Lok Sabha Question No. 1556 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2017-03-09
Subject: Transparency in PMAY-G
Ministry: RURAL DEVELOPMENT
Asked by: RAM TAHAL CHOUDHARY, RAMA DEVI, MANSUKHBHAI DHANJIBHAI VASAVA, HARISHCHANDRA DEORAM CHAVAN, PRATAPRAO GANPATRAO JADHAV, CHANDRAKANT BHAURAO KHAIRE

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF RURAL DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT OF RURAL DEVELOPMENT

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1 556

## TO BE ANSWERED ON 09.0 3.2017

## Transparency in PMAY - G

## 1556. SHRI RAM TAHAL CHOUDHARY :

SHRIMATI RAMA DEVI :

SHRI MANSUKHBHAI DHANJIBHAI VASAVA :

SHRI HARISHCHANDRA CHAVAN :

SHRI PRATAPRAO JADHAV :

SRI CHANDRAKANT KHAIRE :

Will the Minister of RURAL DEVELOPMENT be pleased to state:

- (a) the  details  of  the  provisions  made  for  ensuring  transparency  in  selectio beneficiaries, quality and timely construction of houses under Pradhan MantriAwasYojana- Gramin (PMAY - G).
- (b) the monitoring mechanism put in place to ensure transparency and to take st action in case of any discrimination in selection of beneficiaries, compromi quality and delays in completion of construction work;
- (c) whether  any  action  was  taken  against  any  officials  for  the  above  mention violations since the launching of the scheme and if so, the details thereof UT - wise and if not, the reasons there for;
- (d) whether some persons are charging commission for providing housing under the scheme and if so, the details thereof and the action taken thereon, State/ UT - wise; and
- (e) thesteps being taken/ proposed to be taken by the Government for the effect implementation of the said scheme?

## ANSWER MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF RURAL DEVELOPMENT (SHRI RAM KRIPAL YADAV)

(a), (b), (c) and ( e) : To  ensure  transparency  in selection of  beneficiaries  in  PMAY - G, objectively  verifiable  norms  and  parameters  reflecting  housing  deprivation  from  the Economic  and  Caste  Census  (SECC)  data  are  being  used to  determine  eligibility  under  the scheme.Priority lists, prepared using S ECC data, are being verified by the Gr am Sabha (GS) and theGram Sabha resolution isuploaded on the MIS - AwaasSoft. A ny grievance is placed before the Appellate Committee constituted at the district level. The entire process leading finalisation of the priority lists can be monitored and tracked through reports available in the public domain on the MIS.

Other transparency measuresinclude monitoring and assessment of the scheme by Performance Review Committee,Area Officers, National Level Monitors and DISHA Committee which is headed by an Hon'ble Member of Parliament. For community oversight on the scheme, social audits have been made a m andatory feature of PMAY - G  which are  to  be  conducted in  every Gram Panchayat at least once in a year .

To ensure  quality  of  house , availability  of  skilled  masons  in  the  rural  areas  is  importa Accordingly, Ministry is undertaking training, assessment and certification of rural masons by National Skill Development Corporation (NSDC) . For regular monitoring of house construction and  provide  requisite  technical  facilitation  to  the  beneficiary ,  field  functionaries  are  being tagged/mapped with each of them . To ensure variety and quality of house, a wide menu of zone wise  house  design  typologies,  incorporating  disaster  resilient  features,  is  made  avai PMAY - G beneficiaries including on Rural H ousing Knowledge Network (RHKN) web portal.

DirectBenefit Transfer (DBT) to the beneficiaries has reduced instances of delayed payments thereby facilitating timely construction.  The mobile App lication 'AwaasApp' has empowered officials and citizens to capture geo - referenced, time and date stampedphotographs of the house at  various  stages  of  construction  thereby  reducing  time  lags  in  verification a d xpediting disbursal  of  assistance  to  the  beneficiaries. C onstitut ion of Progr amme  Management  Units

(PMU)  for supervision,  MIS  based  monitoring  and  so cial  mobilization, etc.  are  some  other measuresto ensure timely completion of house construction. Some States provide performan incentives  to  beneficiaries  and  field  level  functionaries  to  incentivi se  prompt  construction  of house under PMAY-G.

Since  co nstruction  of  house  under  PMAY - G  is  beneficiary  led,  there  is  no  provision  for penalising poor quality or delayed construction. Instead the State Government have been advised to incentivise, encourage and provide requisite technical support to the benefici aries to enable timely and quality construction.

(d) No instance of persons charging commission for providing housing under the schem has come to the notice of the Ministry of Rural Development.

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