Lok Sabha Question No. 5345 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2025-04-03
Subject: Redevelopment of Slums in Mumbai
Ministry: HOUSING AND URBAN AFFAIRS
Asked by: Shri Anil Yeshwant Desai

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF HOUSING AND URBAN AFFAIRS LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 5345

## TO BE ANSWERED ON APRIL 03, 2025 REDEVELOPMENT OF SLUMS IN MUMBAI

- NO. 5345.    SHRI ANIL YESHWANT DESAI: Will the Minister of HOUSING AND URBAN AFFAIRS be pleased to state:
- (a) whether it is a fact that a large urban poor population is living in the slum areas in almost all big cities including Mumbai;
- (b) if  so,  the  details  of  the  civic  facilities  such  as  fresh  water, sanitation, electricity and roads being provided to the residents of slums, particularly in Dharavi, Mumbai;
- (c) whether  any  scheme  is  being  implemented  for  providing  better housing facilities to slum dwellers in the near future and if so, the
- details thereof; and
- (d) the details of the alternate accommodation being provided for slum residents until their pucca houses are ready?

## ANSWER THE MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF HOUSING AND URBAN AFFAIRS (SHRI TOKHAN SAHU)

- (a):  The Census of India conducts enumeration of population including slums  on  decadal  basis  in  the  country.  The  last  census  was conducted in 2011, according to which a total of 6.54 crore people comprising  of  1.39  crore  households  were  living  in  slums  across the country including Mumbai. The data on the number of slums in the  country  are  collected  by  the  National  Sample  Survey  Office (NSSO).  As per the last data of slums collected by NSSO in 2012 during  the  69th  Round  Survey,  the  estimated  number  of  slums  in the  country  is  33,510  which  includes  13,761  notified  slums  and 19,749 non-notified slums, including in Mumbai.

- (b)  to  (d):  'Land'  and  'Colonization'  are  State  subjects.  Therefore, schemes  related  to  providing  civic  amenities/facilities  such  as fresh  water,  sanitation,  electricity,  roads,  housing  etc.  for  their citizens including slum dwellers in their respective urban areas are implemented by States/Union Territories  (UTs).  However,  Ministry of  Housing and Urban Affairs (MoHUA) supplements the efforts of States/UTs  in  urban  areas  through  various  Missions,  such  as Pradhan  Mantri  Awas  Yojana  -  Urban  (PMAY-U),  Smart  Cities Mission (SCM), Atal Mission for Rejuvenation and Urban Transformation  (AMRUT  2.0),  Swachh  Bharat  Mission  -  Urban  2.0 (SBM-U 2.0).

MoHUA has been implementing PMAY-U since 25.06.2015 with an aim to provide all weather pucca houses with basic civic amenities to  eligible  urban  beneficiaries  including  slum  dwellers  across  the country  including  Mumbai.  As  per  the  scheme  guidelines,  all completed projects/houses under PMAY-U should have basic civic amenities  such  as  water  supply,  sewerage/septage,  drainage, electrification, internal roads, etc. Under PMAY-U, a total of 118.64 lakh  houses  have  been  sanctioned  by  the  Ministry,  out  of  which 112.74 lakh have been grounded and 92.02 lakh are completed/delivered to the beneficiaries across the country including Mumbai, as on 28.03.2025. The remaining houses are at different  stages  of  construction.  The  scheme  period  has  been extended up to 31.12.2025 to complete sanctioned houses without changing the funding pattern and implementation methodology.

Further,  based  on  the  learnings  from  the  experiences  of  9  years implementation of PMAY-U, MoHUA has revamped the scheme and launched  PMAY-U  2.0  'Housing  for  All'  Mission  with  effect  from 01.09.2024 for implementation in urban areas across the country, including Mumbai for 1 crore additional eligible beneficiaries with through  four  verticals i.e.,  Beneficiary  Led  Construction  (BLC),  Affordable  Housing  in Partnership  (AHP),  Affordable  Rental  Housing  (ARH)  and  Interest an  estimated  investment  of  ₹10  lakh  crore Subsidy Scheme (ISS). As per scheme guidelines of PMAY-U 2.0,

State/UT  Governments  can  propose  projects  for  providing  pucca houses  in  tenable  slums  with  list  of  eligible  beneficiaries  for sanctioning  of  Central  Assistance  under  BLC  vertical.  Similarly, States/UTs may also propose 'Redevelopment' or 'In-situ Improvement' projects for tenable slums having dilapidated buildings  located  on  Government/Urban  Local  Body  (ULB)/Public land under AHP vertical.

The responsibility  for  planning,  implementation  and  monitoring  of slum  redevelopment  projects  under  PMAY-U  lies  with  respective agencies. Appropriate  arrangements  for  providing  alternate  accommodation for  eligible  slum  dwellers  during  the  construction  period  may  be provided by the State/UT Government through their own resources

State/UT governments through their implementing as per the Detailed Project Report.

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