(a) whether the construction of lakhs of houses of the beneficiaries under Indira Awas
Yojana in certain States including Bihar are incomplete;
(b) if so, the reasons therefor and the number of such incomplete houses as on date,
State-wise;
(c) whether the Government has any plan to complete the construction of such houses
immediately;
(d) if so, by when the construction of these houses is likely to be completed; and
(e) if not, the reasons therefor?
MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF RURAL DEVELOPMENT (SHRIMATI SURYAKANTA PATIL)
(a) & (b) Yes, Sir. The houses taken up for construction at the fag end of the year are
bound to be completed in the next financial year. State-wise details of incomplete houses
under the Indira Awaas Yojana (IAY) including the State of Bihar at the end of the last
financial year i.e. 2004-2005 is annexed.
(c ) to (e) As per the IAY Guidelines, the houses taken up for construction in the previous
year have to be completed first in the next financial year. Only after completion of the
incomplete houses of the previous year, new construction during the next financial year
can be taken up.
Annexure
Annexure as referred to in reply to parts (a) and (b) of the Lok
Question No. 955 due for reply on 29.7.2005
Statement showing state wise number of houses under construction under the IAY for the year 2004-2005
(In nos.) Sl. Name of the State /UT s (2004-2005) No As On 31.3.2005 1 2 3 1 ANDHRA PRADESH 7965 2 ARUNACHAL PRADESH 247 3 ASSAM 26014 4 BIHAR 195091 5 CHHATTISGARH 3187 6 GOA 1889 7 GUJARAT 11311 8 HARYANA 651 9 HIMACHAL PRADESH 794 10 JAMMU & KASHMIR 8200 11 JHARKHAND 49684 12 KARNATAKA 23798 13 KERALA 19334 14 MADHYA PRADESH 21810 15 MAHARASHTRA 40994 16 MANIPUR 1433 17 MEGHALAYA 1631 18 MIZORAM 479 19 NAGALAND 319 20 ORISSA 32720 21 PUNJAB 657 22 RAJASTHAN 3699 23 SIKKIM 0 24 TAMILNADU 784 25 TRIPURA 549 26 UTTAR PRADESH 13879 27 UTTARANCHAL 2414 28 WEST BENGAL 23929 29 A&N ISLANDS 0 30 D&N HAVELI 449 31 DAMAN & DIU 9 32 LAKHSHADWEEP 143 33 PONDICHERRY 782 TOTAL 494845