Homeless People
(a) whether the Supreme court has recently directed the Government to assess the availability of houses for homeless and take steps for providing temporary houses and if so, the facts in this regard ;
(b) whether the court was not satisfied with the implementation of the National Urban Livelihoods Mission and issued appropriate direction in this regard and if so, the details thereof;
(c) the number of BPL card beneficiaries who have been allotted permanent/temporary houses; and
(d) the detail of various facilities provided by the BPL card beneficiaries to the States/UTs including Uttar Pradesh?
GOVERNMENT OF INDIA
MINISTRY OF HOUSING AND URBAN POVERTY ALLEVIATION
LOK SABHA
STARRED QUESTION NO:304 ANSWERED ON: 07.12.2016
Homeless People
DEVENDRA (ALIAS) BHOLE SINGH SINGH
Will the Minister of HOUSING AND URBAN POVERTY ALLEVIATION be pleased to state:
(a) whether the Supreme court has recently directed the Government to assess the availability of houses for homeless and take steps for providing temporary houses and if so, the facts in this regard ;
(b) whether the court was not satisfied with the implementation of the National Urban Livelihoods Mission and issued appropriate direction in this regard and if so, the details thereof;
(c) the number of BPL card beneficiaries who have been allotted permanent/temporary houses; and
(d) the detail of various facilities provided by the BPL card beneficiaries to the States/UTs including Uttar Pradesh?
ANSWER
THE MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF HOUSING & URBAN POVERTY ALLEVIATION (RAO INDERJIT SINGH)
(a) to (d): A statement is laid on the table of the House.
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STATEMENT REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO LOK SABHA STARRED QUESTION No. 304* FOR ANSWER ON 07.12.2016 REGARDING HOMELESS PEOPLE
(a) and (b): Hon’ble Supreme Court has, vide its Order dated 11th November, 2016, directed to constitute a Committee under Chairmanship of Mr. Justice Kailash Gambhir, retired Judge, High Court of Delhi for physical verification of the available permanent shelters for urban homeless in each State/UT, verifying whether the shelters are in compliance with the operational guidelines of the scheme Shelters for Urban Homeless under the National Urban Livelihoods Mission (NULM) and inquire into the reasons for slow progress in setting up of shelter homes by the States/UTs and about non-utilization and/ or diversion/ mis-utilization of the funds allocated under the scheme. The Committee shall also issue suitable recommendations including provision of temporary shelters to the State Governments for compliance within the indicated time frame. The Committee has been directed to submit its report within a period of four months.
(c) and (d): State/ UT-wise details (including the state of Uttar Pradesh) of houses along with civic and social infrastructure facilities provided to urban poor (including BPL card holders) under schemes of Jawaharlal Nehru National Urban Renewal Mission (JNNURM) & Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana (Urban) Mission , which includes the houses constructed under the subsumed of Rajiv Awas Yojana (RAY), are annexed.
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Source : Loksabha
http://164.100.47.190/loksabhaquestions/annex/10/AS304.pdf
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