Schemes for vacant houses : Question in Rajyasabha

Schemes for vacant houses

GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

MINISTRY OF  HOUSING AND URBAN POVERTY ALLEVIATION

RAJYA SABHA

QUESTION NO:2109                      ANSWERED ON:12.05.2016

Schemes for vacant houses

Shri Ahmed Patel

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

(a) whether large number of houses built under various housing schemes are lying vacant;

(b) if so, the details thereof scheme-wise and the reasons therefor; and

(c) the remedial steps, if any, taken by Government in this regard?

ANSWER

 

THE MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF HOUSING & URBAN POVERTY ALLEVIATION

(SHRI BABUL SUPRIYO)

(a) & (b): Out of 13,90,349 houses approved under Basic Services to Urban Poor (BSUP) and Integrated Housing for Slum Development Programme (IHSDP) components of Jawaharlal Nehru Urban Renewal Mission (JNNURM) and Rajiv Awas Yojana (RAY), construction of 10,31,733 houses have been completed. Number of houses vacant till date under JNNURM and RAY are 2,24,000 and 14,448 respectively.

Allotment of houses constructed under these schemes is the responsibility of the State/UT Governments concerned. The vacant houses built under these schemes are mostly due to reluctance of slum dwellers to shift, incomplete basic infrastructure and distance from sources of livelihood.

(c): The Ministry reviews status of ongoing projects under these schemes through Quarterly and Monthly Progress Reports, in the meetings of Central Sanctioning and Monitoring Committee (CSMC) and review meetings at the level of Secretary (HUPA). Through these reviews, State/UT governments are advised to complete the ongoing projects as early as possible within the extended period of JNNURM i.e. by 31.03.2017, submit plan of action for completion of ongoing projects as well as plan for 100% occupancy and submit the project completion certificates. Moreover, during national/regional/state-level workshops and also during field visits, States/UTs are urged upon for taking expeditious steps in this regard.

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