Presentation by Gujarat State - Ministry of Housing & Urban Poverty ...

27 th May 2013.
By
G. R. ALORIA, IAS
PRINCIPAL SECRETARY,
URBAN DEVELOPMENT & URBAN HOUSING DEPARTMENT,
GOVERNMENT OF GUJARAT.

“Poverty is the worst form of
violence.”
- Mahatma Gandhi

Total Population of State
:60.4 million
Urban Population :25.7 million (42.58%)
Urban Population
Rural Population
57.42
%
42.58
%
Source: Census, 2011
National Urban
Population
State Urban
Population
31.16%
42.58%
Municipal Corporation
Municipal Corporations : 8
Municipalities :159
Constituted UDAs/ADAs : 24
Designated ADAs :105
URBAN GUJARAT
0 20 40 60
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Source: http://indiabudget.nic.in; Socio-Economic Survey 2012-13
*Planning Commission
Socio-economic Indicators For Rural &
Urban Sectors
Indicators Rural Urban
Population % 57.42 42.58
Decadal Population Growth % 9.23 35.83
Sex Ratio 947 880
Literates % 73.00 87.58
Poverty (2009-10)* 26.70 17.90

• Objectives of Development Plan
• Provides Overall Development Framework
• Land use Zoning
• City Level Infrastructure (Utilities & Amenities)
• Reservations of Land for other Public Purposes
• Development Control Regulation/Rules
• 3 tier planning
• Regional /Cluster Approach
• Development Plans
• Micro land use plan
• Constituted so far
• Urban/Area Development Authorities : 24
• Designated ADAs : 105
Affordable Residential Housing
Proposed DP-2013 of Ahmedabad
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Micro Land Use Plan
Town Planning Scheme
• A land readjustment tool to adapt
land for urban use
• Reconstitution of land holdings
• Appropriation of land for public use
without acquisition
• Local level social and physical
infrastructure
• Land Bank for Urban Poor
• Infrastructure Cost Recovery
• Land appropriation compensation
adjusted against land value
increments
• Land for Financing of
infrastructure (15%)
Schemes Prepared -1126
Proposed -500
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Source: AMC/AUDA/CEPT
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• MIGRATION -Integral to growth process, A Sign of Economic
Progress
• Urban poor- A Contributor to urban economy, Has a right to
dignified life
• SLUM – Environmentally unsafe area and need improvement
• Multiple Approaches to meet with different requirements of the
households
• Slum households
• New household formation (Latent Demand)
• Migrants
• Location is important, A Decent House (Size, Services, Quality,
Maintenance)
Absence of formal mechanisms
– Need to clear backlog in short time.
– Need to meet latent demand & new entrants.

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Poor will continue to arrive in cities. Have no options for housing.
• SLUMS
Tenant-> Neighborhoods->Facilitator for migration ->Slum community
Formation
• CHAWL
• Textile Industrial Worker Housing
• Rent Control Act
• Closure of Textile Mills
• Disrepair and Deterioration
• Growth in family size - Movement from chawl to slum
Absence of formal mechanisms to provide affordable housing &
livelihood has led to formation of slums .

• Dual challenge of redevelopment and rehabilitation of slums and ensuring
affordable housing for all
• Devising proper pricing mechanism for affordability
• Provision of capital and interest subsidy to boost urban housing sector
• Enhanced affordable housing through Public Agencies
• Inclusive land-use planning by
• Maximizing the land for urban housing through Micro land-use plan
• Creation of separate Affordable Housing Zone
• Utilization of existing public land for housing
• Rationalisation and Simplification of Building bye-laws
• In-situ development of Slums through PPP model
• Twin challenge of Adoption of New Technology by developers and acceptance
by users
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Mainstreaming Urban Poor
Multi-pronged Partnership Approach
Affordable housing
through PPP
Slum
Networking
Affordable
Public
Housing
Affordable Transport
Safer Transport
Create Choices for
Urban Poor
Multiple solutions
Multiple Dimensions
Livelihood
Generation
Programme
UMEED
Street Vendor
Integration

• Vision: “Slum Free Urban Gujarat and Affordable Housing for All”
• OBJECTIVES:
• To reduce the housing shortage, especially in EWS/LIG category
• To encourage private participation in low cost housing sector
• To bring down the cost of EWS & LIG houses to affordable limits through
strategic land-use planning
• To create Rental transit housing accommodation for migrants labourers
• Adoption of innovative technologies in low cost housing sector
• To check further creation of slums
• To create healthy and environment friendly cities
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• Township Development Policy
• 13 Projects in Ahmedabad, Gandhinagar & Surat
Cities covering 91,000 DUs
• Slum free city Policy (PPP)
• Affordable Housing Policy
• Interest subsidy for LIG beneficiaries
• Private Participation through policy interventions
• Mukhyamantri Awas Samriddhi Yojna (MASY)
• Implementation by GHB, ULBs & UDAs
• Capital subsidy for EWS and LIG housing
• Additional Assistance of Rs. 45,000 to beneficiaries
in IHSDP
• Creation of an umbrella organisation for overseeing
housing sector
Shantigram Township
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• This scheme aims to provide:
• Urban Infrastructure Facilities
• Social Infrastructure Facilities
• EWS/LIG Housing
• Provision for two rooms, kitchen, bathroom and water closet
• Inclusion of Private Sector for in-situ Development of Slums
• Releasing a bunch of incentives to catalyze the low-cost
housing sector in the State
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1. The minimum height of the plinth shall be 45 cms. from the top
surface of approach road or path way.
2. Built-up Area (BUA) and Minimum Facilities:
Type
of
Housing
BUA of DUs
(sq. mt.)
Carpet Area
(sq. mt.)
EWS 36.00 25 - 30
Minimum Facilities
Dwelling Unit (DU) consisting of two
rooms, kitchen, bathroom & water closet
(G+3 Type Construction)
LIG 50.00 31 - 50 1 BHK
MIG-I 80.00 51 - 65 2 BHK
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New Public Housing
Amenities And Infrastructure Facilities
Land Use
Amenities to be provided :
Common Plot
10%
Parking
15%
Community
Facilities
10%
Roads
25%
Housing
40%
The following infrastructure is provided :
(1) Roads (2) Water Supply
(3) Sewerage (4) Storm Water Disposal
(5) Solid Waste Collection and Disposal
• Common Plot (Open
Space)
• Parking
• School
• Health Care Centre
• Garden
For plots with more than
500 DUs
(6) Paved Surface within Compound Area to make houses free from dust & Street Lights & Garden

Scheme
Towns/Cities
No. of Dwelling
Units
Innovative
Technology
/Material Used
Anand 464 Waffle-crete
Boriyavi 611 Mascon
IHSDP
Amreli 281
Gondal 1250
Jetpur 963
Fly Ash Brick &
Bela Stone
Masonary
BSUP
Surat 46856 Fly Ash Brick
Ahmedabad 33824 Mascon
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Mascon Method - Boriyavi
Waffle-crete - Anand
Mascon Method - Ahmedabad
Fly Ash Brick - Surat
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Fly Ash Bricks & Bela Stone
Jetpur
Una
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As on 30 th April 2013
• 5 Mission Cities
46856
• 27 Projects sanctioned
• 1,13,488 Approved DUs
33824
32232
40282
• 88,866 Completed
• 21,558 Under Progress
1592
6590
8664
4976
2624
21696
15520
6176
2448 2448
0
Sanctioned
Completed
Under progress
Ahmedabad Surat Rajkot Vadodara Porbandar
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As on 30 th April 2013
• 39 Non - mission Cities covered
• 25 Projects Under Progress
• 11 Projects at Tender stage
Approved
DUs
Completed
DUs
Under
Progress
Under
Tender
Process
Expenditure
(Rs. in Crores)
22566 5989 8595 7982 104.93
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• Adoption of in-situ slum redevelopment strategy in Corporations
• Provision of basic infrastructure facilities in all the slums
• Use of “Earth Resisting Mason Aluminum Foam Work Technology” by
Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation
• 15% cost saving
• Speedy implementation
• Least Maintenance cost
• Use of Fly Ash Brick Technology by Surat Municipal Corporation
• 40% slum dwellers shifted to well designed new houses
• Maximum contribution of Rs. 50,000/-
• 10% discount after full payment of beneficiary share
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Before
After
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• Slum Survey, Total Station Survey and slum free city plan are under
progress
• Biometric Identification and slum survey under completion
As on 30 th April 2013
Sr.
No.
Municipal Corporation/
Municipality
Status of
Slum Survey
1 Ahmedabad 100 %
2 Surat 99%
3 Rajkot 90%
4 Vadodara 85%
5
Other Cities (Porbandar, Bharuch,
Jamnagar & Bhavnagar)
45%
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As on 30 th April 2013
• Status of DPR
Sr.
No.
Municipal
Corporations
Detail
No. of
DUs
Status
Project Cost
(Rs. in Lakhs)
1 Ahmedabad
2 In-situ Slum Redevelopment Pilot
Project
1087
3927.84
2 Rajkot Natraj Nagar Slum: Pilot Project 252
Appraisal
pending 1581.24
3 Vadodara Rental Housing Pilot Project 493
at GoI
level 2019.16
4 Jamnagar Slum Redevelopment Pilot Project 985 5783.00
5
Surat,Bhavnagar,
Bharuch
And Gujarat
Housing Board
DPR under preparation --
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As on 30 th April 2013
• Gujarat Housing Board underway
• Restructuring
• Land Bank for Housing Scheme
• Rationalising Housing Norms for Affordable Housing Scheme
• Focus on quality of Affordable Residential Housing by
▪ Use of Modern Building Technology
▪ Modern Residential Building Norms
Projects Undertaken by GHB
Sr.
No.
Cities No. of DUs Type
Project Cost
(Rs. in crores)
1 Ahmedabad 3016 HIG+ MIG+LIG 482.88
2 Surat 624 MIG+LIG 90.24
3 Vadodara 1092 MIG+LIG 152.85
4 Rajkot 416 LIG 51.69
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Total 5148 777.66
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Surat
Rajkot
Vadodara
Vadodara
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• AHMEDABAD
• Best City in the Implementation of Basic Services to Urban Poor in 2011
• HUDCO Award in Initiative for Social Housing in 2011
• Urban Poor National Award-Innovations in servicing needs of urban poor
in 2010
• SURAT
• Best BSUP City amongst Large States for Slum Up gradation in 2010
• Best City Award in Implementation of BSUP in 2010
• Most Exclusive Approach for Urban Poor in 2009
• VADODARA
• Implementation of 3 Pro-Poor Reforms Together in 2010
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• Low unit cost Norms in housing
• Poor response from the Developers
• Capacity Building concerns in smaller Towns
• Inadequacy of land
• Time and Cost over-run
• Inability of smaller ULBs to pay matching share
• Post-construction O&M challenges
• Adoption and Acceptance of new technology
• Issues associated with design: Low rise vs. High rise
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• Enhanced Central support for EWS and LIG in smaller cities
• Inclusion of all the cities under RAY
• Incorporation of good PPP models in Affordable Housing sector
• Need to promote speedy and reliable Modern Building
• Duty Exemption to boost modern Building Technology
• Granting Infrastructure status to Affordable Housing Sector
• Extension of interest subsidy scheme through HUDCO and NHB
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• Progress of Stage-I (i.e. Enumeration, Supervision and Data
Verification & Correction) of SECC- 2011 (Urban) in Gujarat
• No. of Enumeration Blocks (EBs) are 47,294
• 47,200 (i.e. 99.8%) EBs Enumeration completed
• 47,193 (i.e. 99.99%) EBs supervision completed
• Data verification and correction stage: 47,193 EBs processed for V-file
and 37,472 EBs have generated V-file
• 6,612 (18%) EBs already uploaded C-file
• The total coverage of population is 2.11 crores in SECC-2011 out of
2.43 crores of Census-2011 (excluding Census Towns)
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• Employment of Manual Scavengers & Construction of Dry Latrines
(prohibition) Act, 1993 is in force in Gujarat
• State Govt. has reported number of times regarding non-existence of
manual scavenging which GoI has also accepted
• Census 2011:
Manual Scavenging Animal Operated
1158 2051
• Social Justice & Empowerment Department, GoG is Nodal Department
• Fresh survey on the basis of 2011 Census report is going on in the State
• Survey reports received from 3 Corporations and 6 Districts wherein no
manual scavenging is reported
• Survey to be completed by end of June, 2013
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• Launched in 2002-03
• Unit Cost :Rs. 4500/- & Revised to Rs. 8000/-
• Scheme was renamed as ‘Nirmal Gujarat Sauchalay’ Scheme
from 2008-09 onwards
• 30,826 units constructed in 2012-13
• 4.13 lakh units constructed at the cost of Rs. 180 crores
• 4.25 lakh units to be completed by 2016-17
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Sr.
No. Component Physical Target Achievement
1 Urban Self Employment Program (USEP)
(No of beneficiary)
2 Urban Women Self Employment Program
(UWSP) (No of Group)
3 Urban Women Self Help Program
(UWSP Revolving fund) (No of Members)
Financial
Target (Rs. In
lakhs)
4727 3921 1287.91
3096 36 1062.12
6450 1388 129.00
4 Skill Training for Employment Promotion
amongst Urban Poor (STEP-UP) Trained
5 Skill Training for Employment Promotion
amongst Urban Poor (STEP-UP) Placement
6 Urban Wage Employment Program (UWEP)
Mandays
Total
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75000 40778 2382.25
22500 23306 -
119110 31498 611.56
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• UMEED stands for Motivation, Employment,
Entrepreneurship, and Development for Urban Poor.
• Skill Development & Employment / Self Employment
Scheme of the State Government.
• Target Group: Unemployed urban poor between age
group of 18-35.
• Placement oriented skill.
• Funding Pattern 75% from STEP-UP (SJSRY) and 25%
from GoG.
• Duration of training : 2-12 weeks duration (Maximum
300 hours)
So far,
2,44,930 Youth enrolled
79,614 Trained
1,19,774 Employed
Auto Garage
Mobile Repairing
Computer Training
Center
Counseling for STEP-UP
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State Initiative: Mission Mangalam Urban
• A scheme launched by State Govt. in 2012 to ensure overall
development and empowerment of Urban Poor
• Formation of SHG/Sakhi Mandal of Urban Poor
• Imparting Skill Development Training
• SHGs engaged in saving, internal lending and economic activities
• Each SHG consisting of 10 -15 members
• Special focus on formation of all women SHGs
• So far 2505 SHGs formed in Municipal Corporation & 2677 in
Municipality
• 59,613 members registered so far
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