New Delhi:
The Centre today clarified in the Lok Sabha that the onus of selecting
agencies for constructing low cost houses in various cities lies with
the state governments which should frame policies to provide housing to the poor people in their respective states.
In a written reply in the Lok Sabha today Minister for Housing and Urban Poverty Alleviation Kumari 
Selja has said that the Central Government does not select agencies for
constructing low cost houses in various cities under Centrally
sponsored / supported schemes. It is States/parastatals/cities that
select agencies and entrust them with the responsibility of constructing
houses in cities as per terms of agreement.
Selja said, ‘Land’ and ‘Colonization’ being State subjects, it is upto the State Governments to frame policies to provide Low Cost Housing to the people in their respective States. However, under Basic Services to the Urban Poor (BSUP) and Integrated Housing and Slum Development Programme (IHSDP) components of Jawaharlal Nehru National Urban Renewal Mission (JnNURM), Central assistance is provided to assist States/Union Territories (UTs) in taking up housing and infrastructural facilities for the urban poor in 65 select cities in the country under BSUP and for other cities/towns in the country under IHSDP.
The minister said, as on April 30, 2012, a total of 529 projects with the total cost of Rs. 30,420.87 crores under BSUP and a total of 1086 projects with the total project cost of Rs. 12,080.18 crores under IHSDP, have been approved for construction/upgradation of 16,02,387 dwelling units.
Selja has said that the Central Government does not select agencies for
constructing low cost houses in various cities under Centrally
sponsored / supported schemes. It is States/parastatals/cities that
select agencies and entrust them with the responsibility of constructing
houses in cities as per terms of agreement.Selja said, ‘Land’ and ‘Colonization’ being State subjects, it is upto the State Governments to frame policies to provide Low Cost Housing to the people in their respective States. However, under Basic Services to the Urban Poor (BSUP) and Integrated Housing and Slum Development Programme (IHSDP) components of Jawaharlal Nehru National Urban Renewal Mission (JnNURM), Central assistance is provided to assist States/Union Territories (UTs) in taking up housing and infrastructural facilities for the urban poor in 65 select cities in the country under BSUP and for other cities/towns in the country under IHSDP.
The minister said, as on April 30, 2012, a total of 529 projects with the total cost of Rs. 30,420.87 crores under BSUP and a total of 1086 projects with the total project cost of Rs. 12,080.18 crores under IHSDP, have been approved for construction/upgradation of 16,02,387 dwelling units.
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