(a) whether the Government have any scheme to provide basic facilities in slum areas of the country;
(b) if so, the details thereof;
(c) whether the Government have received any proposals from various States in this regard; and
(d) if so, the details thereof and the action taken thereon so far?
MINISTER OF URBAN DEVELOPMENT & POVERTY ALLEVIATION ( SHRI ANANTH KUMAR )
(a)to(d): A Statement is laid on the Table of the Sabha.
STATEMENT REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO LOK SABHA STARRED QUESTION
NO.69 FOR 5.3.2002 REGARDING PROVISION OF BASIC FACILITIES IN
SLUM AREAS.
(a)&(b): Although Slum development is a State subject and the
State Governments formulate specific programmes and schemes for
development of slums in various cities with a view to
ameliorating the living conditions of slum dwellers, a programme
known as National Slum Development (NSDP) was launched at the
National level in August, 1996 to provide Additional Central
Assistance (ACA) for the development of the urban slums. The
provision of basic amenities such as water supply, storm water
drains, community bath, widening and paving existing lanes,
sewers, community latrines, street light etc. are some of the
components of the programme. Funds under ACA are allocated by
the Planning Commission on the basis of slum population of the
State and are distributed in the ratio of 70:30 as loan and
grant for non-special category States and in the ratio of 10:90
loan and grant for Special Category States. Allocated funds are
released by the Ministry of Finance and the Ministry of Urban
Development and Poverty Alleviation is the nodal Ministry for
monitoring the financial and physical progress.
A New Scheme known as Valmiki Ambedkar Awas Yojana
(VAMBAY) has also been launched by the Government in 2001-2002
for construction of dwelling units for slum dwellers below
poverty line including the economically weaker sections in urban
areas with 50% Central Government subsidy & the balance
contribution from State Government in the form of their
contribution or loan from HUDCO or from other agencies. In
order to integrate sanitation with access to shelter, a sub
component namely `Nirmal Bharat Abhiyan` has also been included
in VAMBAY. Under this, Community Toilets in slum areas will be
financed with a Central subsidy to the extent of 50% and
maintained by community based organisations. The percentage of
funds for Nirmal Bharat Abhiyan would be 20%.
(c)&(d): Proposals under NSDP are approved at the level of
State Governments and do not require Central Government`s
approval. Under VAMBAY 15 different schemes from the
Governments of Karnataka, Tamil Nadu, Pondicherry, Andhra
Pradesh, Rajasthan, Chhattisgarh and Delhi were considered by
the Central Sanctioning Committee and an amount of Rs.13.61
crores was approved subject to the completion of formalities
such as submission of details in the prescribed format, opening
of VAMBAY account, providing 50% State contribution etc. The
details of the proposals received under VAMBAY from these States
are given in the Appendix.
APPENDIX
(Rs. in lakhs)
S.NO. STATE/UT NAME OF THE SCHEME NO. OF UNITS SUBSIDY DWELLING SOUGHT UNITS/TOILET FROM COMPLEXES CENTRAL GOVT.
1. Karnataka Housing Scheme(Phase I), 794 286.20 Bangalore 24
2. Karnataka Housing Scheme(Phase II), 2915 717.00 Class I Cities 67
3. Karnataka Housing Scheme (Phase III), 1828 684.40 Bangalore 68
4. Karnataka Housing Scheme (Phase IV), 4775 1195.00 Class I Cities 120
5. Tamil Nadu Community Sanitary Complex in 525 1680.00 Corporations & Urban Local Bodies
6. Tamil Nadu Construction of Sanitary 720 561.60 Complex in Town panchayats
7. Tamil Nadu Construction of EWS houses 2250 500.00 through Coop. Societies 5
8. Pondicherry Construction of 170 slum 170 33.50 houses and 5 toilet complexes 5
9. Andhra Pd. EWS(U) Housing Scheme in 2302 690.60 various slum locations in Hyderabad and Secunderabad (Gr.I)
10. Andhra Pd. EWS(U) Housing Scheme various 1555 466.50 slum locations in Hyderabad and Secunderabad (Gr.II)
11. Andhra Pd. EWS(U) Housing Scheme various 143 42.90 slum locations in Hyderabad and Secunderabad (Gr.III)
12. Rajasthan Apna Ghar Yojana at Jodhpur 3000 600.00
13. Rajasthan Apna Ghar Yojana at Kota 3280 656.00
14. Chattisgarh Vambay Scheme in the State 10,000 2000.00 of Chattisgarh
15. Delhi Vambay scheme for shifting 2246 674.00 of Motia Khan slum dwellers
Total 10787.70