Lok Sabha Question No. 3473 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2022-03-24
Subject: Interest Subsidy Scheme for Housing the Urban Poor
Ministry: HOUSING AND URBAN AFFAIRS
Asked by: Sukanta Majumdar, Sangeeta Kumari Singh Deo, Jayanta Kumar Roy

- (a)-
- (b) if the details thereof including the salient features and economic parameters for selection of the beneficiaries;
- (c)

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

## MINISTRY OF HOUSING AND URBAN AFFAIRS LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 3473 TO BE ANSWERED ON MARCH 24, 2022

## INTEREST SUBSIDY SCHEME FOR HOUSING THE URBAN POOR

NO. 3473. DR\_ SUKANTA MAJUMDAR: SHRIMATI SANGEETA KUMARI SINGH DEO:

DR\_ JAYANTA KUMAR ROY:

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

- whether the Government is implementing the Interest Subsidy Scheme for Housing the Urban Poor (ISHUP) scheme in West Bengal;
- the number of beneficiaries and the funds spent since its inception, district-wise including Balurghat;
- (d): whether the Government has received any proposals from the
- (e):
- if so, the details thereof and the action taken thereon; and
- West Bengal  regarding subsidy for  providing housing to the poor slum dwellers in the urban areas during the last three years and the current year;
- the other measures being taken by the Government to provide
- relief to the urban poor against rising price of housing in urban areas?

## ANSWER

## THE MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF HOUSING

AND URBAN AFFAIRS (SHRI KAUSHAL KISHORE)

(a) & (b): SirHowever, the Government of India had implemented the Scheme called Interest Subsidy Scheme for th Housing the Urban Poor (ISHUP) on a pilot basis during the 11" Five Year Plan period: The scheme was discontinued from 30.09.2013. No,

(c)Central Nodal Agencies [Housing and Urban Development Corporation (HUDCO)&National Housing Bank (NHB)] have informed that no interest  subsidy under ISHUP has been disbursed in the State of West Bengal:

(d) to (f): 'Land' and 'Colonization' are State subjects- The respective StateslUnion Territories (UTs) have to address the housing needs of its population: The Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs, under the vision of 'Housing for is supplementing the efforts of Statesl UTs by providing Central Assistance under Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana-Urban (PMAY-U), for construction of houses for all eligible familiesl beneficiaries including slum dwellers since 25.06.2015 in the urban areas the country including those in West Bengal:. Eligible beneficiaries can avail the benefit of PMAY-U through four verticals, i.e\_ Beneficiary-led Construction or enhancement (BLC); Affordable Housing in Partnership (AHP);In-Situ' Slum Redevelopment (ISSR) and Credit Linked Subsidy Scheme (CLSS) , Central assistance is released to StateslUTs at the rate of % 1.00 Iakh per house under ISSR component, % 1.50 Iakh per house under AHP and BLC components for construction of houses and interest subsidy upto 3 2.67 Iakh under CLSS is provided to eligible beneficiaries through Central Nodal Agencies for   acquisition of houses by purchasel re-purchase or construction of houses and for incremental housing: Under PMAY-U, a total of 3,80,664 houses involving Central Assistance of 6,239.61crore have been sanctioned in the State of West Bengalduring the last three years and the current year; year-wise and vertical-wise details of houses sanctioned are as under:

|         | Houses sanctioned (Nos-)   | Houses sanctioned (Nos-)   | Houses sanctioned (Nos-)   | Houses sanctioned (Nos-)   |
|---------|----------------------------|----------------------------|----------------------------|----------------------------|
| FY      | BLC                        | AHP                        | ISSR                       | CLSS                       |
| 2018-19 | 1,28,443                   | 1,056                      |                            | 11,388                     |
| 2019-20 | 54,139                     | 192                        |                            | 15,350                     |
| 2020-21 | 1,02,185                   | 2,074                      |                            | 26,700                     |
| 2021-22 | 27,902                     | 0                          | 0                          | 11,235                     |

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