HOUSE FOR HOMELESS


As per information provided by Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs, as per census 2011, the number of houseless people in India was 17,73,040 which includes 9,38,348 from urban areas and 8,34,692 from rural areas. State/UT-wise details are at Annexure-I.

Ministry of Rural Development has informed that there is no provision for temporary accommodation under Pradhan Mantri Awaas Yojana-Gramin (PMAY-G).

In pursuance of the Government’s vision of “Housing for All”, Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs (MoHUA) is implementing Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana-Urban (PMAY-U) since 25.06.2015 for giving Central assistance to States/ Union Territories (UTs) for providing all-weather pucca houses to all eligible urban households including urban homeless persons. States/ UTs have under-taken demand survey under PMAY-U for assessing actual demand of housing. Based on the project proposals submitted by the States/ UTs as per their assessed demand of houses under PMAY-U, around 114 lakh houses have been sanctioned across the country. Against the total sanctioned houses 52.88 lakh have been completed/ delivered to beneficiaries and remaining are at various stages of construction/ grounding.

Construction of houses under PMAY-U involve investment of Rs. 7.52 lakh crore which includes Central assistance of Rs. 1.85 lakh crore. So far, Central assistance of Rs. 1.03 lakh crore has been released.

The Ministry of Rural Development is implementing Pradhan Mantri Awaas Yojana-Gramin (PMAY-G) with effect from 1st April, 2016 to provide assistance to eligible rural households for construction of 2.95 crore Pucca houses with basic amenities to achieve the objective of “Housing for All”. Under PMAY-G, the beneficiaries are provided unit assistance of Rs. 1.20 lakhs in plain areas and Rs. 1.30 lakhs in difficult areas, IAP districts and Hilly areas for construction of house.

 

As per the Framework for Implementation the basic selection criteria for a PMAY-G beneficiary is as per SECC 2011 data as verified by Sabha. Under PMAY-G landless beneficiary are given top priority.

Providing land to the landless PMAY-G beneficiaries for the construction of the houses is of utmost importance since they are among the most deserving beneficiaries. Provision of land to beneficiary is State responsibility. As reported by the States/ UTs, out of the total 4,46,058 landless beneficiaries identified in the entire PWL so far 2,02,719 have been provided land & 3128 have been provided financial assistance for the land purchase for the construction of houses. State /UT wise status of the same is enclosed at Annexure-II.

Under PMAY-G, financial assistance is given directly to beneficiaries for building house.

No separate allocation is made under PMAY-G for providing houses to people who are homeless or without houses.

Annexure-I

Sl. No.

State/Union Territories

Houseless population (in Numbers)

Total

Urban

Rural

1

ANDHRA PRADESH

145211

75857

69354

2

ARUNACHAL PRADESH

1556

313

1243

3

ASSAM

12919

2527

10392

4

BIHAR

45584

12591

32993

5

CHATTISGARH

24214

6533

17681

6

GOA

3051

1693

1358

7

GUJARAT

144306

84822

59484

8

HARYANA

51871

23789

28082

9

HIMACHAL PRADESH

4098

872

3226

10

JAMMU & KASHMIR

19047

10848

8199

11

JHARKHAND

23391

6967

16424

12

KARNATAKA

76735

35473

41262

13

KERALA

11853

7761

4092

14

MADHYA PRADESH

146435

66055

80380

15

MAHARASHTRA

210908

111373

99535

16

MANIPUR

3212

1331

1881

17

MEGHALAYA

1241

177

1064

18

MIZORAM

152

104

48

19

NAGALAND

876

344

532

20

ODISHA

34061

14053

20008

21

PUNJAB

46714

18374

28340

22

RAJASTHAN

181544

73236

108308

23

SIKKIM

277

32

245

24

TAMIL NADU

50929

37117

13812

25

TRIPURA

3225

1352

1873

26

UTTAR PRADESH

329125

180929

148196

27

UTTARAKHAND

11824

5556

6268

28

WEST BENGAL

134040

104967

29073

29

ANDAMAN & NICOBAR ISLANDS

95

65

30

30

CHANDIGARH

4139

4133

6

31

DADRA & NAGAR HAVELI

1004

281

723

32

DAMAN & DIU

737

591

146

33

NCT OF DELHI

47076

46724

352

34

PUDUCHERRY

1590

1508

82

 

Total

1773040

938348

834692

Source: Houseless Population, office of the Registrar General and Census Commissioner, India.

 

Note:*: Andhra Pradesh means the erstwhile State of Andhra Pradesh i.e., the area now comprising the present-day State of Andhra Pradesh and Telangana.

 

Annexure-II

Status of landless (no land to construct the house) beneficiaries under PMAY-G

(Units In Nos.)

S.N.

State/ UT

No. of landless beneficiaries in the PWL

No. of Landless beneficiaries provided land

Number of landless beneficiaries provided financial assistance for land purchase

No. of Landless beneficiaries yet to be provided land/ financial assistance for land purchase

1

A&N Island

740

740

0

0

2

Andhra Pradesh

1888

1888

0

0

3

Arunachal Pradesh

0

0

0

0

4

Assam

50148

33347

0

16801

5

Bihar

27946

0

1124

26822

6

Chhattisgarh

6290

6191

0

99

7

D & N H

88

31

0

57

8

D & D

0

0

0

0

9

Goa

66

0

0

66

10

Gujarat

7665

5549

0

2116

11

Haryana

9

0

0

9

12

Himachal Pr.

151

21

0

130

13

J & K

127

0

0

127

14

Jharkhand

3434

1839

0

1595

15

Karnataka

15436

11560

0

3876

16

Kerala

7194

156

0

7038

17

Ladakh

0

0

0

0

18

Lakshadweep

0

0

0

0

19

Madhya Pr.

37463

32710

0

4753

20

Maharashtra

105000

36322

2004

66674

21

Manipur

0

0

0

0

22

Meghalaya

876

600

0

276

23

Mizoram

0

0

0

0

24

Nagaland

0

0

0

0

25

Odisha

57932

9281

0

48651

26

Pondicherry

NA

NA

NA

NA

27

Punjab

204

156

0

48

28

Rajasthan

55405

45035

0

10370

29

Sikkim

0

0

0

0

30

Tamil Nadu

50350

7049

0

43301

31

Telangana

NA

NA

NA

NA

32

Tripura

155

124

0

31

33

Uttar Pr.

1993

1993

0

0

34

Uttarakhand

539

539

0

0

35

West Bengal

14959

7588

0

7371

 

Total

446058

202719

3128

240211

 

This information was given by Minister of State for Social Justice and Empowerment, Shri A. Narayanaswamy in a written reply in Lok Sabha today.

 

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MG/RNM/IA



    Source PIB