Lok Sabha Question No. 1146 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2024-02-08
Subject: Construction of Houses for Homeless People
Ministry: HOUSING AND URBAN AFFAIRS
Asked by: Naba (Hira) Kumar Sarania

## MINISTRY OF HOUSING AND URBAN AFFAIRS

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA LOK SABHA

UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1146

TO BE ANSWERED ON FEBRUARY 08, 2024

## CONSTRUCTION OF HOUSES FOR HOMELESS PEOPLE

## NO.1146.   SHRI NABA KUMAR SARANIA:

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

- (a) whether the Government has formulated any policy to construct free of cost houses for the homeless people living in cities and
- urban areas and if so, the details thereof;
- (b) the details of the number of houses constructed in the urban areas in the country during the last three years, State-wise; and
- (c)   the details of the scheme being implemented by the Government to provide housing for all in the country?

## MINISTRY OF HOUSING AND URBAN AFFAIRS

## ANSWER THE MINISTER OF STATE IN THE (SHRI KAUSHAL KISHORE)

(a) to (c) : In pursuance of the Government's vision of 'Housing for All', Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs is implementing Pradhan Mantri  Awas  Yojana-Urban  (PMAY-U)  since  25.06.2015  for  giving Central assistance to States/ Union Territories (UTs) for providing all weather  pucca  houses  to  all  eligible  urban  households  including homeless.  The  scheme  has  four  verticals  namely,  Beneficiary-led individual house construction/ enhancements  (BLC), Affordable Housing in Partnership (AHP), 'In-Situ' Slum Redevelopment (ISSR) and Credit Linked Subsidy Scheme (CLSS).

Government  of  India  is  providing  its  fixed  share  as  Central Assistance of ₹1.0 lakh per house under ISSR, ₹1.5 lakh per house for AHP and BLC verticals of PMAY-U. Under CLSS vertical of PMAY-U, an interest subsidy at the rate of 6.5% which amounts upto ₹ 2.67 lakh  per  house  was  provided  for  beneficiaries  of  Economically Weaker  Sections  (EWS)  and  Lower  Income  Group  (LIG)  category. Apart from the Central Assistance, the remaining cost of the house as per the Detailed Project Report (DPR) is shared by States/UTs/Urban Local Bodies (ULB)/Beneficiaries.

Based on the project proposals submitted by States/ UTs, 118.63 lakh houses have been sanctioned as on 29.01.2024 across the country. Out  of  the  total  sanctioned  houses,  114  lakh  houses  have  been grounded for construction; of which, 80.02 lakh have been completed/ delivered to beneficiaries. State-wise, detail of the houses constructed in the urban areas in the country during last three years is at Annexure.

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## State/UT wise details of Physical progress during last three years (FY 2020-21   to 2022-23) under PMAY-U

| Sr. No.                          | Name of the State/ UT       | Houses Sanctioned (Nos)   | Houses Grounded (Nos)*   | Houses Completed (Nos)*   |
|----------------------------------|-----------------------------|---------------------------|--------------------------|---------------------------|
| 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 | Andhra Pradesh              | 11,03,458                 | 14,09,591                | 4,40,030                  |
| Bihar                            | Bihar                       | 52,760                    | 1,57,791                 | 59,314                    |
| Chhattisgarh                     | Chhattisgarh                | 1,27,822                  | 90,430                   | 97,912                    |
| Goa                              | Goa                         | 2,215                     | 2,218                    | 2,217                     |
| Gujarat                          | Gujarat                     | 4,68,497                  | 4,68,303                 | 5,28,099                  |
| Haryana                          | Haryana                     | 25,454                    | 42,630                   | 39,412                    |
| Himachal Pradesh                 | Himachal Pradesh            | 5,938                     | 5,938                    | 5,889                     |
| Jharkhand                        | Jharkhand                   | 78,731                    | 82,195                   | 50,586                    |
| Karnataka                        | Karnataka                   | 1,21,453                  | 2,04,902                 | 1,35,926                  |
| Kerala                           | Kerala                      | 62,067                    | 43,563                   | 45,416                    |
| States Madhya Pradesh            | States Madhya Pradesh       | 3,15,395                  | 3,65,234                 | 3,46,475                  |
| Maharashtra                      | Maharashtra                 | 6,00,559                  | 6,37,969                 | 5,25,490                  |
| Odisha                           | Odisha                      | 74,124                    | 70,783                   | 64,103                    |
| Punjab                           | Punjab                      | 49,796                    | 61,045                   | 49,757                    |
| 15 Rajasthan                     | 15 Rajasthan                | 1,67,293                  | 1,34,615                 | 1,03,538                  |
| 16 Tamil Nadu                    | 16 Tamil Nadu               | 1,96,999                  | 1,93,526                 | 2,56,321                  |
| 17 Telangana                     | 17 Telangana                | 74,210                    | 71,740                   | 1,25,330                  |
| 18 Uttar Pradesh                 | 18 Uttar Pradesh            | 4,82,995                  | 5,47,559                 | 7,84,763                  |
| 19 Uttarakhand                   | 19 Uttarakhand              | 34,858                    | 30,894                   | 15,172                    |
| 20 West Bengal                   | 20 West Bengal              | 2,95,623                  | 2,63,121                 | 1,75,923                  |
| Sub- total (States) :-           | Sub- total (States) :-      | 43,40,247                 | 48,84,047                | 38,51,673                 |
| 21                               | Arunachal Pradesh           | 2,538                     | 2,427                    | 4,219                     |
| 22 Assam                         | 22 Assam                    | 62,735                    | 96,842                   | 62,366                    |
| States 23 Manipur                | States 23 Manipur           | 17,534                    | 16,394                   | 7,700                     |
| 24                               | Meghalaya                   | 65                        | 2,941                    | 752                       |
| East 25 Mizoram                  | East 25 Mizoram             | 10,682                    | 28,358                   | 3,938                     |
| North 26 Nagaland                | North 26 Nagaland           | 3,867                     | 14,159                   | 10,861                    |
| 27 Sikkim                        | 27 Sikkim                   | 160                       | 162                      | 160                       |
| 28 Tripura                       | 28 Tripura                  | 25,919                    | 28,058                   | 20,537                    |
| Sub- total (N.E. States) :-      | Sub- total (N.E. States) :- | 1,23,500                  | 1,89,341                 | 1,10,533                  |
|                                  |                             |                           | 350                      | 27                        |
| 29 A&N Island 30 Chandigarh      | 29 A&N Island 30 Chandigarh | 350 677                   | 677                      | 677                       |
| 31 DNH & DD                      | 31 DNH & DD                 | 4,358                     | 4,713                    | 5,446                     |
| Territories 32                   | Territories 32              | Delhi 10,747              | 10,747                   | 10,747                    |
| 33 J&K                           | 33 J&K                      | 13,011                    | 15,850                   | 12,824                    |
| Union 34 Ladakh                  | Union 34 Ladakh             | -                         | 151                      | 279                       |
| 35 Lakshadweep                   | 35 Lakshadweep              | -                         | -                        | -                         |
| 36 Puducherry                    | 36 Puducherry               | 4,446                     | 4,355                    | 5,292                     |
| Sub- total (UT) :-               | Sub- total (UT) :-          | 33,589                    | 36,843                   | 35,292                    |
| Grand Total :-                   | Grand Total :-              | 44,97,336                 | 51,10,231                | 39,97,498                 |

* Includes houses grounded and completed during the period which were sanctioned in preceding years.