Will the Minister of HOUSING AND URBAN AFFAIRS be pleased to state:
(a) whether working group of National Advisory Council had emphasised that the slum dwellers should be resettled at the spot where they are currently living;
(b) if so, the details thereof along with the steps taken in this regard; and
(c) the details of the resettlement of the slum dwellers in the country, State/Union Territory-wise including Madhya Pradesh?
MINISTER OF STATE FOR HOUSING & URBAN AFFAIRS
[SHRI HARDEEP SINGH PURI]
(a): Yes, Madam.
(b) & (c): Housing is a State Subject and rehabilitation of slum dwellers comes under the purview of State Governments.
The recommendations of the National Advisory Council (NAC) Urban Poverty Working Group were addressed in the then ongoing scheme Rajiv Awas Yojana (RAY).
The Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs through the Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana (Urban) [PMAY(U)], which has subsumed the ongoing projects of Rajiv Awas Yojana (RAY), provides assistance to States/UTs in addressing the housing requirements of slum dwellers and other urban poor through following four verticals:
(i) “In-situ” Slum Redevelopment;
(ii) Credit-Linked Subsidy Scheme;
(iii) Affordable Housing in Partnership; and
(iv) Beneficiary-led individual house construction or enhancement.
Central assistance of Rs. 49,561.60 Crore has been sanctioned for construction of 32,00,431 houses under the PMAY(U). State/UT-wise details are annexed.
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