(a) whether the Government has constituted a National Core Group for urban poverty alleviation;
(b) if so, the details thereof ;
(c) whether the said group has conducted any study and submitted any report ;
(d) if so, details thereof; and
(e) the State-wise details of urban poor vis-a-vis total population ?
MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF HOUSING & URBAN POVERTY
ALLEVIATION (KUMARI SELJA)
(a)&(b): Yes, Sir. A National Core Group for urban poverty
alleviation has been set up in the Ministry of Housing & Urban
Poverty Alleviation in November, 2006. The Group is to assist
the Ministry in implementation of Jawaharlal Nehru National
Urban Renewal Mission (JNNURM) - Basic Services to the Urban
Poor (BSUP) and Integrated Housing & Slum Development Programme
(IHSDP) Programmes and formulation of approach papers/strategies
in various areas related to urban poverty alleviation and slum
development.
(c)&(d): The Core Group has not conducted any study as such and
it has been constituted to assist the Ministry in the
preparation of policy and programmes on various issues related
to urban poverty alleviation.
(e): State-wise number of urban poor, as estimated by the
Planning Commission based on the National Sample Survey
Organisation (NSSO) 61st round of survey, by both Mixed Recall
Period (MRP) and Uniform Recall Period (URP) method, and also
the total State/UT population as per Census 2001 is given at
Annexure.
ANNEXURE
ANNEXURE REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO LOK SABHA USQ.NO.833 FOR 17.8.2007.
S.No. STATE/UT TOTAL STATE ESTIMATES NO.OF URBAN POOR POPULATION (IN LAKHS) IN 2004-05 MRP Method URP Method 1 Andhra Pradesh 76210007 45.50 61.40 2 Arunachal Pradesh 1097968 0.07 0.09 3 Assam 26655528 0.93 1.28 4 Bihar 82998509 27.09 32.42 5 Chhattisgarh 20833803 16.39 19.47 6 Delhi 13850507 15.83 22.30 7 Goa 1347668 1.62 1.64 8 Gujarat 50671017 21.18 27.19 9 Haryana 21144564 7.99 10.60 10 Himachal Pradesh 6077900 0.17 0.22 11 Jammu & Kashmir 10143700 2.34 2.19 12 Jharkhand 26945829 10.63 13.20 13 Karnataka 52850562 53.28 63.83 14 Kerala 31841374 13.92 17.17 15 Madhya Pradesh 60348023 68.97 74.03 16 Maharashtra 96878627 131.40 146.25 17 Manipur 2166788 0.14 0.20 18 Meghalaya 2318822 0.12 0.16 19 Mizoram 888573 0.11 0.16 20 Nagaland 1990036 0.09 0.12 21 Orissa 36804660 24.30 26.74 22 Punjab 24358999 3.52 6.50 23 Rajasthan 56507188 40.50 47.51 24 Sikkim 540851 0.02 0.02 25 Tamil Nadu 62405679 58.59 69.13 26 Tripura 3199203 0.14 0.20 27 Uttar Pradesh 166197921 - 100.47 117.03 28 Uttarakhand 8489349 7.75 8.85 29 West Bengal 80176197 26.64 35.14 30 A & N Islands 356152 0.27 0.32 31 Chandigarh 900635 0.36 0.67 32 Dadra & Nagar Haveli 220490 0.16 0.15 33 Daman & Diu 158204 0.14 0.14 34 Lakshadweep 60650 0.05 0.06 35 Pondicherry 974345 1.34 1.59 TOTAL 1028610328 682.02 807.96