(a) the names of the agencies which have been entrusted with the task of providing low cost houses in the cities by the Government;
(b) the number of such houses constructed by these agencies during the last three years;
(c) the amenities provided in these low cost houses;
(d) whether these agencies have been successful in providing low cost houses in the cities; and
(e) if not, the reaction of the Government thereto?
THE MINISTER OF HOUSING & URBAN POVERTY ALLEVIATION (KUMARI SELJA)
(a):The schemes of Basic Services to the Urban Poor (BSUP) and Integrated Housing & Slum
Development Programme (IHSDP) under the Jawaharlal Nehru National Urban Renewal Mission
(JNNURM), launched by the Government in the year 2005 caters to provision of housing and basic
services to urban poor and are implemented in the States/Union Territories (UTs) through a
State Level Nodal Agency designated by the concerned State Government or Union Territory
Administration as the case may be.
(b): A total of 452 projects under BSUP and 825 projects under IHSDP have been approved all
over the country during the last three years as per details given below.
Year BSUP IHSDP
No. of projects No. of Dwelling No. of projects No. of Dwelling approved Units approved approved Units approved
2006-07 151 441188 194 145131 2007-08 114 296559 225 114793 2008-09 187 201012 406 196637 Total 452 938759 825 456561