Question : Night Shelters

Will the Minister of HOUSING AND URBAN POVERTY ALLEVIATION be pleased to state:

(a) the details of shelters sanctioned under the National Urban Livelihood Mission during the last three years. State/UT-wise;
(b) whether the progress in the construction of night shelters has been very slow across most of the States despite the Union Government providing 75 per cent of funds required for building and refurbishing the shelters for the urban homeless under the ‘Scheme for Shelters for Urban Homeless; and
(c) if so, the reasons therefore along with the corrective action taken thereon?

THE MINISTER OF HOUSING & URBAN POVERTY ALLEVIATION
[SHRI M. VENKAIAH NAIDU]


(a) to (c): 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. 12* FOR ANSWER ON 24.02.2016 REGARDING NIGHT SHELTERS

(a) It is the primary responsibility of the State Governments to provide shelter for the Urban Homeless people. In order to complement and supplement the efforts of the State/ UT Governments, the Ministry of Housing & Urban Poverty Alleviation is implementing a scheme namely ‘Shelter for Urban Homeless (SUH)’ as a component of Deendayal Antyodaya Yojana - National Urban Livelihoods Mission for providing permanent shelters with basic facilities to urban homeless. The scheme is implemented through respective States/UTs. A statement showing the State/UT-wise details of the shelters sanctioned under the Scheme since its inception is at Annexure I.

(b) & (c): As per the information received from the States/UTs, as on 18.02.2016, a total of 770 shelters have been sanctioned by 20 States/UTs. Out of this, 270 shelters have become operational and rest are under different stages of construction. The Ministry is constantly pursuing with the States/UTs for effective implementation of the scheme and timely completion of the projects.

ANNEXURE-I REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO LOK SABHA STARRED QUESTION No. 12 FOR ANSWER ON 24.02.2016
State-wise number of shelters sanctioned under Deendayal Antyodaya Yojana- National Urban Livelihoods Mission since its inception
(As on 18.02.2016)
Sr. No. State/UTs* Number of shelter sanctioned under NULM (New Construction, Refurbished and assistance for operation and maintenance)

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1 Andhra Pradesh 31
2 Bihar 48
3 Chhattisgarh 11
4 Gujarat 10
5 Himachal Pradesh 7
6 Jharkhand 35
7 Jammu & Kashmir 2
8 Karnataka 26
9 Kerala 8
10 Maharashtra 29
11 Madhya Pradesh 133
12 Mizoram 35
13 Odisha 26
14 Punjab 16
15 Rajasthan 87
16 Tamil Nadu 95
17 Telengana 41
18 Uttarakhand 8
19 Uttar Pradesh 72
20 West Bengal 50
Total 770
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* Rest of the States/UTs have not sanctioned any project proposals for shelters till now.