Question : BASIC AMENITIES IN SLUM AREAS

(a): whether a large number of people living in slums and cities are facing acute shortage of basic amenities;

(b): if so, the details thereof and the action taken by the Government to provide basic amenities in the slum areas;

(c): the estimated number of slum dwellers proposed to be provided dwelling units during the next five years under Valmiky/Ambedkar Housing Schemes being run by the Government, State-wise;

(d): the number of houses likely to be constructed annually and the time by which it is expected to be completed, State-wise; and

(e): the steps taken to check the rise in slums and for environmental improvement of urban slums?

MINISTER OF THE STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF HOUSING AND URBAN POVERTY ALLEVIATION (KUMARI SELJA)

(a) and (b): Yes, Madam. A large number of people living in slums and cities are facing acute shortage of basic amenities. The key problems concern the issues of security of tenure at affordable prices, affordable housing, water supply, sanitation, health, education and social security. The Government launched the Jawaharlal Nehru National Urban Renewal Mission (JNNURM) in December, 2005 to assist cities and towns in taking up housing and infrastructural facilities for the urban poor in select 65 cities in the country under the Basic Services to the Urban Poor (BSUP) Programme. For other cities/towns, for taking up housing and slum upgradation programmes, the Integrated Housing and Slum Development Programme (IHSDP) has been launched with the objective to strive for holistic slum development, with a healthy and enabling environment by providing adequate shelter and basic infrastructure facilities to the slum dwellers including the poor. The duration of JNNURM is seven years beginning from the 2005-06. The details of projects sanctioned under JNNURM for providing basic amenities to the urban poor under BSUP and IHSDP are as under:

Scheme	Number of	Total Project	Total Central	Total number of	projects	cost approved	share approved	dwelling units	sanctioned	sanctioned

BSUP	479	27813.58	14027.18	1036819
IHSDP	977	9957.72	6760.72	523283
Total	1456	37771.30	20787.90	1560102