1. ENUMERATION OF HUTS & IT ENABLED SELECTION PROCESS
F. Abdul Razick
Additional Director,
Rural Development and Panchayat Raj Department
Government of Tamil Nadu

2. Tamil Nadu - Some Basics
Unified Rural Development & Panchayat Raj Department – implementing various Central/State Schemes as well as supervising PRIs
31 Districts (excluding Chennai)
385 Blocks
12,618 Village Panchayats (~ 3,000 population)
1,20,000 officials
Rs.9,000 crores annual Schemes budget

3. Census Definitions
Permanent Houses – both walls & roof made of permanent materials.
e.g. Walls made of burnt bricks, stone, concrete, etc.,
Roof made of tiles, concrete, G.I., metal, Asbestos sheets, etc.
Temporary Houses – both walls & roof made of temporary materials.
e.g. Walls made of mud, unburnt bricks, plastic, bamboo, etc.,
Roof made of thatch, bamboo, wood, mud, plastic, etc.
Semi-permanent Houses – either wall or roof made of temporary materials, and the other made of permanent materials

4. Temporary Houses in Tamil Nadu – Census 2001
23% of households in Tamil Nadu live in temporary houses
All India average – 18%
Rural TN – 33% (1/3rd)
Urban TN – 10% (1/10th)

5. Huts in Rural Tamil Nadu
Estimate of number of Huts to be replaced
Census 2001 figures
Less IAY Allocations
Add for natural growth rate
21 Lakh huts in rural areas

9. Enumeration of all Huts
Need to freeze number and list of huts as on the cut-off date ( ).
Pilot Survey one Village Panchayat per Block (385 Blocks) in the State.
Main Survey in all Village Panchayats in the State.
Conducted during April – May, 2010.

10. Enumeration of all Huts (contd.)
3-member Enumeration Team, comprised of:
Village Administrative Officer;
Makkal Nala Paniyalar; and
Village Panchayat Assistant.
Enumeration as a ‘team’, not individually.
3-member team mandatory.
Super-checking Official: Deputy BDO / Deputy Tahsildar.

11. Enumeration of all Huts (contd.)
Intensive cascaded training
State level : Collectors, District Revenue Officers, Project Directors, DRDA.
District level : Deputy Collectors, Assistant Directors, Tahsildars, BDOs as Master Trainers.
Block level : Enumeration Teams and Super-checking officials.

12. Enumeration of all Huts (contd.)
Enumeration Register capturing
Details about the Household.
Details about the Hut.
Details about the House-site.
Signature of the resident taken.
Eligibility determined and recorded by the Enumeration Team, Super-checking Official independently.

13. Eligibility Criteria
Based on Ownership of land, and availability of ‘Identifiers’.
Land: Clear Title, Questionable Title, Land belonging to religious institutions, Unobjectionable Poramboke Land, Objectionable Poramboke Land.
Identifiers: Part No. & Serial No. in the May 2009 Parliamentary Electoral Roll, Ration card number, TNEB Service Connection Number, House Tax Assessment Number.

14. Eligibility Criteria (contd)
Huts classified as
Eligible
Conditionally Eligible
Ineligible
Determined by Enumeration Team.
Independently determined by Super-checking Official.
Finally determined by Software.

15. Enumeration Results Category No. of Huts Total No. of Huts enumerated
22.08 lakhs
Eligible Huts
12.37 lakhs
Conditionally Eligible Huts
3.31 lakhs
on Objectionable Porambokes
(requiring alternative sites)
1.64 lakhs
Ineligible Huts
4.76 lakhs

20. Enumeration Results No
Enumeration Results No. of Huts enumerated in each District (10 Districts with more than 1 lakh huts each)
District
No. of Huts
Villupuram
288,924
Cuddalore
210,386
Nagapattinam
150,012
Thanjavur
148,960
Kancheepuram
131,241
Vellore
130,219
Tiruvannamalai
128,436
Salem
126,014
Tiruvarur
119,842
Tiruvallur
103,920

21. Enumeration Results No
Enumeration Results No. of Huts enumerated in each District (10 Districts with 25 thousand -1 lakh huts each)
District
No. of Huts
Pudukottai
74,648
Trichy
74,085
Ariyalur
68,922
Dharmapuri
67,289
Namakkal
50,226
Krishnagiri
46,708
Erode
46,222
Dindigul
40,088
Perambalur
31,421
Madurai
26,012

22. Enumeration Results No
Enumeration Results No. of Huts enumerated in each District (11 Districts with less than 25 thousand huts each)
District
No. of Huts
Sivagangai
22,795
Karur
22,338
Ramanathapuram
21,391
Tiruppur
15,181
Tirunelveli
14,479
Thoothukudi
13,446
Coimbatore
10,310
Kanyakumari
8,603
Virudhunagar
7,243
Theni
2,351
Nilgiris
890

23. 2nd round of Field Verification
Photograph of every hut with the resident standing in front, holding a board containing a new door number and serial number in the Enumeration Register.
Photograph affixed on software-generated Application-cum-Verification form, and signature of resident taken.

25. Role of Information Technology
Web-based Software developed by NIC.
Stage 1: All entries from the Enumeration Registers entered into the RHS Database.
Distributed web-based data entry from 385 Blocks.
Stage 2: Onscreen Comparison and Confirmation, to ensure that the Database is an exact replica of the Enumeration Registers

26. Role of Information Technology (contd.)
Generation of Application-cum-Verification Forms for 2nd Round of Field Visits.
Generation of list of beneficiaries.
Generation of individual work orders.
Generation of lists of huts for follow-up action, like issue of pattas etc.

27. Allocation of Permanent Houses
To each Village Panchayat: a fixed component of 10 huts, plus a variable component in proportion to number of Eligible Huts.
So that ‘smaller’ Village Panchayats can be covered completely in the first year itself.

28. Allocation of Permanent Houses (contd.)
Within each Village Panchayat : Sub-allocation to each Community (ST,SC,MBC,BC,OC) in proportion to the number of Eligible Huts.
To ensure inter-Community equity.
IAY: 60% of Houses allotted to SCs/STs, causing heart-burn to non-SC/STs.

29. Allocation of Permanent Houses (contd.)
Within each Community : Habitations arranged in descending order of number of Eligible Huts of the Community, and sub-allocation of permanent houses done.
To ensure certainty and transparency in the priority of selection.
Systematic coverage of the ‘larger’ habitations, for greater impact and ease of implementation.

30. Selection of Beneficiaries
Within each Habitation : A simple, fair, transparent and automatic process for selection of beneficiaries.
Beneficiaries selected in ascending order of new door number as per the May 2009 Parliamentary Electoral Roll.
Selection of all 3 lakh beneficiaries done using the Software specially developed by NIC.

31. Issue of Work Orders
List of Eligible Huts generated by the Software, and placed before Grama Sabha for information on and
Work Orders generated by the Software, and issued to the beneficiaries from

32. Construction of Houses
Cement, Steel– supplied Departmentally.
Bricks
co-ordinated by Collectors.
Firm orders – lead to reduced prices.
Additional Brick Kilns by SHGs.
Sand
Additional Quarries opened in each Block exclusively for the Scheme.

33. Construction of Houses (contd.)
Masons
Mason apprentices trained under various Schemes.
Measurements taken by Overseers (Basement, Lintel level, Roof Laid stage and upon Completion)
Payments done to beneficiaries’ Bank Accounts by the Village Panchayats.

34. Construction in Progress
RURAL HOUSING SCHEME –
Construction in Progress

35. Construction in Progress
RURAL HOUSING SCHEME –
Construction in Progress

36. Construction in Progress
RURAL HOUSING SCHEME –
Construction in Progress

37. Construction in Progress
RURAL HOUSING SCHEME –
Construction in Progress

38. Construction in Progress
RURAL HOUSING SCHEME –
Construction in Progress

39. Construction in Progress
RURAL HOUSING SCHEME –
Construction in Progress

40. RURAL HOUSING SCHEME –
After Completion

41. RURAL HOUSING SCHEME –
After Completion

42. RURAL HOUSING SCHEME –
After Completion

43. RURAL HOUSING SCHEME –
After Completion

44. Current Status RHS Phase I 1,00,000 houses completed
1,00,000 houses in advanced stages of completion
1,00,000 houses under progress

45. “GREEN HOUSE”
The State Government have announced a new Housing Scheme “GREEN HOUSE”.
Each house in 300 sq.ft.
Unit cost fixed at Rs.1,80,000/-
Solar Powered Lights to each house
Will be implemented from 45

46. Green House – Model Design

47. Plan of Green House Plinth Area in sq.ft. Living room : 130
Bed room : 88
Kitchen : 62
Toilet : 20
Total

48. Thank You