schemes related to provide housing, slum redevelopment/rehabilitation, prevention  of  growth  of  slums,  providing  basic  amenities  in  their respective areas are implemented by States/Union Territories (UTs). However, Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs (MoHUA), under the vision of 'Housing for All', is supplementing the efforts of States/UTs by providing Central Assistance under Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana - Urban (PMAY-U)since25.06.2015 for construction of houses for all eligible beneficiaries including slum dwellers. PMAY-U adopts a

demand driven approach wherein States/UTs have been empowered to  approve  the  projects  for  the  beneficiaries  identified  by  them through a demand survey based on eligibility criteria. 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 not a target driven scheme but adopts a demand driven  approach  wherein  States/UTs  have  been  empowered  to approve the projects for all eligible beneficiaries identified by them through  a  demand  survey  based  on  the  eligibility  criteria.  Against the  validated  demand  of  1.12  crore  houses,  as  on  31.03.2022, 122.69 lakh houses were sanctioned by the Ministry based on the project proposals submitted by States/UTs, out of which 1.06 crore have been grounded and 65.5 lakh have been completed/delivered to the  beneficiaries.  Out  of  1.20  crore,  17.77  lakh  houses  under BLC/AHP/ISSR verticals of PMAY-U have been sanctioned for slum dwellers.

In addition, Central Government supplements the efforts of States/UTs to provide basic amenities to urban poor including slum dwellers through various Missions, such as Atal Mission for Rejuvenation and  Urban  Transformation  (AMRUT  2.0),  Swachh Bharat  Mission  -  Urban  (SBM-U  2.0),  Smart  Cities  Mission  (SCM), SAUBHAGYA - Pradhan Mantri Sahaj Bijli Har Ghar Yojana, National Health Mission, Pradhan Mantri Jan Arogya Yojana under Ayushman Bharat(AB-PMJAY),  Pradhan  Mantri  Ujjwala  Yojana  (PMUY)  and UJALA scheme amongst others.

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