THE MINISTER OF HOUSING & URBAN POVERTY ALLEVIATION (SHRI AJAY MAKEN)
(a) & (b): The Ministry of Housing & Urban Poverty Alleviation is implementing following
Housing and Poverty Alleviation schemes:-
(i) Swarna Jayanti Shahari Rozgar Yojana (SJSRY) strives to provide gainful employment to
the urban unemployed and under-employed poor, through encouraging the setting up of self
employment ventures by the urban poor living below the poverty line, skills training and also
through providing wage employment by utilizing their labour for construction of socially and
economically useful public assets.
(ii) The Jawaharlal Nehru National Urban Renewal Mission (JNNURM) launched on 3rd December,
2005, supports provision of housing and basic services to urban poor/ slum dwellers 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). The
duration of Mission was upto 31-03-2012 and it has now been extended by 2 years upto March,
2014 for completion of projects sanctioned upto March, 2012 and ‘implementation of 3 pro-poor
reforms’ under BSUP and IHSDP components of JNNURM namely:-
(i) Internal earmarking within local body budgets for basic services to the urban poor.
(ii) Earmarking at least 20-25% of developed land in all housing projects (both public and
private agencies) for EWS/LIG category with a system of cross-subsidization; and
(iii) Provision of basic services to urban poor including security of tenure at affordable
prices, improved housing, water supply, sanitation and ensuring delivery of other already
existing universal services of the government for education, health and social security.
As on 16-11-2012, total 527 projects with total project cost of Rs. 29875.81 crores under BSUP
and 1083 projects with total project cost of Rs. 11936.91 crores under IHSDP have been approved
for construction/up-gradation of total 1010789 dwelling units (DUs) and 563807 DUs respectively.
(iii) Rajiv Awas Yojana (RAY) has been launched on 02-06-2011 with the aim of providing
support to States/UTs that are willing to assign property rights to slum dwellers.
(iv) Interest Subsidy Scheme for Housing the Urban Poor (ISHUP) had launched in 2008 with
the aim to provide interest subsidy on housing loans to the Economically Weaker Sections (EWS)
and Low Income Groups (LIG) for the purposes of construction/acquisition of houses and offer
5% subsidy interest payment for loans upto Rs.1 Lakh.
(c): (i) Swarna Jayanti Shahari Rozgar Yojana (SJSRY) - Statement showing State-wise
funds sanctioned/ released/ utilized and achievements as per reported by States/UTs under
SJSRY for the last three years and the current year are at Annexure-I & II.
(ii) Jawaharlal Nehru National Urban Renewal Mission (JNNURM) – Statement showing State-wise
/City-wise details of ACA sanctioned, Released, Utilized & Physical achievements under Basic
Services to the Urban Poor (BSUP) and Integrated Housing and Slum Development Programme
(IHSDP) components under JNNURM for the last three years are at Annexure-III & IV.
No year-wise and physical targets were fixed for construction of houses under BSUP and IHSDP
components of JNNURM.
(iii) Rajiv Awas Yojana (RAY) is expected to cover about 250 cities by the end of 12th Plan
(2017). An amount of Rs.99.98 Crores has been released to 194 cities for undertaking
preparatory activities.
(iv) Interest Subsidy Scheme for Housing the Urban Poor (ISHUP) - Statement showing State-
wise and year-wise progress under ISHUP are at Annexure-V.
(d): The Schemes are implemented through the State Governments including Delhi, Punjab and
Uttar Pradesh. Ministry monitors their performance regularly to ensure that benefits of the
scheme reach to all sections of the urban poor. Regular training of the functionaries of
State, District and Urban Local Bodies are held to orient them towards better implementation
of this scheme.
(e): The information as given Para (c) above.
