(a) whether the Government has approved projects worth Rs.4000 crore for construction of houses for making
urban India free of slums ;
(b) if so, the details thereof ;
(c) the number of projects sanctioned for different States during the last three years and total estimated cost of
these projects ;
(d) whether the Government has chalked out any strategy to construct more houses for slum dwellers and weaker
sections of the society in the coming years; and
(e) if so, the details thereof ?
MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF HOUSING & URBAN POVERTY
ALLEVIATION (KUMARI SELJA)
(a)&(b): The Government has launched the Jawaharlal Nehru
National Urban Renewal Mission (JNNURM) to provide necessary
amenities to the urban poor in 63 select cities under the Basic
Services to the Urban Poor (BSUP) Programme. For other cities,
for taking up housing and slum upgradation programmes and
providing other civic amenities, the Integrated Housing and Slum
Development Programme (IHSDP) has been launched. Both BSUP and
IHSDP are under implementation since December, 2005.
The Government has so far approved 169 projects with a
total project cost of Rs.10498.45 Crore including construction
cost of houses under Basic Services to the Urban Poor (BSUP) and
257 projects with a total project cost of Rs.2406.83 Crore
including construction cost of houses under the Integrated
Housing and Slum Development Programme (IHSDP).
(c): Details are annexed.
(d)&(e): Both the programmes are demand driven. However, the
State/UT Governments have been advised for submitting projects
which are likely to make a real impact on the ground.
Awareness workshops on BSUP, alongwith hands-on-workshops
on Detailed Project Report (DPR) preparation and appraisal for
BSUP and IHSDP, have been organized at Kolkata, Bengalooru,
Jaipur, Pune, Raipur, Chennai, Chandigarh, Bhubaneshwar, Patna,
Lucknow, Guwahati, Shillong (for all North Eastern States),
Amritsar, and Shimla etc.