Lok Sabha Question No. 563 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2021-02-04
Subject: Composition of Population of the Country
Ministry: HOUSING AND URBAN AFFAIRS
Asked by: Manoj Rajoria

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

## MINISTRY OF HOUSING AND URBAN AFFAIRS

## LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 563

## TO BE ANSWERED ON FEBRUARY 04, 2021

## COMPOSITION OF POPULATION OF THE COUNTRY

NO. 563. DR. MANOJ RAJORIA:

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

- (a)  the  difference  between  urban  and  rural  population  of  the  country according to the census 2001 and 2011;
- (b) the estimated percentage increase in the urban population according to the upcoming census 2021; and
- (c) the steps being taken by the Government to provide facilities to the cities in a planned way?

## ANSWER

## THE MINISTER OF STATE (INDEPENDENT CHARGE) OF THE MINISTRY OF HOUSING AND URBAN AFFAIRS

## (SHRI HARDEEP SINGH PURI)

- (a) As per Census 2001 and 2011, the difference between Rural and Urban Population is as under:

|                                               | 2001         | 2011         |
|-----------------------------------------------|--------------|--------------|
| Urban Population                              | 28,61,19,689 | 37,71,06,125 |
| Rural Population                              | 74,26,17,747 | 83,37,48,852 |
| Difference between Rural and Urban population | 45,64,98,058 | 45,66,42,727 |

(b) Estimates of Urban Population according to census 2021 are not yet available. However, as per report of the Technical Group on population projections  for  India  and  States,  2011-2036,  based  on  Census  2011, published by the National Commission on Population (NCP), Ministry of

## Health and Family Welfare, Govt. of India, the projected urban population

for  India  as  on  1st  March  2021  will  be  46,93,44,000  out  of  total projected population of 1,36,30,06,000. Thus, estimated urban population in 2021 will mean an increase of 24.46 percent in comparison to urban population as per census 2011.

(c)  'Land'  and  'Colonisation'  are  State  subjects and therefore,  it  is  the responsibility  of  the  State/Union  Territory  (UT)  Governments  to  frame policies  and  implement  schemes  for  providing  facilities  to  the  cities. However, Government of India through various programmatic interventions viz.  Pradhan  Mantri  Awas  Yojana  -  Urban  (PMAY-U), Affordable Rental Housing Complexes (ARHCs) Scheme,  Atal Mission for Rejuvenation and Urban Transformation (AMRUT), Smart Cities Mission, Swachh Bharat Mission-Urban (SBM-U), Metro Rail Development Policy, Deendayal  Antyodaya  Yojana  National  Urban  livelihood  Mission  (DAYNULM) and PM Street Vendor's AtmaNirbhar Nidhi  (PM SVANidhi) have been making overarching efforts by assisting States/UTs both technically  and  financially  to  provide  facilities  viz.  housing  shortage, urban  infrastructure  in  the  sectors  of  water  supply,  sewerage  and septage management, storm water drainage, green spaces & parks, nonmotorised urban transport, sanitation  services,  metro  rail  development and assisting urban migrants/poor to improve skills and uplift economically.

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