Lok Sabha Question No. 872 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2022-07-21
Subject: Houses under ARHCs
Ministry: HOUSING AND URBAN AFFAIRS
Asked by: Sanjay Jaiswal

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

## MINISTRY OF HOUSING AND URBAN AFFAIRS

## LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 872

TO BE ANSWERED ON JULY 21, 2022

## HOUSES UNDER ARHCs

## NO. 872. DR\_ SANJAY JAISWAL:

AND URBAN AFFAIRS be pleased to state:

- (a)
- the details of the targets of houses under Affordable Rental Housing Complexes (ARHCs) to be refurbished by the end of this year;
- (b) the details of the number of beneficiaries to avail the scheme by
- the end of this year including in Bihar; and
- (c) the total expenditure likely to be incurred by the Government in the implementation of the scheme during the next five years?

## 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 poor near their workplace. This scheme is being implemented 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 Public/ Private Entities on their own available vacant land:

Further, the details Of ARHCs scheme are available at

Under Model-1 of the scheme, 5,548 houses have been converted into ARHCs from Statesl Union Territories (UTs) of  Chandigarh, Gujarat, Rajasthan, Uttarakhand and Jammu & KashmirUnder Model-2 of the scheme, proposals for construction 80,273 new ARHC units have been sanctioned: The State-wise details of proposals sanctioned under Model-2 is at Annexure: No proposal has been received from any Publicl Private Entity from far,

- (c): The period of implementation for ARHCs scheme was upto 31.03.2022 for sanction of new houses. However,  funding will continue for next 18 months for completion of the units already sanctioned till 31.03.2022. So far, the Ministry has sanctioned 80,273 new ARHC units for construction by Publicl Private Entities with a provision of {178.28 crore as Technology Innovation Grant for use of innovative construction   technologiesOut of which, 383.26 crore has been released to Building Materials and Technology Promotion Council (BMTPC) for further release to

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## Annexure referred in reply to LS USQ No. 872 due for answer on 21.07.2022

## Statel UT-wise details of ARHC units sanctioned for construction by Publicl Private Entities under Model-2 of the Scheme

| S No.   | Name of CitylState        | Total Units   |
|---------|---------------------------|---------------|
|         | Sriperumbudur Tamil Nadu  | 18,112        |
| 2       | Sriperumbudur; Tamil Nadu | 3,969         |
| 3       | Hosur, Tamil Nadu         | 11,500        |
| 4       | Chennai, Tamil Nadu       | 18,720        |
| 5       | Chennai; Tamil Nadu       | 1,040         |
| 6       | Raipur_Chhattisgarh       | 2,222         |
| 7       | Kampur Town, Assam        | 2,222         |
| 8       | Prayagraj; Uttar Pradesh  | 1,112         |
| 9       | Surat,_Gujarat            | 453           |
| 10      | Chennai; Tamil Nadu       | 5,045         |
| 11      | Nizampet; Telangana       | 14,490        |
| 12      | Kakinada, Andhra Pradesh  | 736           |
| 13      |                           | 652           |
| Total   | Total                     | 80,273        |