(a) the names of schemes being implemented in the various States for providing
housing facilities to all Below Poverty Line(BPL) families including minorities
in the country;
(b) whether the Government has taken loan from any institution for the purpose ;
(c) if so, the details of the amount of interest paid on the said loan;
(d) whether the Government proposes to provide a model to the States for
the houses to be constructed for BPL families; and
(e) if so, the details thereof?
THE MINISTER OF HOUSING & URBAN POVERTY ALLEVIATION (KUMARI SELJA)
(a) to (e): `Housing` and `Colonisation9 are State subjects as per the
Constitution of India. This Ministry does not maintain data base of State
run schemes for providing housing facilities to Below Poverty Line (BPL)
families including minorities and whether State Governments have taken any
loan and paid any interest to fund these schemes.
Government of India has provided different models/designs for
building houses for the Economically Weaker Sections (EWS) under
the JNNURM programme.
The Government of India launched the Jawaharlal Nehru National
Urban Renewal Mission (JNNURM) on 03rd 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, the
Integrated Housing and Slum Development Programme(IHSDP) was launched.
The duration of JNNURM is seven years beginning from the 2005-06.
A total of 951 projects with project cost of Rs. 40,217.02 Crore
comprising Central share of Rs. 21,836.16 Crore have been approved for
construction/upgradation of 15.73 lakh dwelling units in 65 Mission
cities and 886 other cities/towns under BSUP and IHSDP across India
including BPL and Minorities. As on 06.03.2012, 5.72 lakh Dwelling
Units(DUs) have been completed and 3.80 lakh DUs are under progress.
Out of the completed units, 3.82 lakh DUs have been occupied under
BSUP and IHSDP.