The Minister for Housing and Urban Poverty Alleviation Kumari Selja has said that National Building Organization (NBO), an attached office with the Ministry of Housing and Urban Poverty Alleviation has constituted a Technical Group in September 2011, to assess the housing shortage during Twelfth Five Year Plan (2012-17). The Committee has not finalized the estimates till date. However, as per the estimation of a similar Technical Group constituted by Ministry of Housing and Urban Poverty Alleviation in July 2006 to assess the housing shortage during Eleventh Five Year Plan Period (2007-12), the figures of urban housing shortage as on 31/03/2012 stood at 26.53 million.
In a written reply in the Rajya Sabha today Kumari Selja said, as ‘Land’ and ‘Colonisation’ are State subjects, it is for the States to take necessary steps to provide housing for all. However, in order to increase the housing for Economically Weaker Sections (EWS) and Low Income Group (LIG) sections in cities, this Ministry has been providing assistance through following programmes and schemes in all urban areas including Tier-I cities :
i. The Jawaharlal Nehru National Urban Renewal Mission (JNNURM), supports provision of housing and basic services to urban poor in slums in 65 specified cities under the Sub Mission Basic Services to the Urban Poor (BSUP) and in other cities and towns under the Integrated Housing and Slum Development Programme (IHSDP).
ii. The Interest Subsidy Scheme for Housing the Urban Poor (ISHUP) provides for interest subsidy @ 5 % on housing loans to the Economically Weaker Sections (EWS) and Low Income Group (LIG).
iii. The scheme of Affordable Housing in Partnership seeks assembly of land for construction of affordable housing and provides Central Government assistance towards provision of internal and external infrastructure connectivity.
iv. In the first phase of ‘Rajiv AwasYojana’ (RAY), financial assistance to States that are willing to assign property rights to slum dwellers for provision of decent shelter and basic civic and social services is being provided.
In a written reply in the Rajya Sabha today Kumari Selja said, as ‘Land’ and ‘Colonisation’ are State subjects, it is for the States to take necessary steps to provide housing for all. However, in order to increase the housing for Economically Weaker Sections (EWS) and Low Income Group (LIG) sections in cities, this Ministry has been providing assistance through following programmes and schemes in all urban areas including Tier-I cities :
i. The Jawaharlal Nehru National Urban Renewal Mission (JNNURM), supports provision of housing and basic services to urban poor in slums in 65 specified cities under the Sub Mission Basic Services to the Urban Poor (BSUP) and in other cities and towns under the Integrated Housing and Slum Development Programme (IHSDP).
ii. The Interest Subsidy Scheme for Housing the Urban Poor (ISHUP) provides for interest subsidy @ 5 % on housing loans to the Economically Weaker Sections (EWS) and Low Income Group (LIG).
iii. The scheme of Affordable Housing in Partnership seeks assembly of land for construction of affordable housing and provides Central Government assistance towards provision of internal and external infrastructure connectivity.
iv. In the first phase of ‘Rajiv AwasYojana’ (RAY), financial assistance to States that are willing to assign property rights to slum dwellers for provision of decent shelter and basic civic and social services is being provided.
