Lok Sabha Question No. 4649 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2022-03-31
Subject: Survey on Urban Homeless Persons
Ministry: HOUSING AND URBAN AFFAIRS
Asked by: Poonamben Hematbhai Maadam

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

## MINISTRY OF HOUSING AND URBAN AFFAIRS LOk SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 4649

## TO BE ANSWERED ON MARCH 31, 2022

## SURVEY ON URBAN HOMELESS PERSONS

NO. 4649. SHRIMATI POONAMBEN MAADAM:

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

- a) whether the Government has conducted any survey in respect of urban homeless poor persons in the country;
- b) if so, the details thereof, StatelUT-wise including Gujarat;
3. the details of the schemesl programmes for such homeless persons;
- d) whether the Government has revisited policy for management Of
5. frequent urban flooding and if SO, the details thereof; and
6. the steps taken by the Government to ensure Iocal bodies are
7. prepared to handle urban flooding?

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

## (SHRI KAUSHAL KISHORE)

- (a): The guidelines of Shelter for Urban Homeless (SUH) component of Deendayal Antyodaya Yojana\_ National Urban Livelihoods Mission (DAY-NULM) prescribe systematic third party surveys to be undertaken in citiesltowns by the urban Iocal bodies to identify the number of urban homeless to assess the need for shelters.
- (b): The details urban homeless identified by 27 States/UTs,
- including Gujarat; as on 25.03.2022, is at Annexure-I:

- (c): It is the primary responsibility of Governments of the Statesl Union Territories to provide shelter for urban homeless However, in order to complement their efforts, Ministry of Housing & Urban Affairs is administering a scheme SUHunder DAY-NULM, through respective StateslUTs It focuses on providing permanent shelters equipped with basic facilities to the urban homeless. As reported by States/UTs, so 1,678 shelters are operational: far,

Further, Ministry is implementing a Centrally Sponsored Scheme, Pradhan Mantri Awas YojanaUrban (PMAY-U) through StatesIUnion Territories (UTs) for   providing allweather pucca houses to eligible urban households including homelessStates/UTs have conducted a demand survey to assess the demand for such housing for eligible beneficiaries: Based On the project proposals submitted by States/UTs, 115.5 Iakh houses have been sanctioned: Out of these 95.2 Iakh houses have been grounded for construction; of which 56.4 Iakh have been completed and delivered to beneficiaries:

- (d)&(e): Management urban flooding falls under purview the respective State Governments and Urban Local Body Urban Development Authority- For their guidance, Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs has issued Urban and Regional Development Plans Formulation and Implementation (URDPFI) Guidelines, 2014 by integrating the guidelines on mitigation, prevention and preparedness for urban flooding issued by the National Disaster Management AuthorityThese guidelines lay down the principles to be followed for land use in the flood   plains by  taking into account the frequency of flooding based on the rainfall data:

Further, the Ministry has issued Standard Operating Procedure for Urban Flooding in 2017 . These lay down, in a manner, the specific actions to be undertaken by comprehensive various departments and agencies for responding to urban flooding:

Ministry has also published a Manual on Storm Water Drainage Systems, 2019 to provide guidance on sustainable design, planning & management of storm water drainage systems and emergency plan for flood response:

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## ANNEXURE-I REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PART (b) OF LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.4649 TO BE ANSWERED ON 31.03.2022

StatelUT-wise details of number of Urban Homeless identified through Systematic third party survey (as on 25.03.2022) under SUH scheme of DAY-NULM

| SI_ No.           | Statel Union Territory   | No. of Urban Homeless persons identified   |
|-------------------|--------------------------|--------------------------------------------|
|                   | Andhra Pradesh           | 11,173                                     |
| 2                 | Bihar                    | 10,253                                     |
| 3 Chandigarh      |                          | 2,064                                      |
| 4 Chhattisgarh    | 10,216                   |                                            |
| 5 Goa             |                          | 173                                        |
| 6 Gujarat         |                          | 35,293                                     |
| 7 Haryana         | 19,015                   |                                            |
| Himachal Pradesh  | 879                      |                                            |
| 9 Jharkhand       |                          | 3,043                                      |
| 10                | Karnataka                | 7,282                                      |
| 11                | Kerala                   | 3,196                                      |
|                   | Manipur                  |                                            |
| 13 Madhya Pradesh |                          | 3,257                                      |
| 14 Maharashtra    |                          | 21,882                                     |
| 15 Meghalaya      | 48                       |                                            |
| 16 Mizoram        |                          | 3,888                                      |
| 17                | Nagaland                 |                                            |
| 18 Odisha         |                          | 13,651                                     |
| 19 Puducherry     |                          | 719                                        |
| 20                | Rajasthan                | 39,512                                     |
| 21                | Sikkim                   | 13                                         |
|                   | Tamil Nadu               | 14,040                                     |
| 23                | Telangana                | 4,629                                      |
| 24                |                          | 328                                        |
| 25                | Uttar Pradesh            | 28,409                                     |
| 26                | Uttarakhand              | 2,202                                      |
| 27                | West Bengal              | 10,565                                     |
| Total             |                          | 2,45,783                                   |

Note: The State of Arunachal Pradesh has reported no homeless persons: The UTs of Andaman & Nicobar Islands, Dadra& Nagar Havel and Daman & Diu are not implementing SUH:

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