Centre to consider setting up inquiry for not allotting flats in Delhi under JNNURM: Manohar Lal

Centre considers inquiry into non-allotment of 48,000 JNNURM flats in Delhi, as Minister highlights poor living conditions.

Union Housing and Urban Affairs Minister Manohar Lal on Monday (February 9, 2026) said the Centre will consider a suggestion to set up an inquiry for non-allotment of around 48,000 flats constructed in the national capital for the poor under Jawaharlal Nehru National Urban Renewal Mission (JNNURM).

Replying to a supplementary during Question Hour in the Rajya Sabha, the Minister said flats in Delhi were constructed in 2012 under the JNNURM scheme, with the support of both the central and State government.

Mr. Lal said he was "astonished" that these homes were not allotted to the poor by the then Delhi government under Aam Aadmi Party (AAP).

He said the conditions of the remaining flats, nearly 48,000 units, have become worse and some are not even livable.

The Minister was replying to a question by Rajya Sabha Member Swati Maliwal, who said that only 4,871 flats were allotted to the poor out of the total 52,344 flats constructed.

Ms. Maliwal accused the then AAP government in Delhi for not allotting these flats because of vote bank politics as it wanted to take credit.