Lok Sabha Question No. 2985 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2016-08-03
Subject: Vacant Houses
Ministry: HOUSING AND URBAN  POVERTY ALLEVIATION
Asked by: DEVJI MANSINGRAM PATEL, A.T. (NANA) PATIL, RAVINDRA KUMAR PANDEY, NIHAL CHAND CHAUHAN, DILIP KUMAR MANSUKHLAL GANDHI

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

## LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.  2985

## TO BE ANSWERED ON AUGUST 03, 2016 VACANT HOUSES

No. 2985

SHRI   DEVJI M. PATEL:

SHRI A.T. NANA PATIL:

SHRI RAVINDRA KUMAR PANDEY:

SHRI NIHAL CHAND:

SHRI DILIP KUMAR MANSUKHLAL GANDHI:

Will the Minister of HOUSING AND URBAN POVERTY

ALLEVIATION be pleased to state:

- (a) whether the low-cost houses constructed under different urban housing schemes are lying vacant across the country;
- (b) if so, the details thereof and reasons therefor, State-wise;
- (c) the criteria for allocation of such houses to beneficiaries;
- (d) the number of houses required for providing housing units to all
- and the number of houses so sanctioned for construction; and
- (e) the details of the timeline of completion and handing over of such houses, phase-wise and
- (f) the details of the amount  allocated and spent on the maintenance and construction of residential projects approved by  the  Government  to  provide  housing  in  urban  areas  of  the country including Jharkhand during the last three years and the current year?

## ANSWER

## THE MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF HOUSING & URBAN POVERTY ALLEVIATION (RAO INDERJIT SINGH)

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(a) &(b) Under the urban housing schemes of the Ministry, 2,13,426 houses out of the 10,59,322 houses constructed under Jawaharlal Nehru  National  Urban  Renewal  Mission  (JNNURM),  Rajiv  Awas Yojana (RAY) and Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana (Urban) - Housing for All {PMAY (U)-HFA} all over the country are yet to be occupied by the beneficiaries. State-wise details of these houses are at Annexure - I. The  reasons  advanced  by  the  States/UTs  for  these  houses  lying vacant are mainly reluctance of slum dwellers / beneficiaries to shift in cases  of relocation projects, lack of or  incomplete  basic infrastructure, access to livelihood sources etc.

(C): Urban poor including slum dwellers are covered as beneficiaries under these schemes. Identification of beneficiaries and allotment of houses under these schemes are the responsibility of the State/UT Governments concerned.

(d):  As  per  report  of  the  Technical  Group  (TG-12)  constituted  on estimation of Urban Housing shortage of the country, total housing shortage at the beginning of the 12 th Five Year Plan was 18.78 million. Exact requirement of houses would, however, depend on demand/ needs assessment by the States/UTs.

Cont..3

Till date, 13, 86,761 houses have been sanctioned under JNNURM & RAY. 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.  Additionally,  7,188  beneficiary  households  have  been disbursed  interest  subsidy  under  Credit  Linked  Subsidy  Scheme (CLSS) of PMAY (U).

(e): The Mission period of JNNURM which was initially from the year 2005 to 2012, has been extended upto 31.03.2017 for completing ongoing work in the projects sanctioned till 31.03.2012. Construction of  houses  sanctioned under PMAY (U) including that of subsumed RAY projects is to be completed as per the timelines specified in the projects approved by the States/UTs and within the Mission period which is upto the year 2022.

(f):  Details  of  amounts  sanctioned  and  released  to  the  States/UTs including Jharkhand for construction of houses under the schemes of JNNURM,  RAY  and  PMAY  (U)  during  the  last  three  years  and  the current year are at Annexure -II.

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## Details of vacant houses in JnNURM, RAY and PMAY(Urban) being implemented by the Ministry of Housing and Urban Poverty Alleviation

(As on 25.07.2016)

| Sl. No.              | State/UT        | JnNURM   | RAY    | PMAY   | Total    |
|----------------------|-----------------|----------|--------|--------|----------|
| 1 A&N Island         | (UT) -          | -        |        | -      | -        |
| 2 Andhra             | Pradesh         | 19,652   | - -    |        | 19,652   |
| 3 Arunanchal Pradesh | 176             |          | -      | -      | 176      |
| 4                    | Assam           | 182      | -      | -      | 182      |
| 5                    | Bihar           | -        | -      | -      | -        |
| 6 Chandigarh (UT)    |                 | 221      | -      | -      | 221      |
| 7 Chhattisgarh       |                 | 10,299   | 4      | 718    | 11,021   |
| 8 D&N Haveli         | (UT)            | -        | -      | -      | -        |
| 9 Daman & Diu (UT)   |                 | -        | -      | -      | -        |
| 10 Delhi             | (UT)            | 26,199   | -      | -      | 26,199   |
| 11                   | Goa             | -        | -      | -      | -        |
| 12                   | Gujarat         | 21,512   | 862    | 823    | 23,197   |
| 13                   | Haryana         | 2,665    | 409    | -      | 3,074    |
| 14 Himachal          | Pradesh         | 476      | -      | -      | 476      |
| 15 Jammu & Kashmir   |                 | 1        | -      | -      | 1        |
| 16                   | Jharkhand       | 568      | 596    | -      | 1,164    |
| 17                   | Karnataka       | 6,523    | 2,574  | -      | 9,097    |
| 18                   | Kerala          | 64       | 83     | -      | 147      |
| 19                   | Lakshdweep (UT) | -        | -      | -      | -        |
| 20 Madhya            | Pradesh         | 11,420   | 72     | -      | 11,492   |
| 21                   | Maharashtra     | 40,948   | -      | -      | 40,948   |
| 22                   | Manipur         | -        | -      | -      | -        |
| 23                   | Meghalaya       | 345      | -      | -      | 345      |
| 24                   | Mizoram         | 1,021    | -      | -      | 1,021    |
| 25                   | Nagaland        | 1,444    | -      | -      | 1,444    |
| 26                   | Orissa          | 192      | 356    | -      | 548      |
| 27 Puducherry        | (UT)            | 519      | -      | -      | 519      |
| 28                   | Punjab          | 4,652    | -      | -      | 4,652    |
| 29                   | Rajasthan       | 6,581    | 4,471  | -      | 11,052   |
| 30                   | Sikkim          | 111      | -      | -      | 111      |
| 31 TamilNadu         |                 | 8,588    | 1,133  | -      | 9,721    |
| 32                   | Telangana       | 19,166   | -      | -      | 19,166   |
| 33                   | Tripura         | -        | 150    | -      | 150      |
| 34 Uttar             | Pradesh         | 15,662   | 318    | -      | 15,980   |
| 35                   | Uttrakhand      | 491      | 462    | -      | 953      |
| 36                   | West Bengal     | 712      | 5      | -      | 717      |
| Grand Total :-       |                 | 2,00,390 | 11,495 | 1,541  | 2,13,426 |

O/o - Deputy Chief (MIS)

## State-wise details of amount sanctioned and released to States/UTs during each of last three years and current year in JnNURM, Rajiv Awas Yojana and PMAY (Urban).

(As on 25.07.2016)

(Rs. in Crore)

| Sl. No.        | State/UT           | Central Share Involved   | Central Share Involved   | Central Share Involved   | Central Share Involved   | Central Share Released   | Central Share Released   | Central Share Released   | Central Share Released   |
|----------------|--------------------|--------------------------|--------------------------|--------------------------|--------------------------|--------------------------|--------------------------|--------------------------|--------------------------|
| Sl. No.        | State/UT           | 2013-14                  | 2014-15                  | 2015-16                  | Current Year             | 2013-14                  | 2014-15                  | 2015-16                  | Current Year             |
| 1              | A&N Island (UT)    | -                        | -                        | -                        | -                        | -                        | -                        | -                        | -                        |
| 2              | Andhra Pradesh     | 4.98                     | -                        | 2,897.21                 | -                        | 17.34                    | 46.80                    | 334.95                   | -                        |
| 3              | Arunanchal Pradesh | 77.39                    | -                        | -                        | -                        | 25.69                    | 32.11                    | -                        | -                        |
| 4              | Assam              | -                        | -                        | -                        | -                        | -                        | 23.13                    | 1.82                     | -                        |
| 5              | Bihar              | 297.72                   | -                        | 453.24                   | 322.11                   | -                        | 157.96                   | 7.12                     | 222.77                   |
| 6              | Chandigarh (UT)    | -                        | -                        | -                        | -                        | 4.74                     | -                        | -                        | -                        |
| 7              | Chhattisgarh       | -                        | -                        | 190.05                   | 110.36                   | 85.55                    | 14.31                    | 76.02                    | -                        |
| 8              | D&N Haveli (UT)    | -                        | -                        | -                        | -                        | -                        | -                        | -                        | 1.67                     |
| 9              | Daman & Diu (UT)   | -                        | -                        | -                        | -                        | -                        | -                        | -                        | -                        |
| 10             | Delhi (UT)         | -                        | -                        | -                        | -                        | 150.00                   | 352.41                   | -                        | -                        |
| 11             | Goa                | -                        | -                        | -                        | -                        | -                        | -                        | -                        | -                        |
| 12             | Gujarat            | 203.74                   | 247.72                   | 853.62                   | 267.57                   | 228.47                   | 237.05                   | 91.21                    | 255.99                   |
| 13             | Haryana            | 206.93                   | -                        | -                        | -                        | 113.51                   | 18.10                    | -                        | -                        |
| 14             | Himachal Pradesh   | -                        | -                        | 16.16                    | 12.56                    | 15.06                    | -                        | -                        | 6.46                     |
| 15             | Jammu & Kashmir    | -                        | -                        | -                        | 10.25                    | 17.84                    | 12.64                    | -                        | 1.34                     |
| 16             | Jharkhand          | 97.15                    | -                        | 303.59                   | -                        | 21.32                    | 60.25                    | 50.00                    | 71.44                    |
| 17             | Karnataka          | 530.81                   | -                        | 247.83                   | -                        | 319.45                   | 141.82                   | 0.85                     | -                        |
| 18             | Kerala             | 30.01                    | 1.33                     | -                        | 131.36                   | 28.56                    | 47.08                    | 0.48                     | -                        |
| 19             | Lakshdweep (UT)    | -                        | -                        | -                        | -                        | -                        | -                        | -                        | -                        |
| 20             | Madhya Pradesh     | -                        | 94.19                    | 644.12                   | -                        | 86.71                    | 113.32                   | 115.45                   | 136.78                   |
| 21             | Maharashtra        | -                        | -                        | -                        | 1,606.33                 | 342.60                   | 48.47                    | -                        | -                        |
| 22             | Manipur            | -                        | -                        | -                        | -                        | 10.98                    | -                        | -                        | -                        |
| 23             | Meghalaya          | -                        | -                        | -                        | -                        | 4.48                     | -                        | -                        | -                        |
| 24             | Mizoram            | -                        | -                        | 154.29                   | -                        | 6.94                     | 19.93                    | 12.53                    | -                        |
| 25             | Nagaland           | 41.68                    | -                        | -                        | -                        | -                        | 27.61                    | -                        | -                        |
| 26             | Orissa             | 109.97                   | 65.26                    | 143.22                   | 357.65                   | 52.46                    | 77.94                    | 33.29                    | -                        |
| 27             | Puducherry (UT)    | -                        | -                        | -                        | -                        | -                        | -                        | -                        | -                        |
| 28             | Punjab             | -                        | -                        | -                        | 12.80                    | 12.77                    | 3.78                     | -                        | -                        |
| 29             | Rajasthan          | 222.02                   | -                        | 184.61                   | -                        | 253.25                   | 87.57                    | 39.35                    | 36.31                    |
| 30             | Sikkim             | -                        | -                        | -                        | -                        | 6.57                     | -                        | -                        | -                        |
| 31             | TamilNadu          | 46.99                    | 33.28                    | 510.20                   | 157.29                   | 237.64                   | 72.55                    | 48.78                    | 158.62                   |
| 32             | Telangana          | -                        | -                        | 1,207.22                 | -                        | 8.18                     | 48.13                    | 261.76                   | 136.90                   |
| 33             | Tripura            | -                        | 77.92                    | -                        | 643.44                   | 0.70                     | 29.97                    | -                        | -                        |
| 34             | Uttar Pradesh      | 69.65                    | 82.12                    | -                        | -                        | 73.34                    | 87.83                    | -                        | 7.77                     |
| 35             | Uttrakhand         | 26.84                    | 101.96                   | 41.36                    | -                        | 5.93                     | 69.06                    | -                        | 13.76                    |
| 36             | West Bengal        | 15.05                    | -                        | 1,123.20                 | -                        | 279.07                   | 40.35                    | 88.85                    | 193.45                   |
| Grand Total :- |                    | 1,980.94                 | 703.77                   | 8,969.88                 | 3,631.70                 | 2,409.16                 | 1,870.17                 | 1,162.45                 | 1,243.25                 |

Additionally under  CLSS component of PMAY (U), Rs. 200.00 crore in FY 2015-16 and Rs. 100.00 crore in FY 201617 (till date) have been released to Central Nodal Agencies (CNAs) for disbursing interest subsidy to eligible beneficiaries.