Population in Slum Areas

As per estimates of the Committee set up by Ministry of Housing and Urban Poverty Alleviation under the Chairmanship of Dr. Pranob Sen, Principal Adviser, Planning Commission (former Secretary, Ministry of Statistics & Programme Implementation, and Chief Statistician, Government of India) the slum population in the country is expected to touch 93.06 million by 2011.

A comparative picture of the Estimated Slum Population by the Committee and the Slum Population reported by Census 2001 is as follows:

 

As per CoS estimates, the slum population constituted 26.31 % of the urban population of the country in 2001

Under the Basic Services for the Urban Poor (BSUP) and the Integrated Housing and Slum Development Programme (IHSDP) components of Jawaharlal Nehru National Urban Renewal Mission (JNNURM) 9, 19,728 dwelling units have been sanctioned for urban poor during last four years with the details as annexed. 

Surveys are undertaken at city and slum level during inspection of projects by various agencies, including third party inspection and monitoring agencies from time to time in connection with ascertaining quality in implementation and obtaining the view of beneficiaries. The overall outcome is found to be satisfactory. 

The mid-term appraisal of the 11^th Five Year Plan which includes JNNURM has also revealed that BSUP and IHSDP have made positive impact on ground and raised the aspiration of the people, including slum-dwellers. It has also revealed that much of the investment has been directed towards the provision of critical basic services that are essential to inclusiveness.

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