Lok Sabha Question No. 4789 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2022-03-31
Subject: Vacant Houses under ARHCs
Ministry: HOUSING AND URBAN AFFAIRS
Asked by: Rahul Ramesh Shewale

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

## MINISTRY OF HOUSING AND URBAN AFFAIRS

## LOK SABHA

TO BE ANSWERED ON MARCH 31, 2022

## VACANT HOUSES UNDER ARHCs

Will the Minister of HOUSING AND URBAN AFFAIRS be  pleased to

- NO. 4789. SHRI RAHUL RAMESH SHEWALE: state:
- (a) whether the Government has identified the number of vacant houses where Affordable Rental Housing Complexes (ARHCs) would be used for the model I;
- (b) if so, the number of such houses, year and StatelUT-wise;
- (c) whether the Government has identified the number of houses to be constructed and operated under ARHCs Model II and if SO, the number
- of such houses; year and StatelUT-wise;
- (d) whether the Government has set a city-wise target of migrants to be benefitted;
- (e) if so, whether the Government has done a need-based assessment before ARHCs allotedlconstructed and if so, the details thereof, year and State-wise;
- whether the Government has done an assessment or calculation for the rental amount under ARHC Models city-wise; and
- (g) the funds allocated, sanctioned and utilised under ARHC Models and II?

## ANSWER

## THE MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF HOUSING AND URBAN AFFAIRS

(SHRI KAUSHAL KISHORE)

- (a) & (b): Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs (MoHUA) has launched Affordable Rental Housing Complexes (ARHCs) as a sub-scheme of Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana Urban (PMAY-U) to provide dignified living to urban

migrantsl is being implemented poor near their workplace. This scheme through two models as under:

- Model-I: Utilizing existing Government funded vacant houses constructed under Jawaharlal Nehru National Urban Renewal Mission (JnNURM) and Rajiv Awas Yojana (RAY) to convert into ARHCs through Public Private Partnership (PPP) or by Public Agencies;
- Model-2: Construction, Operation & Maintenance of ARHCs by Publicl
- Private Entities on their own available vacant land:

Under Model-1 of the scheme, out of total 83,534 existing government funded vacant houses constructed under JnNURM and RAY in different Statesl Union Territories (UTs), 5,478 houses have been converted into ARHCs and 7,483 units are under process of getting converted as ARHCs and are at various stages of completion across the countryThe Statel UTs-wise details are at Annexure-

- (c): Under Model-2 of the scheme, MoHUA have issued Expression 0 Interest (Eol) three times far to invite proposals from Publicl Private Entities to construct ARHCs on their own available vacant land: In response, proposals for construction new ARHC units have been sanctioned: The State-wise details of   proposals sanctioned under Model-2 is at Annexurefar,
- (d) & (e): SirThis is demand No,
- There are no based scheme-
- (f): No, SirAs per scheme guidelines, affordable rent of ARHCs is fixed by
- (g): Under Model-1 of the scheme, the  required investment to Repairl Retrofit the existing buildings to make it livable will be made by Concessionaire which would be recovered through rental income during the concession period i.e. 25 years: Under Model-2, the required investment for construction, operation and maintenance of ARHCs will be made by the Publicl private Entity which would be recovered through rental income during the project   period of 25 yearsHowever, MoHUA has provisioned for an additional grant in the form of Technology Innovation Grant (TIG) for projects using innovative & alternate technology: So TIG of {175 crore has been approved by the Ministry for construction of 78,885 new ARHC units, out of which {83.26 crore has been released to Building Material and Technology Promotion Council (BMTPC) for further releases to Publicl Private Entities: far,

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## Annexure referred in reply to LS USQ No. 4789 due for answer on 31.03.2022

- A vacant houses constructed under JnNURM and RAY to be converted into ARHCs under Model-1 of the Scheme
- B. Statel UT-wise details of ARHC units sanctioned for construction by Public/ Private Entities under Model-2 of the Scheme:

|       | Name of the States/UTs   | No. of Govt: Funded vacant Houses to be converted into ARHCs   | No. of Houses Converted into ARHCs   |
|-------|--------------------------|----------------------------------------------------------------|--------------------------------------|
|       | Arunachal Pradesh        | 752                                                            |                                      |
| 2     | Chandigarh               | 2,195                                                          | 2,195                                |
| 3     | Delhi                    | 29,112                                                         |                                      |
| 4     | Gujarat                  | 4,414                                                          | 2,467                                |
| 5     | Haryana                  | 2,545                                                          |                                      |
|       | Himachal Pradesh         | 314                                                            |                                      |
|       | Madhya Pradesh           |                                                                |                                      |
|       | Maharashtra              | 32,345                                                         |                                      |
|       | Nagaland                 | 664                                                            |                                      |
| 10    | Rajasthan                | 4,884                                                          | 480                                  |
| 11    | Uttar Pradesh            | 5,232                                                          |                                      |
| 12    | Uttarakhand              | 377                                                            |                                      |
| 13    | Jammu & Kashmir          | 336                                                            | 336                                  |
| Total | Total                    | 83,534                                                         | 5,478                                |

| S. No_   | Name of City/State        | Name of Entity                                        | Total Units   |
|----------|---------------------------|-------------------------------------------------------|---------------|
|          | Sriperumbudur; Tamil Nadu | SPR City Estates Pvt. Ltd.                            | 18,112        |
| 2        | Sriperumbudur; Tamil Nadu | SPR Construction Pvt. Ltd.                            | 3,969         |
| 3        | Hosur; Tamil Nadu         | Tata Electronic Pvt. Ltd.                             | 11,500        |
| 4        | Chennai; Tamil Nadu       | State Industries Promotion Corporation of Tamil Nadu_ | 18,720        |
| 5        | Chennai, Tamil Nadu       | Chennai Petroleum Corporation Ltd.                    | 1,040         |
|          | Raipur,_Chhattisgarh      | Indian Qil Corporation Ltd                            | 2,222         |
|          | Kampur Town, Assam        | Guwahati Refinery Indian Oil Corporation Ltd:         | 2,222         |
|          | Prayagraj, Uttar Pradesh  | Indian Oil Corporation Ltd.                           | 1,112         |
|          | Surat, Gujarat            | Mitsumi Housing Pvt_Ltd                               | 453           |
| 10       | Chennai, Tamil Nadu       | SPR Construction Pvt. Ltd.                            | 5,045         |
| 11       | Nizampet,_Telangana       | Sivani Infra Pvt Ltd.                                 | 14,490        |
| Total    | Total                     | Total                                                 | 78,885        |