(a) the number of poor families provided with pucca houses in various cities of Haryana under the Valmiki Ambedkar Awas Yojana (VAMBAY) during the last three years;
(b) the standards adopted for identifying slums under the said scheme; and
(c) the steps taken by the Government to provide more houses to poor families of the State under VAMBAY?
MINISTER OF THE STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF HOUSING & URBAN POVERTY ALLEVIATION
( KUMARI SELJA )
(a): No proposals were received from the State Government and
as such no funds were released for housing to the poor under the
Valmiki Ambedkar Awas Yojana (VAMBAY) during the last three
years.
(b): Under the Valmiki Ambedkar Awas Yojana (VAMBAY), the
identification of slums was left to State Governments.
(c): VAMBAY has been subsumed under Jawaharlal Nehru National
Urban Renewal Mission (JNNURM) with effect from 3.12.2005.
Under two programmes namely, Basic Services to Urban Poor (BSUP)
- for 63 mission cities and Integrated Housing and Slum
Development Programme (IHSDP) - for non-mission cities, houses
are sanctioned based on project proposals submitted by the State
Governments conforming to scheme guidelines.