Lok Sabha Question No. 259 (STARRED), answered on 2016-05-11
Subject: Slum Free India
Ministry: HOUSING AND URBAN  POVERTY ALLEVIATION
Asked by: C.S. PUTTARAJU, B.V. NAYAK

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

## MINISTRY OF HOUSING AND URBAN POVERTY ALLEVIATION

## LOK SABHA STARRED QUESTION NO. 259*

## TO BE ANSWERED ON MAY 11, 2016 SLUM FREE INDIA

No. 259*    SHRI C.S. PUTTA RAJU: { SHRI B.V. NAIK:

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

- (a) the number of slums in the country during the last three years and the current year, State-wise;
- (b)  whether  the  Government  has  demolished  slums  during  the  last three years and if so, the amount of compensation paid, State-wise;
- (c) whether the Government has also regularised slums during the said period;
- (d) the funds disbursed for construction of low cost housing during the last  three  years  along  with  the  number  of  houses  constructed, State/UT-wise; and
- (e) the other steps taken by the Government to make India slum free country?

## ANSWER

THE MINISTER OF HOUSING AND URBAN POVERTY ALLEVIATION [SHRI M. VENKAIAH NAIDU]

(a) to (e): 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. 259* FOR 11.05.2016 REGARDING 'SLUM FREE INDIA' ******* (a) : Estimated  number  of  slums  in  major  States  /  UTs  as  available from National Sample Survey Organisation (NSSO) Report No. 561, 69 th round, Urban Slums in India, 2012, is 33510. The survey is undertaken once in five years. State/ UT-wise details are at Annexure-I. (b) & (c) : Slum  is  a  State  subject.  As  such,  demolition  of  slums, compensation  thereto  and  regularization  of  slums  come  under  the purview of State / UT Governments. (d) & (e): Under  Jawaharlal  Nehru  National  Urban  Renewal  Mission (JNNURM) and Rajiv Awas Yojana (RAY) schemes, Ministry of Housing and  Urban  Poverty  Alleviation  has  extended  central  assistance  to States/UTs for providing low cost housing to urban poor including slum dwellers. Government  has  launched  'Pradhan  Mantri  Awas  Yojana-Housing  for

All  (Urban)'  Mission  on  25.6.2015  to  provide  central  assistance  to States/UTs  for  providing  housing  to  all  eligible  urban  poor,  including slum dwellers. 'In situ' Slum Redevelopment using land as resource is an important component of the mission under which a slum rehabilitation grant of Rs. 1 lakh per house on an average is provided by Government.

State/UT-wise  details  of  funds  sanctioned  by  Government  of  India under  all  these  programmes  during  the  last  3  years  and  number  of houses constructed are at Annexure-II.

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Annexure-I State wise Estimated Number of slums and slums households in India-NSS 69 th  Round

## (July 2012- December 2012)

|                | Estimated number of slums   | Estimated number of slums   | Estimated number of slums   | Estimated number of slum households   | Estimated number of slum households   | Estimated number of slum households   |
|----------------|-----------------------------|-----------------------------|-----------------------------|---------------------------------------|---------------------------------------|---------------------------------------|
| State          | Notified                    | Non- Notified               | Total                       | Notified                              | Non- Notified                         | Total                                 |
|                | 2                           | 3                           | 4                           | 5                                     | 6                                     | 7                                     |
| Andhra Pradesh | 3224                        | 1315                        | 4539                        | 1417890                               | 180769                                | 1598659                               |
| Bihar          | *                           | 636                         | 655                         | *                                     | 54851                                 | 58118                                 |
| Chhatisgarh    | 632                         | 446                         | 1079                        | 52846                                 | 33395                                 | 86241                                 |
| Gujarat        | *                           | 2058                        | 2923                        | *                                     | 284180                                | 336338                                |
| Karnataka      | 716                         | 708                         | 1424                        | 356627                                | 201608                                | 558235                                |
| Madhya Pradesh | 1327                        | 308                         | 1635                        | 301302                                | 50827                                 | 352129                                |
| Maharashtra    | 1954                        | 5769                        | 7723                        | 2033799                               | 1311307                               | 3345106                               |
| Odisha         | *                           | 744                         | 756                         | *                                     | 136149                                | 137589                                |
| Rajasthan      | 947                         | 653                         | 1600                        | 311672                                | 44793                                 | 356466                                |
| Tamil Nadu     | 1208                        | 1156                        | 2364                        | 343521                                | 245089                                | 588611                                |
| Uttar Pradesh  | 836                         | 978                         | 1814                        | 121737                                | 85798                                 | 207535                                |
| West Bengal    | 1274                        | 2684                        | 3957                        | 378459                                | 285542                                | 664001                                |
| All India **   | 13761                       | 19749                       | 33510                       | 5559771                               | 3249236                               | 8809007                               |

Funds Released for construction of houses during the last three years along with the number of houses constructed in  Jawaharlal Nehru National Urban Renewal Mission (JnNURM), Rajiv Awas Yojana (RAY) and Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana -  PMAY (U)

| Sr. No.   | Name of State/ UT   | Funds Released (Rs in Crores)   | Houses Constructed            |
|-----------|---------------------|---------------------------------|-------------------------------|
| Sr. No.   | Name of State/ UT   | During F.Y 2013-14 to 2015- 16  | During F.Y 2013-14 to 2015-16 |
| 1         | A&N Island (UT)     | -                               | -                             |
| 2         | Andhra Pradesh      | 417.08                          | 9,022                         |
| 3         | Arunanchal Pradesh  | 57.80                           | 320                           |
| 4         | Assam               | 33.83                           | 1,486                         |
| 5         | Bihar               | 239.36                          | 8,356                         |
| 6         | Chandigarh (UT)     | 4.74                            | -                             |
| 7         | Chhattisgarh        | 192.12                          | 9,452                         |
| 8         | D&N Haveli (UT)     | -                               | 48                            |
| 9         | Daman & Diu (UT)    | -                               | -                             |
| 10        | Delhi (UT)          | 573.83                          | 12,500                        |
| 11        | Goa                 | -                               | -                             |
| 12        | Gujarat             | 644.04                          | 28,693                        |
| 13        | Haryana             | 143.38                          | 1,952                         |
| 14        | Himachal Pradesh    | 15.06                           | 746                           |
| 15        | Jammu & Kashmir     | 43.01                           | 3,751                         |
| 16        | Jharkhand           | 141.64                          | 6,535                         |
| 17        | Karnataka           | 533.24                          | 13,501                        |
| 18        | Kerala              | 76.65                           | 6,399                         |
| 19        | Lakshdweep (UT)     | -                               | -                             |
| 20        | Madhya Pradesh      | 344.57                          | 18,252                        |
| 21        | Maharashtra         | 651.78                          | 49,551                        |
| 22        | Manipur             | 10.98                           | 1,532                         |
| 23        | Meghalaya           | 4.48                            | 420                           |
| 24        | Mizoram             | 39.40                           | 1,663                         |
| 25        | Nagaland            | 27.61                           | 3,061                         |
| 26        | Orissa              | 183.94                          | 5,865                         |
| 27        | Puducherry (UT)     | -                               | 888                           |
| 28        | Punjab              | 33.29                           | 3,753                         |
| 29        | Rajasthan           | 419.69                          | 30,637                        |
| 30        | Sikkim              | 6.57                            | 208                           |
| 31        | TamilNadu           | 363.20                          | 46,373                        |
| 32        | Telangana           | 329.74                          | 3,333                         |
| 33        | Tripura             | 30.67                           | 630                           |
| 34        | Uttar Pradesh       | 218.76                          | 20,937                        |
| 35        | Uttrakhand          | 78.23                           | 1,074                         |
| 36        | West Bengal         | 526.62                          | 42,949                        |
|           | Grand Total :-      | 6,385.30                        | 3,33,887                      |