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Slum Statistics And Census
GOVERNMENT OF INDIA
MINISTRY OF HOUSING AND URBAN POVERTY ALLEVIATION
RAJYA SABHA
QUESTION NO 527
ANSWERED ON 08.08.2013
SHRI Y.S. CHOWDARY Will the Minister of HOUSING AND URBAN POVERTY ALLEVIATION be pleased to satate :-
(a) whether Government has constituted any Committee to look into the various aspects of Slum Statistics and Census; (b) whether the Committee has submitted its report to Government, if so, the details thereof; and (c) whether Government has taken action on the report submitted by the Committee?
ANSWER
THE MINISTER OF HOUSING AND URBAN POVERTY ALLEVIATION [DR. (Ms.) GIRIJA VYAS] (a) to (c): Yes Sir, a Committee under the Chairmanship of Secretary, Ministry of Statistics & Programme Implementation, was constituted in July 2008 to look into various aspects of Slum Statistics/Census and guide conduct of Slum Census 2011. The Committee submitted its Report in August 2010. The summary of recommendations of the Committee is annexed. As per Report of the Committee, the methodology for coverage of slums and criteria to decide slum like household was adopted in Census 2011. *****
ANNEXURE REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO RSUQ No. 527 FOR 08.08.2013 The summary of the recommendations of the Committee
Estimated Slum Population in the Country: The estimate of slum population in the country for the year 2001 was 75.26 million and the projected slum population in the country for the year 2011 was 93.06 million. (Statement –I & II)
Coverage for Slum Census 2011: All the Statutory Towns will be covered in 2011 census as per the following Methodology:
1. The ORGI will use exactly the same definition used in Census 2001 for delineating the ‘slum blocks’ in the notified, recognized and identified slum areas of each statutory town. The M/O Housing and Urban Poverty Alleviation (M/O HUPA) will issue suitable instructions requesting all the State Governments and municipal Commissioners to extend necessary support in earmarking these areas during the House listing Operations scheduled to commence from April 2010.
2. In addition, the House listing and Housing Census data will be used for earmarking the ‘slum-like’ clusters uniformly throughout the country, since the condition of census house where the households live, the amenities available to the households, etc. is recorded at this phase of the Census operations.
3. The ORGI will identify all the House Listing Blocks (HLBs) where at least 20 households satisfying the set criterion exist. Subsequently, the ORGI will hand over the layout maps of these HLBs to the M/O Housing and Urban Poverty Alleviation (M/O HUPA).
4. The M/O HUPA will undertake independent ground verification at these HLBs to decide whether these blocks can be additionally earmarked as blocks with ‘slum-like’ clusters. The ORGI will not be involved in the ground verification phase.
Criteria to decide a slum-like household based on Census 2011 House listing and Housing Census data 1. Any household which satisfy all the four conditions mentioned underneath will be considered as a ‘slum-like’ household. The four conditions are: i. Predominant material of Roof of the Census House: Roof should be made of any material other than concrete. “Concrete’ would include both Reinforced Bricks Concrete (RBC) and Reinforced Cement Concrete (RCC), ii. Availability of drinking water source: Source of drinking water should not be available within the premises of the census house, iii. Type of latrine: Household does not have any latrine facility within the premises of the census house, i.e., they either have public latrine or no latrine. iv. Type of drainage: Household does not have closed drainage.
2. Any House Listing Block with at least 20 households devoid of the four facilities with respect to housing condition, drinking water, latrine and drainage, as explained above, will be considered as a HLB having a chance of having a ‘slum-like’ cluster.
3. The ORGI would provide the layout maps of these earmarked HLBs to M/O HUPA.
4. The M/O HUPA would confirm the same after independent ground verification of these earmarked HLBs, whose layout maps would be provided by the ORGI.
All the households from slum like clusters and the households in slum EBs as per census definition would together give the slum population in the country. This method would be employed in every Census so that the Ministry would have periodic and comparable updates and growth trends.
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Statement -I Table: State wise Estimated Slum Population for all 5161 Towns in 2001 Please check http://164.100.47.4
Source: Report of the Committee on Slum statistics/Census 2010
SHRI Y.S. CHOWDARY Will the Minister of HOUSING AND URBAN POVERTY ALLEVIATION be pleased to satate :-
(a) whether Government has constituted any Committee to look into the various aspects of Slum Statistics and Census; (b) whether the Committee has submitted its report to Government, if so, the details thereof; and (c) whether Government has taken action on the report submitted by the Committee?
ANSWER
THE MINISTER OF HOUSING AND URBAN POVERTY ALLEVIATION [DR. (Ms.) GIRIJA VYAS] (a) to (c): Yes Sir, a Committee under the Chairmanship of Secretary, Ministry of Statistics & Programme Implementation, was constituted in July 2008 to look into various aspects of Slum Statistics/Census and guide conduct of Slum Census 2011. The Committee submitted its Report in August 2010. The summary of recommendations of the Committee is annexed. As per Report of the Committee, the methodology for coverage of slums and criteria to decide slum like household was adopted in Census 2011. *****
ANNEXURE REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO RSUQ No. 527 FOR 08.08.2013 The summary of the recommendations of the Committee
Estimated Slum Population in the Country: The estimate of slum population in the country for the year 2001 was 75.26 million and the projected slum population in the country for the year 2011 was 93.06 million. (Statement –I & II)
Coverage for Slum Census 2011: All the Statutory Towns will be covered in 2011 census as per the following Methodology:
1. The ORGI will use exactly the same definition used in Census 2001 for delineating the ‘slum blocks’ in the notified, recognized and identified slum areas of each statutory town. The M/O Housing and Urban Poverty Alleviation (M/O HUPA) will issue suitable instructions requesting all the State Governments and municipal Commissioners to extend necessary support in earmarking these areas during the House listing Operations scheduled to commence from April 2010.
2. In addition, the House listing and Housing Census data will be used for earmarking the ‘slum-like’ clusters uniformly throughout the country, since the condition of census house where the households live, the amenities available to the households, etc. is recorded at this phase of the Census operations.
3. The ORGI will identify all the House Listing Blocks (HLBs) where at least 20 households satisfying the set criterion exist. Subsequently, the ORGI will hand over the layout maps of these HLBs to the M/O Housing and Urban Poverty Alleviation (M/O HUPA).
4. The M/O HUPA will undertake independent ground verification at these HLBs to decide whether these blocks can be additionally earmarked as blocks with ‘slum-like’ clusters. The ORGI will not be involved in the ground verification phase.
Criteria to decide a slum-like household based on Census 2011 House listing and Housing Census data 1. Any household which satisfy all the four conditions mentioned underneath will be considered as a ‘slum-like’ household. The four conditions are: i. Predominant material of Roof of the Census House: Roof should be made of any material other than concrete. “Concrete’ would include both Reinforced Bricks Concrete (RBC) and Reinforced Cement Concrete (RCC), ii. Availability of drinking water source: Source of drinking water should not be available within the premises of the census house, iii. Type of latrine: Household does not have any latrine facility within the premises of the census house, i.e., they either have public latrine or no latrine. iv. Type of drainage: Household does not have closed drainage.
2. Any House Listing Block with at least 20 households devoid of the four facilities with respect to housing condition, drinking water, latrine and drainage, as explained above, will be considered as a HLB having a chance of having a ‘slum-like’ cluster.
3. The ORGI would provide the layout maps of these earmarked HLBs to M/O HUPA.
4. The M/O HUPA would confirm the same after independent ground verification of these earmarked HLBs, whose layout maps would be provided by the ORGI.
All the households from slum like clusters and the households in slum EBs as per census definition would together give the slum population in the country. This method would be employed in every Census so that the Ministry would have periodic and comparable updates and growth trends.
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Statement -I Table: State wise Estimated Slum Population for all 5161 Towns in 2001 Please check http://164.100.47.4
Source: Report of the Committee on Slum statistics/Census 2010
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