Lok Sabha Question No. 346 (STARRED), answered on 2016-08-10
Subject: Low Cost Housing
Ministry: HOUSING AND URBAN  POVERTY ALLEVIATION
Asked by: MUTHAMSETTI SRINIVASA RAO (AVNTHI)

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF HOUSING AND URBAN POVERTY ALLEVIATION

## LOK SABHA

STARRED QUESTION NO. 346*

## TO BE ANSWERED ON AUGUST 10, 2016 LOW COST HOUSING

No. 346*    SHRI MUTHAMSETTI SRINIVASA RAO (AVANTHI):

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

- (a) the  agencies/builders  in  the  public  and  private  sector  who
- have  been  assigned  the  responsibility  to  construct  low  cost housing/dwelling  units  in  the  urban  areas  of  various  States particularly Andhra Pradesh;
- (b) the  number  of  dwelling  units  built  during  the  last  two  years, State-wise;
- (c) the  basic  facilities  being  provided  in  these  low  cost  houses;
- and
- (d) whether these agencies have been successful in providing low cost houses and if so, the details thereof?

## ANSWER THE MINISTER OF HOUSING AND URBAN POVERTY ALLEVIATION

[M. VENKAIAH NAIDU]

(a) to (d): A Statement is laid on the Table of the Sabha.

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## STATEMENT

STATEMENT  REFERRED  TO  IN  REPLY  TO  LOK  SABHA  STARRED QUESTION NO. 346* DUE FOR 10.08.2016 REGARDING 'LOW COST HOUSING'.

- (a):  Housing  and  urbanization  come  under  the  purview  of  State
- Governments.  Central  Government's    schemes  namely  Jawaharlal Nehru  National  Urban  Renewal  Mission  (JNNURM),  Rajiv  Awas Yojana (RAY) and Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana (Urban) - Housing for All  {PMAY (U)-HFA} are being implemented  for providing low cost houses  and  related  civic  amenities  to  urban  poor  including  slum dwellers. The States/UTs including Andhra Pradesh are implementing these schemes through their implementing agencies like Urban Local Bodies (ULBs), Housing Boards etc.
- (b): During the last  two  years,  2,23,814    houses  have  been constructed under JNNURM, RAY and PMAY (U) by the implementing agencies. State-wise details of the houses constructed are given at Annexure.
- (c):  The  projects  considered  for  central  assistance  under  these schemes include arrangements for convergence of inputs of health, education, livelihoods and connectivity to city civic infrastructure from existing schemes  and programmes  of State/ULB/Centre. Infrastructure component includes all basic civic and social amenities  like  water  supply,  sewerage,  drainage,  solid  waste management,  approach  and  internal  road, street lighting  and community facilities.
- (d): Under the schemes of JNNURM & RAY, 13, 86,761 houses have been  sanctioned  of  which  construction  of  10,60,899  houses  have been completed. Further, 8,54,386 houses for urban poor have been sanctioned  for  construction  under  PMAY(U)-HFA  Mission  since  its inception on 25.06.2015. Under this Mission, construction of 1,770 houses has been completed so far. Additionally, 8,004 beneficiary households  have  been  disbursed  interest  subsidy  under  Credit Linked Subsidy Scheme (CLSS) of PMAY (U).

## State/UT- wise details of number of houses constructed during last two years in the schemes of JnNURM, RAY and PMAY (U)

| Sr. No.       | State              | Houses completed during last two years   |
|---------------|--------------------|------------------------------------------|
| 1             | A&N Island (UT)    | -                                        |
| 2             | Andhra Pradesh     | 6,583                                    |
| 3             | Arunanchal Pradesh | 320                                      |
| 4             | Assam              | 895                                      |
| 5             | Bihar              | 5,171                                    |
| 6             | Chandigarh (UT)    | -                                        |
| 7             | Chhattisgarh       | 6,532                                    |
| 8             | D&N Haveli (UT)    | 48                                       |
| 9             | Daman & Diu (UT)   | -                                        |
| 10            | Delhi (UT)         | 12,500                                   |
| 11            | Goa                | -                                        |
| 12            | Gujarat            | 15,861                                   |
| 13            | Haryana            | 1,402                                    |
| 14            | Himachal Pradesh   | 409                                      |
| 15            | Jammu & Kashmir    | 1,203                                    |
| 16            | Jharkhand          | 4,028                                    |
| 17            | Karnataka          | 7,673                                    |
| 18            | Kerala             | 3,870                                    |
| 19            | Lakshdweep (UT)    | -                                        |
| 20            | Madhya Pradesh     | 12,216                                   |
| 21            | Maharashtra        | 36,992                                   |
| 22            | Manipur            | 772                                      |
| 23            | Meghalaya          | 420                                      |
| 24            | Mizoram            | 465                                      |
| 25            | Nagaland           | 1,866                                    |
| 26            | Orissa             | 2,274                                    |
| 27 Puducherry | (UT)               | 816                                      |
| 28            | Punjab             | 2,809                                    |
| 29            | Rajasthan          | 21,197                                   |
| 30            | Sikkim             | 169                                      |
| 31            | TamilNadu          | 37,355                                   |
| 32            | Telangana          | 2,552                                    |
| 33            | Tripura            | 178                                      |
| 34            | Uttar Pradesh      | 13,836                                   |
| 35            | Uttrakhand         | 782                                      |
| 36            | West Bengal        | 22,620                                   |
|               | Grand Total :-     | 2,23,814                                 |