Question : REPLACEMENT OF JNNURM

(a) the details of projects sanctioned and completed under the Basic Services to the Urban Poor (BSUP) programme and Integrated Housing and Slum Development Programme (IHSDP) launched as components of the Jawaharlal Nehru national Urban Renewal Mission (JNNURM);

(b) whether the targets fixed under the said programmes have been achieved and if so, the details thereof;

(c) if not, the reasons therefor and the details of the corrective steps taken/ /being taken by the Government in this regard;

(d) whether the government proposes to replace JNNURM with a new mission based on the modern concept of cities; and

(e) if so, the details thereof and the objective sought to be achieved as a result thereof?

THE MINISTER OF HOUSING & URBAN POVERTY ALLEVIATION (SHRI M. VENKAIAH NAIDU)

(a) to (c): 1515 number of projects were approved for construction of 14,42,187 Dwelling Units (DUs) out of which 8,15,786 DUs have been completed.

State wise progress, as on date is annexed.

Some of the important reasons for delay in completion of projects are cost escalation, reluctance of slum dwellers to shift in case of in-situ development of project and availability of encumbrance free land. Govt. of India has frozen its share in the project at the sanctioned cost States have been advised to meet cost escalations, if any, for completing the projects. Government of India has also extended the mission period upto 31st March 2015 for completing ongoing projects.

(d) & (e): As per approved guidelines of JNNURM, housing projects under BSUP and IHSDP were sanctioned upto 31st March 2012.

For completing the projects which were sanctioned before March 2012, extension is given upto 31st March 2015. Thus the period of JNNURM is already over. Only ongoing projects are being completed.

The Government is preparing a new scheme to provide housing to various sections of society. The contours of the scheme are being framed.