Economically Weaker Sections including slum dwellers can avail benefit of PMAY-U through any vertical of Beneficiary-led Construction, Affordable House in Partnership, In-Situ Slum Redevelopment or Credit Linked Subsidy Scheme
Land and Colonization are State subjects. Therefore, schemes related to housing for Economically Weaker Section (EWS) including slum dwellers are being implemented by State/ Union Territories (UTs). However, Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs is supplementing the efforts of State/ UTs by providing Central Assistance under Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana – Urban (PMAY-U) since 25.06.2015 for construction of houses for all eligible families/ beneficiaries. Eligible beneficiaries including slum dwellers can avail the benefit of PMAY-U through any of the four verticals i.e. Beneficiary-led Construction, Affordable House in Partnership, In-Situ Slum Redevelopment and Credit Linked Subsidy Scheme.
PMAY-U mission is being implemented with an aim to provide all weather pucca house with all basic amenities to all eligible beneficiaries/ families including slum dwellers across the country. Based on the project proposals submitted by States/UTs, so far more than 115 lakh houses have been sanctioned in all urban areas including top twenty cities, out of which more than 95 lakh have been grounded and more than 56 lakh have been completed/ delivered to the beneficiaries.
Details of houses sanctioned for Economically Weaker Section beneficiaries including slum dwellers in top twenty cities from 2015 to 2020 under PMAY-U:
|
S. No.
|
Name of City
|
Population 2011
(No. in Lakh)
|
Houses Sanctioned (Nos.)
|
|
1
|
Greater Mumbai
|
184.10
|
2,17,384
|
|
2
|
Delhi
|
163.10
|
26,445
|
|
3
|
Kolkata
|
141.10
|
24,414
|
|
4
|
Chennai
|
87.00
|
97,349
|
|
5
|
Bangalore
|
85.00
|
1,90,466
|
|
6
|
Hyderabad
|
77.50
|
1,41,180
|
|
7
|
Ahmedabad
|
63.50
|
2,62,847
|
|
8
|
Pune
|
50.50
|
1,39,957
|
|
9
|
Surat
|
45.90
|
1,42,446
|
|
10
|
Jaipur
|
30.70
|
58,350
|
|
11
|
Kanpur
|
29.20
|
47,512
|
|
12
|
Lucknow
|
29.00
|
52,356
|
|
13
|
Nagpur
|
25.00
|
47,329
|
|
14
|
Ghaziabad
|
23.60
|
61,527
|
|
15
|
Indore
|
21.70
|
69,158
|
|
16
|
Coimbatore
|
21.50
|
32,480
|
|
17
|
Kochi
|
21.20
|
16,144
|
|
18
|
Patna
|
20.50
|
10,066
|
|
19
|
Kozhikode
|
20.30
|
5,065
|
|
20
|
Bhopal
|
18.80
|
46,318
|
This information was given by the Minister of State for Housing & Urban Affairs, Shri Kaushal Kishore, in a written reply in the Rajya Sabha today.
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