Lok Sabha Question No. 259 (STARRED), answered on 2024-08-08
Subject: Affordable Housing in Urban Areas
Ministry: HOUSING AND URBAN AFFAIRS
Asked by: Smt. Aparajita Sarangi

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

## MINISTRY OF HOUSING AND URBAN AFFAIRS LOK SABHA

## STARRED QUESTION NO. 259

## TO BE ANSWERED ON AUGUST 08, 2024

## AFFORDABLE HOUSING IN URBAN AREAS

- NO. 259.     SMT. APARAJITA SARANGI:

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

- (a) the details of the steps taken/being taken by the Government to address the  issue  of  affordable  housing  in  urban  areas,  particularly  for  lowincome families;
- (b)  the  details  of  the  steps  taken/being  taken  by  the  Government  to promote  the  development  of  Affordable  Rental  Housing  schemes  to cater to migrant workers and urban migrants in different cities across the country, particularly in Bhubaneswar, Odisha; and
- (c)  the  details  of  the  steps  taken/being  taken  by  the  Government  to enhance public transportation infrastructure in urban areas to reduce traffic  congestion  and  pollution  across  the  country,  particularly  in Bhubaneswar, Odisha?

## ANSWER

THE MINISTER OF HOUSING AND URBAN AFFAIRS (SHRI MANOHAR LAL)

- (a) to (c): A statement is laid on the Table of the
- House.

STATEMENT REFERRED TO IN THE LOK SABHA STARRED QUESTION NO. 259* DUE FOR  ANSWER  ON  08.08.2024  REGARDING  'AFFORDABLE  HOUSING  IN  URBAN AREAS'

- (a) : 'Land' and 'Colonisation' are State subjects. Therefore, schemes related to housing for their citizens are implemented by States/Union Territories (UTs). However, Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs (MoHUA) supplements the efforts of States/UTs by various programmatic interventions.  Under  Pradhan  Mantri  Awas  Yojana  -  Urban  (PMAY-U), MoHUA provides Central Assistance since June 25, 2015 for construction of  all-weather  pucca  houses  to  eligible  urban  beneficiaries  across  the country. The scheme is implemented through four verticals i.e., Beneficiary  Led  Construction  (BLC),  Affordable  Housing  in  Partnership (AHP),  In-Situ  Slum  Redevelopment  (ISSR)  and  Credit  Linked  Subsidy Scheme (CLSS).

Based on project proposals submitted by the State/UT Governments under PMAY-U,  as  on  29.07.2024,  a  total  of  118.64  lakh  houses  have  been sanctioned by the Ministry, out of which 114.40 lakh have been grounded beneficiaries.  The remaining houses are at different stages of construction. The scheme has been extended till 31.12.2024, except for Credit Linked Subsidy Scheme (CLSS)  vertical  of  the  scheme,  to  complete  all  the  houses  sanctioned and 85.40 lakh are completed/delivered to the without changing the funding pattern and implementation methodology.

- (b) :  MoHUA launched Affordable Rental Housing Complexes (ARHCs) as a sub-scheme  of  Pradhan  Mantri  Awas  Yojana  -  Urban  (PMAY-U)  on 31.07.2020 to provide dignified living to urban migrants/poor near their workplace across the country.
- (c) :MoHUA  has  formulated  policies  viz.  National  Urban  Transport  Policy (NUTP) 2006; Metro Rail Policy, 2017 and Transit Oriented Development Policy, 2017 which act as a guide to State Governments so that urban transport systems are planned and implemented in the most sustainable and viable manner. Government of India also provides policy support and financial assistance to Metro rail projects as and when posed by State Governments. At present Metro rail systems are operational in 21 cities.

Further,  PM-eBus  Sewa  has  been  launched  in  August  2023  with  an objective to increase modal share of public transport and to reduce Green House Gas emission by promoting electric buses for urban bus operation. Cities with population of 3 lakh and above (as per census 2011) are covered under the scheme. This scheme aims to provide10,000 e-Buses for city bus operation on Public Private Partnership (PPP) model including support for development of behind-the-meter power infrastructure and civil infrastructure for bus depots and Green Urban Mobility Initiatives (GUMI).

In  so  far  as  State  of  Odisha  is  concerned,  5  cities  of Odisha  namely Bhubaneshwar, Cuttack, Rourkela, Brahmapur Town and Sambalpur have participated  under  the  PM-eBus  Sewa  for  deployment  of  400  e-buses  in urban areas of these cities.

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