Lok Sabha Question No. 162 (STARRED), answered on 2016-03-09
Subject: Rehabilitation of Slum Dwellers
Ministry: HOUSING AND URBAN  POVERTY ALLEVIATION
Asked by: RAJESH RANJAN  (PAPPU  YADAV), GAURAV GOGOI

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

## MINISTRY OF HOUSING AND URBAN POVERTY ALLEVIATION LOK SABHA STARRED QUESTION NO. 162*

TO BE ANSWERED ON MARCH 09, 2016

REHABILITATION OF SLUM DWELLERS

No. 162.  SHRI RAJESH RANJAN: SHRI GAURAV GOGOI:

Will the Minister of HOUSING AND URBAN POVERTY

ALLEVIATION be pleased to state:

(a) whether the computation of the price of the land allocated for the in-situ  rehabilitation  of  slum  dwellers  for  a  given  period  is  to  be inflation-indexed  and  if  so,  the  details  of  the  implementing  agency mandated  to  absorb  the  rise  in  land  costs  at  the  completion  of  the project; (b) whether the Government has delineated the terms and conditions

- and incentives for private developers for the 'open bidding' process for housing projects under the scheme and if so, the details thereof; (c) whether the Government has provided for a single window approval mechanism for the housing projects and if so, the details thereof; and (d)  whether  the  Government  proposes  to  provide  land  at  subsidized rates  to  private  developers  for  housing  projects  for  rehabilitation  of slum dwellers and if so, the details thereof?

ANSWER THE MINISTER OF HOUSING AND URBAN POVERTY ALLEVIATION

[SHRI 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. 162* FOR 09.03.2016 REGARDING 'REHABILITATION OF SLUM DWELLERS'

- (a): Land  being  State  subject,  States/UTs  concerned  decide  as  per their own policies in the matter.
- (b): The PMAY (U) Mission Guidelines provides for the States / UTs to select  the  private  developers  for  executing  the  slum  redevelopment project through an open transparent bidding process and to decide the eligibility  criteria  for  prospective  developers.   All  financial  and  nonfinancial  incentives  and  concessions,  if  any,  are  integrated  in  the project and declared 'a priori' in the bid document for the prospective developers for undertaking projects for  in situ slum redevelopment of slums.    States  and  cities  may  provide  additional  Floor  Area  Ratio (FAR)/ Floor Space Index (FSI) or Transfer of Development Rights (TDR) and relax density and other planning norms.
- (c): Amongst  the  six  mandatory  conditions  prescribed  under  the PMAY-HFA  (U)  Mission,  one  of  them  makes  it  incumbent  upon  the States / UTs to put in a place a system to ensure single-window, time bound clearance for layout approval and building permissions at ULB level.    Further,  under  the  'In-situ'  slum  redevelopment  component  of the Mission, the Guidelines provides that a single authority be constituted in the States/UTs  with the responsibility  to  change planning and other norms and also for according approval to projects.
- (d): Land and colonisation being State subjects, it is therefore for the States/UTs to provide the land for housing projects for rehabilitation of slum dwellers

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