Lok Sabha Question No. 4484 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2025-03-27
Subject: Number of Slum Dwellers in Tonk and Sawai Madhopur
Ministry: HOUSING AND URBAN AFFAIRS
Asked by: Shri Harish Chandra Meena

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF HOUSING AND URBAN AFFAIRS

## LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 4484

## TO BE ANSWERED ON MARCH 27, 2025

## NUMBER OF SLUM DWELLERS IN TONK AND SAWAI MADHOPUR

Will the Minister of HOUSING AND URBAN AFFAIRS be pleased to

- NO. 4484.   SHRI HARISH CHANDRA MEENA: state:
- (a) whether the Government has conducted any survey to assess the number of slum dwellers in Tonk and Sawai Madhopur;
- (b) if so, the details thereof along with the details of slum rehabilitation projects implemented in these districts; and
- (c) the  details  of  the  number  of  the  beneficiaries  received/allotted houses under the Government schemes along with the number of pending applications in this regard?

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

- (a) to (c): 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  Tonk  and  Sawai  Madhopur.  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 69 th  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 Tonk and Sawai Madhopur. Apart from these surveys, no recent study on the number of persons living in slums has been conducted by the Government.

'Land'  and  'Colonisation'  are  State  subjects.  Schemes  related  to housing   and  slum  rehabilitation  are   implemented  by State/Union

Territory  (UT)  Governments  in  their  respective  regions.  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) to provide pucca house with basic  amenities  to  eligible  urban  beneficiaries  across  the  country including  slum  dwellers.  Eligible  beneficiaries  can  avail  benefit  of PMAY-U through available four verticals i.e., Beneficiary Led Construction (BLC), Affordable Housing in Partnership (AHP), In-Situ Slum  Redevelopment  (ISSR)  and  Credit  Linked  Subsidy  Scheme (CLSS). The scheme provided flexibility to the beneficiaries including slum  dwellers  to  avail  the  benefit  under  any  vertical  as  per  the requirement  and  eligibility  criteria.  ISSR  vertical  of  PMAY-U  is specifically for redevelopment of slum using land as a resource for providing houses to eligible slum dwellers. However, slum dwellers could take benefit under any one of the verticals.

PMAY-U adopts a demand driven approach and there  are  no  fixed targets.  States/UTs  assess  the  requirement  through  their  Urban Local  Bodies  (ULBs)/Implementing  Agencies  in  their  respective jurisdictions, select the beneficiaries based on eligibility criteria and implement  housing  projects.  Based  on  the  demand  survey  and selection  of  beneficiaries,  the  project  proposals  are  prepared  and approved by the State Level Sanctioning and Monitoring Committee (SLSMC)  headed  by  the  Chief  Secretary  of  States/UTs  for  further Central consideration of release of Central Assistance by Sanctioning and Monitoring Committee (CSMC).

Based on the project proposals submitted by States/UTs, a total of 118.64  lakh  houses  have  been  sanctioned  by  the  Ministry,  out  of which 112.73 lakh have been grounded and 91.50 lakh are completed/delivered  to  the  beneficiaries  including  slums  in  cities across the country, as on 17.03.2025. Out of total houses sanctioned under the scheme, about 29 lakh houses have been sanctioned to slum  dwellers  under  AHP/BLC/ISSR  verticals  of  PMAY-U  including Tonk and Sawai Madhopur  districts of Rajasthan. No further proposals from States/UTs are pending for approval by the Ministry under PMAY-U.

Moreover,  based  on  the  learning  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 for 1  crore  additional  eligible  beneficiaries  including  slum  dwellers through  four  verticals  i.e.,  Beneficiary  Led  Construction  (BLC), Affordable Housing in Partnership (AHP), Affordable Rental Housing (ARH) and Interest Subsidy Scheme (ISS). The eligible slum dwellers may  seek  benefits  of  any  vertical  of  PMAY-U  2.0.  The  scheme guidelines and Unified Web-portal for submitting the online applications can be accessed through https://pmay-urban.gov.in.

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