a) whether the Government has set a target of constructing over the crore houses for the urban poor;
(b) if so, the details thereof and the number of houses constructed so far, State-wise along with the cost of the same;
(c) whether there is any shortfall in the target and if so, the details thereof; and
(d) the steps taken by the Government to attain the fixed target?
THE MINISTER OF STATE (INDEPENDENT CHARGE) OF THE MINISTRY OF HOUSING AND URBAN AFFAIRS
(SHRI HARDEEP SINGH PURI)
(a)to(d): In pursuance of the Government’s vision of “Housing for All” by 2022, Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs (MoHUA) is implementing Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana (Urban) (PMAY(U)) since 25.06.2015 for providing assistance to States/ Union Territories(UTs) for addressing the housing requirement of the people belonging to Economically Weaker Section (EWS), Lower Income Group (LIG) and Middle Income Group (MIG) categories in urban areas. States/UTs have undertaken demand survey under the scheme for assessing actual demand of housing. The validated demand reported by States/UTs so far is around 112 Lakh.
Based on the project proposals received so far from the States/UTs, a total 1,03,22,560 houses have been sanctioned under the Scheme; out of this, 60,50,991 are at various stages of construction and 32,07,573 are completed/delivered. State/UT-wise details of houses sanctioned, grounded for construction and completed/delivered alongwith cost of completed houses are at annexure.
Further, States/UTs have been requested to get the project proposals for all their remaining demand of houses sanctioned by March, 2020 so that construction of all houses may progressively be completed by 2022.
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