RAJYA SABHA
SURVEY REGARDING SLUM POPULATION
NO. 2634. DR. FAUZIA KHAN
Will the Minister of HOUSING AND URBAN AFFAIRS be pleased to state:
(a) whether Government has conducted any survey regarding the slum population of the cities in the country;
(b) if so, the details thereof;
(c) whether Government has introduced any scheme for the upliftment of the slum population;
(d) if so, the details thereof;
(e) the cities included in the above scheme, State-wise, specifically in Maharashtra; and
(f) the progress made so for in this regard?
(SHRI KAUSHAL KISHORE)
(a) & (b) Census of India conducts the complete enumeration of country’s population on a decadal basis, which includes the persons living in slums.As per Census 2011, a total of 6.54 crore persons lived in the slums in the country.
(c) & (d):Yes, Sir. Government is implementing Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana-Urban (PMAY-U) to provide pucca houses to all eligible beneficiaries of urban India including slum population by year March 2022. Under ‘In-situ’ Slum Redevelopment (ISSR) component of PMAY-U, houses are being provided to the eligible slum dwellers using land as a resource with private participation to bring them into the formal urban settlement.
(e) & (f): All Statutory Towns as per Census 2011 and towns notified subsequently and areas falling within Notified Planning/Development area under the jurisdiction of an Industrial Development Authority/Special Area Development Authority/Urban Development Authority or any such Authority under State legislation, which is entrusted with the functions of urban planning and regulations including Maharashtra are included under PMAY-U.All such above towns /areas of Maharashtra are already included in PMAY-U. The progress made so far under ISSR componentis at Annexure.
Annexure referred in reply to RS USQ No. 2634 due for answer on 11.08.2021
State/UT-wise progress made so far under ISSR component of PMAY-U
S. No . | Name ofState/UT | No. of cities where ISSR projects Have been approved | Houses sanctioned for slum dwellers (Nos.) | Houses grounded for construction so far (Nos.) | Housescomplet ed/deliveredso far(Nos.) | Central Assistance approved (₹ in crore) | Central Assistance Released so far (₹ in crore) |
1 | A&N Islands | – | – | – | – | – | – |
2 | AndhraPradesh | 2 | 1,617 | 1,617 | 82 | 41.26 | 32.87 |
3 | Arunachal Pradesh | 4 | 1,536 | 1,536 | – | 77.39 | 77.39 |
4 | Assam | 2 | 108 | – | – | 1.08 | – |
5 | Bihar | 5 | 11,276 | 7,344 | 4,171 | 297.72 | 161.70 |
6 | Chandigarh | – | – | – | – | – | – |
7 | Chhattisgarh | 1 | 300 | 300 | 300 | 6.09 | 13.54 |
8 | DNH &DD | – | – | – | – | – | – |
9 | Delhi | – | – | – | – | – | – |
10 | Goa | – | – | – | – | – | – |
11 | Gujarat | 15 | 92,811 | 63,033 | 29,230 | 1,074.63 | 326.38 |
12 | Haryana | 6 | 3,593 | 2,126 | 1,417 | 210.60 | 119.28 |
13 | Himacha lPradesh | 1 | 300 | 104 | – | 27.62 | 9.21 |
14 | J&K | – | – | – | – | – | – |
15 | Jharkhand | 22 | 19,748 | 2,986 | 2,841 | 255.32 | 73.40 |
16 | Karnataka | 10 | 23,125 | 22,853 | 20,955 | 638.77 | 529.59 |
17 | Kerala | 5 | 2,118 | 991 | 644 | 66.06 | 37.43 |
18 | Ladakh | 1 | 369 | 77 | 62 | 15.98 | 11.56 |
19 | Lakshadweep | – | – | – | – | – | – |
20 | MadhyaPrades h | 7 | 10,295 | 8,123 | 6,335 | 251.37 | 183.92 |
21 | Maharashtra | 9 | 2,23,506 | 77,560 | 12,676 | 2,235.06 | – |
22 | Manipur | – | – | – | – | – | – |
23 | Meghalaya | – | – | – | – | – | – |
24 | Mizoram | 1 | 142 | 142 | 142 | 9.49 | 9.30 |
25 | Nagaland | 3 | 1,054 | 1,054 | 702 | 41.68 | 24.74 |
26 | Odisha | 5 | 23,019 | 9,981 | 4,942 | 408.00 | 170.88 |
27 | Puducherry | – | – | – | – | – | – |
28 | Punjab | 1 | 1,025 | – | – | 10.25 | 7.88 |
29 | Rajasthan | 16 | 21,908 | 16,699 | 12,841 | 450.07 | 278.17 |
30 | Sikkim | – | – | – | – | – | – |
31 | TamilNadu | 8 | 4,880 | 4,764 | 4,749 | 135.25 | 112.52 |
32 | Telangana | 1 | 1,198 | 256 | 256 | 22.25 | 62.38 |
33 | Tripura | 4 | 3,005 | 3,005 | 1,856 | 77.92 | 59.94 |
34 | UttarPradesh | 16 | 8,409 | 5,495 | 5,438 | 279.22 | 172.67 |
35 | Uttarakhand | 10 | 3,130 | 2,237 | 1,448 | 128.80 | 107.48 |
36 | WestBengal | 3 | 472 | 442 | 192 | 15.05 | 11.58 |
TOTAL | 158 | 4,58,944 | 2,32,725 | 1,11,279 | 6,776.92 | 2,593.81 | |