Shortage of accommodation provided to the Government officials – Lok Sabha QA

Shortage of accommodation provided to the Government officials in the country especially in Delhi and Chandigarh- Lok Sabha QA

GOVERNMENT OF INDIA
MINISTRY OF HOUSING AND URBAN AFFAIRS

LOK SABHA

STARRED QUESTION NO. 71

TO BE ANSWERED ON FEBRUARY 06, 2020

SHORTAGE OF GOVERNMENT ACCOMMODATION

*No. 71 SHRIMATI KIRRON KHER:

Will the Minister of HOUSING AND URBAN AFFAIRS be pleased to state:

(a) whether there is a shortage of accommodation provided to the Government officials in the country especially in Delhi and Chandigarh, if so, the details thereof;

(b) whether the building or redevelopment of such accommodation has been proposed by the Government and if so, the details of the progress made in this regard so far; and

(c) the other steps taken by the Government in this regard?

ANSWER

THE MINISTER OF STATE (INDEPENDENT CHARGE) OF THE MINISTRY OF HOUSING AND URBAN AFFAIRS

(SHRI HARDEEP SINGH PURI)

(a) to (c): A Statement is laid on the Table of the Lok

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STATEMENT REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO LOK SABHA STARRED QUESTION NO. 71 FOR 06.02.2020 REGARDING SHORTAGE OF GOVERNMENT ACCOMMODATION

(a) Yes, There is a shortage of General Pool Residential Accommodation (GPRA) in Delhi and Chandigarh. Details are at Annexure I and Annexure II. The shortage of General Pool Residential Accommodation (GPRA) is due to non-availability of land at central locations in Metropolitan Cities and the fact that House Rent Allowance (HRA) admissible at the Metropolitan Cities is not commensurate with the actual rent in these cities.

(b) The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs had approved the proposal of redevelopment of East Kidwai Nagar Government Colony in March The project started by NBCC(India) Ltd. in May 2013. This redevelopment of East Kidwai Nagar will provide 4,608 Dwelling Units so far. The agency has provided 2,758 Dwelling units so far. Further the Union Cabinet in July 2016 approved the proposal of redevelopment of the seven (07) Government colonies at Mohammadpur, Nauroji Nagar, Netaji Nagar, Sarojini Nagar, Thyagraj Nagar, Kasturba Nagar and Srinivaspuri. The project envisaged replacement of existing 12,970 dwelling units in these colonies with 24,917 dwelling units. In Chandigarh, CPWD is constructing 42 new flats.

(c) Government has taken various steps to augment the General Pool Residential Accommodation by way of construction of new residential units, outright purchase of ready-built flats or redevelopment of existing government The details of the same is enclosed at Annexure-III.

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AVAILABILITY AND DEMAND OF GENERAL POOL RESIDENTIAL ACCOMMODATION (TYPE WISE) IN DELHI AS ON 03.02.2020 ARE AS UNDER:

House Type	Availability	Demand	Shortage
1	12824	7834
2	22754	26688	3934
3	12699	17465	4766
4	5741	7404	1663
4S	790	2809	2019
5A	1663	2628	965
5B	1259	2256	997
6A	997	1605	608
6B	226	328	102
7	249	243
8	151	227	76
DS	1643	2923	1280
SK	295	9335	9040
Total	61291	81345	20054

 

ANNEXURE-II

AVAILABILITY AND DEMAND OF GENERAL POOL RESIDENTIAL ACCOMMODATION (TYPE WISE) IN CHANDIGARH AS ON 31.01.2020 ARE AS UNDER:

House Type	Availability	Demand	Shortage
1	725	668
2	1070	1156	86
3	542	596	54
4	109	187	78
5	70	104	34
6	05	17	12
Total	2521	2728	207

 

ANNEXURE-III

I. Delhi

I.(i) Following new accommodations are constructed:

Sl. No.	Location	Type of accommodations	No. of Units
1.	Dev Nagar	Type-III Type-III	400 384
2.	Deen Dayal Upaddhyaya Marg	Type V-B Type VI-A	138103
3.	DIZ Area	Type-IV	30

 

I. (ii) Following accommodation are under construction:

Sl.No.	Location	Type of accommodations	No. of Units
1.	Deen Dayal Upadhyaya Marg	Type VII	108
2.	SunehriBagh Road	Type VII Type VIII	154
3.	Probyn Road	Type III	80

 

I. (iii) The following accommodation were taken from DDA in lieu of land:

Sl. No.	Location	Type of accommodations	No. of Units
1.	CWG Village	Type V-B Type VI-B Type VIII Total	294107 39 440

 

I. (iv) Redevelopment of Existing Government Colonies:

Sl.No.	Location	Existing Accommodation	Proposed Accommodation under Redevelopment Project	No. of Accommodation under Re- development Project
1.	Kidwai Nagar (E)	2444	4608	Type II (780) Type III (1025) Type IV (1472) Type V (1078) Type VI (192) Type VII (61)
2.	ShrinivasPuri	1432	4994	Type II (1554) Type III (1500) Type IV (1350) Type V (400) |Type VI (190)
3.	Netaji Nagar	2772	4855	Type II (1478) Type III (1399) Type IV (789) Type V (559) Type VI (512)
4.	Sarojini Nagar	4687	10665	Type II (2824) Type III (2770) Type IV (2512) Type V (1048) Type VI (1036)
5	Kasturba Nagar	2521	3678	Type II (1206) Type III (1200 Type IV (870) Type V (165) Type VI (144)
6	Thyagraj Nagar	602	740	Type II (371) Type III (287) Type IV (45)
7	Mohammadpur	328	745	Type II (378) Type III (330)

 

(II) Chandigarh :

28 nos. of Type IV and 14 nos. of Type VI in General Pool Residential Accommodation (GPRA) are under construction in Sector 38 (B), Chandigarh.

Source: Lok Sabha