Lok Sabha Question No. 3619 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2017-03-23
Subject: Misappropriation of Funds under PMAY-G
Ministry: RURAL DEVELOPMENT
Asked by: HARISHCHANDRA DEORAM CHAVAN, MANSUKHBHAI DHANJIBHAI VASAVA

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

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO .3619

TO BE ANSWERED ON 23.03 .2017

## MISAPPROPRIATION OF FUNDS UNDER PMAY -G

## 3619. SHRI HARISHCHANDRA CHAVAN: SHRI MANSUKHBHAI DHANJIBHAI VASAVA:

Will the Minister of RURAL DEVELOPMENT be pleased to state:

- (a) the  provisions  made  by  the  Government  to  check  the  misappropriation  of  fu released under the Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana -Gramin (PMAY - G);
- (b) thedetails of monitoring mechanism in operation regarding the above said provi
- (c) the impact of the diversion of funds under the said scheme; and
- (d) the reaction of the Government thereto?

## ANSWER

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

- (a) : Pradhan Mantri Awaas Yojana -Gramin (PMAY - G) contains following provisions to check misappropriation of funds released under the scheme:
- i . The beneficiaries  of  PMAY - G  are  identified  based  on  the  housing  deprivation parameters as per Socio -Economic and Caste Census (SECC) 2011 data. Accordingly, all households who are houseless or living in zero, one and two room kutcha (both  wall  and  roof  b eing  kutcha),  subject  to  exclusion  criteria  as  per  SECC - 2011 data,  and  after  due  verification  by  Gram  Sabha,  are  provided  assistanc construction  of  house  under  PMAY - G.  The  use  of  objectively  verifiable  norms  to identify eligible beneficiaries increase s transparency and reduce scope for discretion in selection.
- ii . Funds relating to rural housing scheme PMAY -G are kept in a dedicated account at the  State/UT  level  from  where  all  payments  pertaining  to  the  scheme  incl transfer  of  assistance  to  the  benefi ciaries  are  made  electronically  through  Fund Transfer Oder (FTO).
- iii . Under PMAY - G, the assistance to beneficiaries is transferred electronically the AwaasSoft - PFMS platform. This ensures seamless transfer of funds electronic into the Bank/Post Of fice account of each beneficiary through Fund Transfer Ord (FTO).
- iv . An android based mobile application -'AwaasApp' has been launched by the Ministry for inspection of houses. Capturing geo -referenced photographs of different stages of construction  throug h  AwaasApp  and  uploading  the  same  on  AwaasSoft  has  been made  mandatory  under  the  scheme  of  PMAY - G  for  release  of  assistance  to  the beneficiaries.

(b) : The scheme is monitored very closely at all levels and with special emphasis on and tim ely completion of construction.

- i . All  data  regarding  beneficiaries,  progress  of  construction  and  release  o including photographs and inspection reports are placed on AwaasSoft and form the basis for follow up on both the financial and physical progress of the scheme.
- ii . The physical progress in construction is monitored through the photographs upl at every stage of construction as decided by the State Government.
- iii . National L evel Monitors and Area Officers of the Ministry also visit PMAY - G houses during  the  field  visits,  to  the  extent  possible  to  assess  the  progress, followed for selection of beneficiaries etc.,
- iv . The  Project  Management  Unit  (PMU)  at  the  State  level  un dertake  the  tasks  of implementation,  monitoring  and  quality  supervision.  Officers  at  the  Block should  inspect  as  far  as  possible  10%  of  the  houses  at  each  stage  of  const District level officers should inspect 2% of the houses at each stage of construc ion. Every house sanctioned under PMAY - G are to be tagged to a village level functiona (Gram Rozgar Sahayak or any other village level worker) whose task is to foll - up with the beneficiary and facilitate construction.
- v. A community based parti cipatory monitoring system is to be put in place utilizin services of the SHG network under NRLM.  The services of NGOs and Civil Socie Organisations  (CSOs)  are  also  to  be  utilised  for  creating  awareness  abov programme and monitoring the progre ss and quality of construction of the house.
- vi . Formal Social Audit is to be conducted in every Gram Panchayat at least once year, involving a mandatory review of all aspects.
- vii . Payment  of  assistance  to  beneficiaries  who  have  been  sanctioned  houses  is e directly  into  the  bank  /  post  office  accounts  through  the  AwaasSoft - PFMS electronically. This lead to increased transparency by enabling real time moni funds disbursed to beneficiaries.

(c) & (d) : The provisions prescribed in the Framework for Implementation of PMAY - G regarding release of funds prevent scope for diversion of funds.

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