(a) whether there is any proposal to extend Basic Service to the Urban Poor (BSUP) and Integrated Housing and Slum Development Programme (IHSDP) to some more cities in the country;
(b) if so, the names of the cities identified for the purpose, State-wise;
(c) whether demands/requests for inclusion of more cities have also been received from various States; and
(d) if so, the details thereof and the action taken by the Union Government in this regard, State-wise?
THE MINISTER OF HOUSING AND URBAN POVERTY ALLEVIATION (KUMARI SELJA)
(a) to (d): A Statement is laid on the Table of the Sabha.
STATEMENT
STATEMENT REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO LOK SABHA STARRED QUESTION NO. 453 FOR 27-08-2010 REGARDING
INCLUSION OF CITIES UNDER BSUP AND IHSDP:
(a) to (d): At the time of launch of Basic Services to Urban Poor (BSUP) in 2005, 63 cities
were identified for coverage. Subsequently the programme has been extended to cities of
Panchkula in Haryana and Mohali in Punjab, Naya Raipur in Chhattisgarh, Tirupati in Andhra
Pradesh and Porbandar in Gujarat. Requests for inclusion under Jawaharlal Nehru National
Urban Renewal Mission (JNNURM) have been received from a number of cities including Warangal,
Karamsad, Gandhinagar, Hubli-Dharward, Gulbarga, Belgaum, Gaya, Biharshariff, Pawapur, Nalanda,
Rajgir, Sultanpur-Lodhi, Kurukshetra-Pehowa, Gurgaon, Aurangabad, Vrindavan, Kurnool, Jodhpur,
Gwalior, Guntur, Panipat, Bellary, Calicut, Darjeeling, Kalimpong & Kurseong, Deoghar,
Sambalpur, Dhule, Malegaon, Kolhapur, Port Blair, Kaithal, Siliguri, Haldia, Amravati, Solapur
and all cities of Bihar with population above 2 lakh. Currently the Government is not
considering any extension of BSUP to other cities. The scheme of Integrated Housing and Slum
Development Programme (IHSDP) has not identified any specific cities for inclusion. It is upto
the State Governments to choose cities for coverage under IHSDP subject to the limits of their
allocation by the Planning Commission.