CGEWHO: Details of Housing Scheme for Government Employees

GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

MINISTRY OF HOUSING AND URBAN POVERTY ALLEVIATION

LOK SABHA

STARRED QUESTION NO 207

ANSWERED ON 05.02.2014

HOUSING SCHEME FOR GOVERNMENT EMPLOYEES

207 . Shri CHAUHAN MAHENDRASINH

Will the Minister of HOUSING AND URBAN POVERTY ALLEVIATION be pleased to state:-

(a) whether Central Government Employees’ Welfare Housing Organisation (CGEWHO) undertakes housing projects for the Central Government employees in different parts of the country;

(b) if so, the details thereof including the projects in progress and under planning;

(c) whether the CGEWHO has conducted any survey to assess the requirement/ shortage of houses for the Central Government employees;

(d) if so, the details and the outcome thereof; and

(e) the steps taken/ proposed to be taken by the Government to address the issue?

ANSWER

(a): Yes, Madam.

(b): The details are at Annexure-I.

(c): Yes.

(d): Central Government Employees’ Welfare Housing Organisation (CGEWHO) has conducted demand survey in respect of 20 stations in August 2009, the details of which are at Annexure II.

(e): Since its inception in 1990, the CGEWHO has been able to complete 29 housing projects across the country, catering to 13345 Central Government employees. Besides, the construction of 6010 dwelling units is under progress and under planning. Further projects will be based on the availability of land by the respective State Government entities. In the absence of land not being provided by the State Governments, CGEWHO would consider taking up feasible turnkey projects.

Annexure-I

CGEWHO has completed 40 projects consisting of 38 housing projects consisting of 19355 DUs and two institutional projects as per details given below at various locations in different parts of the country : Completed Projects : a)Housing Projects S.No. Station No. of Dwelling Units (DUs) Year of Completion 1 Chennai (Ph I), Tamil Nadu 524 1995 2 Nerul, Navi Mumbai, Maharashtra 384 1996 3 Panchkula (Ph I), Haryana 98 1997 4 Kolkata (Ph I), West Bengal 576 1997 5 NOIDA (Ph I), UP 692 1997 6 NOIDA (Ph II), UP 508 1998 7 Kharghar, Navi Mumbai, Maharashtra 1230 1998 8 Gurgaon (Ph I), Haryana 1088 1999 9 Chandigarh, UT 305 2000 10 Bangalore, Karnataka 603 2001 11 Hyderabad (Ph I), Andhra Pradesh 344 2001 12 Kochi, Cochin 43 2001 13 Gurgaon (Ph II), Haryana 852 2002 14 Pune (Ph I), Maharashtra 159 2003 15 NOIDA (Ph III), UP 980 2003 16 NOIDA (Ph IV), UP 720 2005 17 Ahmedabad, Gujarat 310 2005 18 Jaipur (Ph I), Rajasthan 184 2005 19 Hyderabad (Ph II), Andhra Pradesh 178 2006 20 Panchkula (Ph II), Haryana 240 2006 21 NOIDA (Ph V), UP 576 2007 22 Lucknow, UP 130 2008 23 Pune (Ph II), Maharashtra 148 2008 24 Chennai (Ph II), Tamil Nadu 572 2012 25 Jaipur (Ph II), Rajasthan 572 2012 26 Hyderabad (Ph III), Andhra Pradesh 380 2012 27 Bhubaneswar (Ph I), Orissa 256 2013 28 Mohali (Ph I), Punjab 603 2013 29 Meerut (Ph I), UP    90 2013 Total 13345 b.  Institutional Projects 1 Army Institute of Management & Technology (Ph I)                2005 2 Army Institute of Management & Technology  (Ph II)                2007

Projects in progress are as below : 1 Kolkata (Ph II) 582 DUs 2 Mohali (Ph II) 615 DUs 3 Bhubaneswar (Ph II) 240 DUs 4 Greater NOIDA 2130 DUs Total 3567 DUs

Projects under planning : 1 Chennai (Ph III) 1220 DUs 2 Meerut (Ph II) 600 DUs 3 SAS Nagar, Mohali 226 DUs 4 Vishakhapatnam (Ph I) 250 DUs 5 Mohali (Ph III) 147 DUs Total 2443 DUs

Annexure-II

The demand survey has been conducted by CGEWHO in August 2009 for following 20 stations:

i) Chandigarh
ii)  Pune
iii) Patna
iv) Dehradun
v) Nagpur
vi) Thiruvanathapuram
vii) Mysore
viii) Shimla
ix) Jabalpur
x)    Guwahati
xi) Ranchi
xii) Vadodara
xiii) Bhopal
xiv) Goa
xv) Agra
xvi) Allahabad
xvii) Indore
xviii) Raipur
xix) Siliguri
xx) Jammu

The response received from prospective beneficiaries was analyzed and the stations categorized as under :
i) Category I – More than 500 applicants
ii) Category II – Between 1 to 500 applicants
iii) Category III – Less than 100 applicants
The details are as under:

Station	No. of applications received
Category I i) Chandigarh ii) Pune iii) Patna iv) Dehradun v) Nagpur vi) Thiruvanthapuram	2012 1608 960 954 792 621
Category II i) Mysore ii) Shimla iii) Jabalpur iv) Guwahati v) Ranchi vi) Vadodra vii) Bhopal viii) Goa	334 244 239 226 195 170 139 127
Category III i) Agra ii) Allahabad iii) Indore iv) Raipur v) Siliguri vi) Jammu	96 90 73 69 62 42