Lok Sabha Question No. 620 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2021-07-22
Subject: Rental Housing Schemes
Ministry: HOUSING AND URBAN AFFAIRS
Asked by: Sajda Ahmed

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF HOUSING AND URBAN AFFAIRS

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 620 TO BE ANSWERED ON JULY 22, 2021 RENTAL HOUSING SCHEMES

NO\_ 620. SHRIMATI SAJDA AHMED:

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

- (a) whether the Government has proposed rental housing schemes for the low-income group migrants across the country;
- (b) if so, the details thereof;
- whether the Government has assessed the shortage of housing for
- migrant labor across the country and if the details thereof; so,
- (d) the number of houses constructed for the slum dwellers across the
- country, State-wise; and
- (e) whether any provision is in place to select the beneficiaries for housing schemes by Members of Parliament and if so, the details thereof?

## ANSWER THE MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF HOUSING AND URBAN AFFAIRS (SHRI KAUSHAL KISHORE)

(a)&(b): SirThe Scheme for Affordable Rental Housing Complexes (ARHCs) was approved by the Union Cabinet on July 8, 2020. The target beneficiaries under the scheme are from Economically Weaker Section (EWS)Low Income Group (LIG) who are urban migrantslpoor.   They include labour, street  vendors, rickshaw pullers, service providers, industrial workers or migrants working with marketsltrade associations, educationallhealth institutions, hospitality Yes, sector, long term tourists or any other person of such category-

The Scheme is being implemented through two models:

Model-I: Utilizing existing Government funded vacant houses to convert into ARHCs through Private Partnership or by Public Agencies;

Model-2: Construction, Operation and Maintenance of ARHCs by Publicl Private Entities on their own available vacant land:

(c): SirNo,

(d): The StatelUT-wise details of number of houses constructed for the slum dwellers across the country is at Annexure.

(e): Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana Urban (PMAY-U) Scheme Guidelines mandates StatesIUnion Territories (UTs)Urban Local Bodies (ULBs) to carry out demand survey as per the defined eligibility criteria under the Scheme: Thereafter, Housing for AII Plan of Action (HFAPoA) and Annual Implementation Plan (AIP) are prepared: Further, para 8.6 Of the Scheme Guidelines has provisions to discuss the result of demand survey, draft HFAPoA and draft AIP with the local   representatives including Members of Legislative Assembly (MLAs) and Members Of Parliament (MPs) of that area SO that their views are adequately factored in while finalising the plans and beneficiary list:

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## Annexure referred in reply to LSUQ No. 620 due for answer on 22.07.2021

StatelUT-wise details of houses constructed for the slum dwellers under various urban housing schemes of Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs (MoHUA)

| S.No_   | StatelUTs        | No. of Houses Constructed   |
|---------|------------------|-----------------------------|
|         | A&NIslands       |                             |
| 2       | AndhraPradesh    | 75,251                      |
|         | ArunachalPradesh | 1,172                       |
|         | Assam            | 4,330                       |
| 5       | Bihar            | 27,928                      |
| 6       | Chandigarh       | 17,696                      |
| 7       | Chhattisgarh     | 28,074                      |
| 8       | DNH&DD           | 158                         |
| 9       | Delhi            | 38,824                      |
| 10      | Goa              |                             |
| 11      | Gujarat          | 1,58,552                    |
|         | Haryana          | 14,326                      |
| 13      | HimachalPradesh  | 787                         |
| 14      | J&k              | 8,231                       |
| 15      | Jharkhand        | 12,766                      |
| 16      | Karnataka        | 66,117                      |
| 17      | Kerala           | 39,580                      |
|         | Ladakh           | 62                          |
| 19      | Lakshadweep      |                             |
| 20      | MadhyaPradesh    | 280                         |
| 21      | Maharashtra      | 1,53,704                    |
| 22      | Manipur          | 4,079                       |
| 23      | Meghalaya        | 888                         |
| 24      | Mizoram          | 3,188                       |
| 25      | Nagaland         | 6,607                       |
| 26      | Odisha           | 17,832                      |
| 27      | Puducherry       | 1,012                       |
| 28      | Punjab           | 6,521                       |
| 29      | Rajasthan        | 53,819                      |
| 30      | Sikkim           | 293                         |
| 31      | TamilNadu        | 1,20,863                    |
| 32      | Telangana        | 80,929                      |
| 33      | Tripura          | 5,227                       |
| 34      | UttarPradesh     | 83,873                      |
| 35      | Uttarakhand      | 4,630                       |
| 36      | WestBengal       | 1,70,131                    |
| Total   | Total            | 12,51,730                   |