Lok Sabha Question No. 2157 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2026-02-12
Subject: Shelters for Elderly Homeless and other Needy Persons
Ministry: HOUSING AND URBAN AFFAIRS
Asked by: Shri Kuldeep Indora

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

## MINISTRY OF HOUSING AND URBAN AFFAIRS LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 2157 TO BE ANSWERED ON FEBRUARY 12, 2026

## SHELTERS FOR ELDERLY HOMELESS AND OTHER NEEDY PERSONS

NO.  2157.   SHRI KULDEEP INDORA:

Will the Minister of HOUSING AND URBAN AFFAIRS be pleased to state:-

- (a) whether the Government has launched any scheme to provide permanent or  temporary shelter for  the  elderly  homeless  and  other  needy  persons spending nights on city pavements, particularly during winters;
- (b)  if  so,  the  details  thereof  and  the  average  number  of  needy  persons provided  with  shelter  per  year  under  the  said  scheme  during  the  last three years;
- (c) the details of the funds released under the said scheme during the last five years, State wise; and
- (d) whether the Government is considering or likely to consider any scheme in the near future to ensure that no needy person has to spend the night on roadsides, particularly during winters and if so, the details thereof?

## ANSWER

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

- (a)&(b):   As  per  seventh  Schedule  of  the  Constitution  of  India,  Land  & Colonization are State subjects. Accordingly, primary responsibility rests with  the  States  /  Union  Territories  (UTs)  for  rehabilitation  of  homeless persons. Government of India supplements the efforts of State Governments/UTs through various programs and schematic interventions. Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs administered a Scheme for Shelter for  Urban  Homeless  (SUH)  as  a  component  of  Deendayal  Antyodaya Yojana -National Urban  Livelihoods Mission  (DAY-NULM),  through respective  State  /  UTs  with  an  objective  to  provide  permanent  allweather shelters  equipped  with  basic  facilities  to  the  urban  homeless. MoHUA issued  advisories  to  select  State  /  UT  regarding  winter  action plan  to  accommodate  urban  homeless  which  included  arrangement  of temporary shelters. The occupancy of these shelters varies from time to time.  The  average  number  of  occupancies  is  not  maintained  by  the Ministry.  As  per  information  given  by  States  /  UTs,  as  on  30.09.2024,  a total of 1,995 shelters with capacity of 1.41 lakh beds were made. State / UT wise list is at Annexure-I.

In addition to this, Ministry of Social  Justice  and  Empowerment implements the Atal Vayo Abhyuday Yojana (AVYAY) Under the Integrated Program for Senior Citizens (IPSrC) component, Grant-in-Aid is provided to the Implementing Agencies (NGOs/Vos) for the maintenance of  Senior  Citizens  Homes  (Old  Age  Homes)  to  provide  shelter,  food, medical care and entertainment opportunities to indigent senior citizens.

- (c)&(d):  Under  DAY-NULM,  funds  were  released  to  States  /  UTs  in  a consolidated manner for the implementation of all Mission components. The  inter-se  allocation  of  funds  under  different  components,  including SUH, of the Mission is done by the respective States/ UTs, as per their requirements.  The  details  of  funds  released  during  the  last  five  years State / UT wise is at Annexure-II. The Mission ended on 30.09.2024.

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ANNEXURE-I  REFERRED  TO  PART  (B)  OF  LOK  SABHA  QUESTION  NO. 2157  DUE  TO  ANSWER  ON  12.02.2026  REGARDING  'SHELTERS  FOR ELDERLY HOMELESS AND OTHER NEEDY PERSONS'

## NUMBER OF CREATED SHELTERS UNDER DAY-NULM (TILL 30.09.2024)

| Sl. No.                      | Names of the States/UTs   | Created Shelters   |
|------------------------------|---------------------------|--------------------|
| 1                            | Andhra Pradesh            | 95                 |
| 2                            | Arunachal Pradesh         | 0                  |
| 3                            | Assam                     | 6                  |
| 4                            | Bihar                     | 111                |
| 5                            | Chhattisgarh              | 47                 |
| 6                            | Goa                       | 3                  |
| 7                            | Gujarat                   | 78                 |
| 8 Haryana                    |                           | 54                 |
| 9 Himachal Pradesh           | 20                        |                    |
| 10 Jammu & Kashmir           |                           | 2                  |
| 11                           | Jharkhand                 | 57                 |
| 12                           | Karnataka                 | 108                |
| 13                           | Kerala                    | 27                 |
| 14 Madhya                    | Pradesh                   | 118                |
| 15                           | Maharashtra               | 99                 |
| 16                           | Manipur                   | 0                  |
| 17                           | Meghalaya                 | 4                  |
| 18 Mizoram                   |                           | 96                 |
| 19                           | Nagaland                  | 3                  |
| 20                           | Odisha                    | 46                 |
| 21                           | Punjab                    | 30                 |
| 22                           | Rajasthan                 | 237                |
| 23 Tamil                     | Nadu                      | 276                |
| 24                           | Telangana                 | 45                 |
| 25                           | Tripura                   | 9                  |
| 26                           | Uttar Pradesh             | 145                |
| 27 Uttarakhand               |                           | 13                 |
| 28                           | West Bengal               | 70                 |
| 29 A & N                     | Islands                   | 0                  |
| 30                           | Chandigarh                | 1                  |
| 31 D & N Haveli, Daman & Diu |                           | 0                  |
| 32                           | Delhi                     | 193                |
| 33                           | Puducherry                | 2                  |
| 34                           | Ladakh                    | 0                  |
|                              | TOTAL                     | 1,995              |

ANNEXURE-II  REFERRED  TO  PART  (C)  OF  LOK  SABHA  QUESTION  NO. 2157  DUE  TO  ANSWER  ON  12.02.2026  REGARDING  'SHELTERS  FOR ELDERLY HOMELESS AND OTHER NEEDY PERSONS'

## FUND RELEASED STATUS FROM 2020-21 TO 2024-25 (TILL 30.09.2024) UNDER DAY-NULM

(Rs in crore)

| Sl. No   | States/UTs                        |   2020- 21 |   2021- 22 |   2022- 23 |   2023- 24 |   2024- 25 |   Total released |
|----------|-----------------------------------|------------|------------|------------|------------|------------|------------------|
| 1        | Andhra Pradesh                    |      58.23 |      60.5  |      37.63 |       0    |       0    |           156.36 |
| 2        | Arunachal Pradesh                 |       9.36 |       0    |       0    |       7.47 |       0    |            16.83 |
| 3        | Assam                             |      21.92 |      32.91 |      20.16 |      16.62 |       0    |            91.61 |
| 4        | Bihar                             |      30.9  |       0    |       0    |      10    |       0    |            40.9  |
| 5        | Chhattisgarh                      |       0    |      14.71 |       0    |      15    |       0    |            29.71 |
| 6        | Goa                               |       3.9  |       3.4  |       0    |       0    |       0    |             7.3  |
| 7        | Gujarat                           |      71.58 |      49.67 |      32.66 |      40.79 |       6.25 |           200.95 |
| 8        | Haryana                           |      10.54 |      14.22 |      12.82 |       0    |       0    |            37.58 |
| 9        | Himachal Pradesh                  |      10.21 |      10.2  |       6    |       0    |       1    |            27.41 |
| 10       | Jammu & Kashmir                   |       3.67 |       6.25 |      13.46 |       0    |       0    |            23.38 |
| 11       | Jharkhand                         |      16.28 |      18.37 |       0    |      12    |       0    |            46.65 |
| 12       | Karnataka                         |      32.07 |       0    |       0    |      26.25 |       0    |            58.32 |
| 13       | Kerala                            |      27.9  |      35.38 |      29.23 |      15    |       5    |           112.51 |
| 14       | Madhya Pradesh                    |      55.09 |      63.36 |     100    |      10    |       0    |           228.45 |
| 15       | Maharashtra                       |      96.15 |      64.37 |      62.33 |      90.09 |       0    |           312.94 |
| 16       | Manipur                           |       2.98 |      10.08 |      25    |       5.35 |       0    |            43.41 |
| 17       | Meghalaya                         |       3.79 |       0    |       1.29 |       2.8  |       0    |             7.88 |
| 18       | Mizoram                           |      16.17 |      14.98 |      10    |       3.99 |       0    |            45.14 |
| 19       | Nagaland                          |       6.96 |       4.92 |       1.83 |       7.38 |       0    |            21.09 |
| 20       | Odisha                            |      20.07 |      13.43 |       0    |       8.44 |       0    |            41.94 |
| 21       | Punjab                            |       0    |      19.36 |      68.49 |       0    |       0    |            87.85 |
| 22       | Rajasthan                         |      39.31 |      40.53 |       0    |      15    |       0    |            94.84 |
| 23       | Sikkim                            |       1.1  |       0    |       0    |       1    |       0    |             2.1  |
| 24       | Tamil Nadu                        |     110.65 |     104.67 |       6    |      85    |       0    |           306.32 |
| 25       | Telangana                         |      38.1  |      31.69 |     100    |      25    |       0    |           194.79 |
| 26       | Tripura                           |      13.48 |      14.17 |       2    |      10.86 |       0    |            40.51 |
| 27       | Uttar Pradesh                     |      65.34 |      62.65 |       0    |      33.98 |       8.75 |           170.72 |
| 28       | Uttarakhand                       |       6.05 |       2    |       8.6  |       0    |       2.5  |            19.15 |
| 29       | West Bengal                       |      34.3  |      43.39 |       0    |      45.42 |       5    |           128.11 |
| 30       | A & N Islands                     |       0    |       0.28 |       0    |       0.34 |       0    |             0.62 |
| 31       | Chandigarh                        |       1.82 |       1.86 |       2.54 |       3.55 |       0.5  |            10.27 |
| 32       | Dadra & Nagar Haveli, Daman & Diu |       0    |       0    |       0    |       0    |       0    |             0    |
| 33       | Delhi                             |       0    |       0    |       0    |       0    |       0    |             0    |
| 34       | Puducherry                        |       4.2  |       0    |       0    |       5.11 |       0    |             9.31 |
| 35       | Ladakh                            |       0    |       2.1  |       0    |       0    |       0    |             2.1  |
|          | Total                             |     812.12 |     739.47 |     540.04 |     496.44 |      29    |          2617.07 |