Lok Sabha Question No. 2839 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2024-12-12
Subject: Housing Units for Urban Poor
Ministry: HOUSING AND URBAN AFFAIRS
Asked by: Shri Dhaval Laxmanbhai Patel

## MINISTRY OF HOUSING AND URBAN AFFAIRS

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 2839

TO BE ANSWERED ON DECEMBER 12, 2024

## HOUSING UNITS FOR URBAN POOR

## NO.  2839.   SHRI DHAVAL LAXMANBHAI PATEL:

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

- (a) whether  it  is  a  fact  that  the  Government  has  constructed  a  number  of housing units for urban poor during the last three years and the current year;
- (b) if so, the details of norms and conditions taken into consideration during the construction and before offering these units to the eligible beneficiaries;
- (c) the number of persons benefited and the number of houses constructed in
- this regard during the last five years and the current year; and
- (d) whether  the  beneficiaries  are  likely  to  sell  or  transfer  their  allotted houses to earn profit and if so, the details thereof?

## ANSWER

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

- (a) to  (d):  '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  providing  Central Assistance  under  Pradhan  Mantri  Awas  Yojana  -  Urban  (PMAY-U)  since June 25, 2015 to provide pucca house in urban areas 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). As per scheme  guidelines,  beneficiaries  are  selected  by  Urban  Local  Bodies (ULBs) based on the following eligibility criteria:

- (i) Not  owning  pucca  house  in  his/her  name  or  any  other  family  member's name, anywhere in India.
- (ii) Belonging to the Economically  Weaker  Section  (EWS)  with  annual household  income  of  up  to  ₹3  lakh  except  CLSS  vertical  in  which beneficiaries of Low Income Group (LIG) and Middle Income Group (MIG) were also included.
- (iii) Ownership of land to avail benefit under BLC vertical.

Houses  under  BLC  vertical  are  to  be  constructed  by  the  beneficiaries themselves.  It  is  ensured  by  States/UTs/ULBs  that  projects  under  ISSR and  AHP  projects  are  having  basic  civic  infrastructure  like  water, sanitation,  sewerage,  road,  electricity  etc.  ULBs  are  ensuring  that individual houses under BLC and CLSS verticals have provision for these basic civic services. As per the scheme guidelines of PMAY-U, the houses under the Mission are designed and constructed to meet the requirements  of  structural  safety  against  earthquake,  flood,  cyclone, landslides etc. conforming to the National Building Code (NBC) and other relevant Bureau of Indian Standards (BIS) codes.

Based  on  project  proposals  submitted  by  the  State/UT  Governments under PMAY-U, a total of 118.64 lakh houses have been sanctioned by the Ministry, out of which 114.23 lakh have been grounded and 88.32 lakh are completed/delivered to the beneficiaries in urban areas as on 02.12.2024. During the last five years, a total of 66.17 lakh houses are sanctioned and and

70.53 lakh and 57.14 lakh houses have been grounded completed/delivered to the beneficiaries respectively.

Policies related to transfer or sale of houses are formulated by respective State/UT  Governments  by  defining  the  lock-in  period,  as  per  the  local context. Learning from the experiences of PMAY -U, MoHUA has launched PMAY-U  2.0  'Housing  for  All'  Mission  with  effect  from  01.09.2024  for implementation in urban areas across the country to construct, purchase and rent a house by eligible beneficiaries at affordable cost through four verticals  i.e.,  Beneficiary  Led  Construction  (BLC),  Affordable  Housing  in Partnership (AHP), Affordable Rental Housing (ARH) and Interest Subsidy Scheme (ISS). Under PMAY-U 2.0, a mandatory lock-in period of five years has been provisioned from the date of completion of house under BLC, AHP  and ISS verticals and the beneficiaries are not allowed to sell/transfer the house during the lock-in period.

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