Lok Sabha Question No. 1672 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2021-02-11
Subject: Homeless Population
Ministry: HOUSING AND URBAN AFFAIRS
Asked by: Aparajita Sarangi

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA AND URBAN AFFAIRS

## MINISTRY OF HOUSING LOK SABHA

UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1672

TO BE ANSWERED ON FEBRUARY 11, 2021

## HOMELESS POPULATION

NO. 1672. SHRIMATI APARAJITA SARANGI:

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

- (a) whether the Government has data to show the number of people
- who are homeless in each State;
- (b) and data
- if sO, the details thereof, State-wise including Odisha specific to Bhubaneswar;
- whether the Government has taken any measures to provide
- (c) shelter to the homeless population;
- (d) if SO, the details thereof   including the number of shelters present and the number of people who have been benefitted from such measures over the last three years; and
- (e) the detailsldata for the above specific to Bhubaneswar and the
- State of Odisha?

## ANSWER

## THE MINISTER OF STATE (INDEPENDENT CHARGE) OF THE MINISTRY OF HOUSING AND URBAN AFFAIRS (SHRI HARDEEP SINGH PURI)

(a) & (b): Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs (MoHUA) is administering 'Shelter for Urban Homeless (SUH)' Scheme under Deendayal Antyodaya Yojana National Urban Livelihoods Mission (DAY-NULM), through respective States/Union Territories (UTs) SUH provides for conducting systematic third-party survey by urban Iocal bodies to indentify the number of urban homelessSo 25 StateslUTs have completed their survey and the details are at Annexure. Odisha has reported that 3,967 number of homeless persons have been identified in Bhubaneswar. far,

(c) & (d): It is the primary responsibility of Governments Of the StateslUTs to  provide shelter for the urban homelessHowever, in order to complement their efforts, MoHUA is administering 'Shelter for Urban Homeless (SUH)' , which focuses on providing permanent shelters equipped with basic facilities for the urban homeless. StatelUT level Project Sanctioning Committee (PSC) is competent to approve proposals for establishment of shelters- So 1,580 shelters are operational in StateslUTs with a total capacity of 86,192 persons under the Mission: far,

(e): In Odisha, 36 shelters are functional under Mission, with total capacity of 1,865 persons- In Bhubaneswar, 07 shelters are functional under Mission, with a capacity of 268 persons:

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Annexure

Number of Urban Homeless identified by StatesUTs through Systematic third party survey (as on 25.02.2021) as referred to part (a) & (b) of LSUQ 1672 for 11.02.2021.

| SI: No.   | State/UT                 | No: of Urban homeless persons identified   |
|-----------|--------------------------|--------------------------------------------|
|           | Andhra Pradesh           | 11,173                                     |
| 2         | Bihar                    | 10,253                                     |
| 3         | Chandigarh               | 2,064                                      |
| 4         | Chhattisgarh (in 77 ULBs | 10,216                                     |
| 5         | Goa                      | 173                                        |
| 6         | Gujarat                  | 35,293                                     |
| 7         | Haryana                  | 19,015                                     |
| 8         | Himachal Pradesh         | 879                                        |
|           | Jharkhand                | 1,735                                      |
| 10        | Karnataka                | 7,282                                      |
| 11        | Kerala                   | 3,195                                      |
| 12        | Manipur                  | 4                                          |
| 13        | Maharashtra              | 21,882                                     |
| 14        | Meghalaya                | 48                                         |
| 15        | Mizoram                  | 3,888                                      |
| 16        | Nagaland                 | 49                                         |
| 17        | Odisha                   | 13,651                                     |
| 18        | Puducherry               | 719                                        |
| 19        | Rajasthan                | 39,512                                     |
| 20        | Sikkim                   | 13                                         |
| 21        | Tamil Nadu               | 14,040                                     |
|           | Telangana                | 2,952                                      |
| 23        | Uttar Pradesh            | 28,409                                     |
| 24        | Uttarakhand              | 2,364                                      |
| 25        | West Bengal              | 10,565                                     |
|           | Total                    | 2,39,374                                   |

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