Lok Sabha Question No. 451 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2020-02-04
Subject: Target under PMAY-G
Ministry: RURAL DEVELOPMENT
Asked by: Chandra Sekhar Sahu, Pritam Gopinath Munde

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

## LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 451 TO BE ANSWERED ON 04.02.2020

## TARGET UNDER PMAY-G

## 451. SHRI CHANDRA SEKHAR SAHU: DR. PRITAM GOPINATHRAO MUNDE:

Will the Minister of RURAL DEVELOPMENT be pleased to state:

- (a) whether  the  target  of  building  one  crore  houses  in  the  rural  areas  of  the  country under the first phase of the Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana Grameen (PMAY-G) was March 31, 2019, as the deadline;
- (b) if  so,  the  status and the extent to which the deadline has been met and if not, the reasons therefor;
- (c) the number of houses constructed under the first phase of the PMAY-G at the end of December 2019;
- (d) whether  the  Government  had  set  a  target  to  build  over  51  lakh  houses  in  the financial  year  2019-20  under  the  second  phase  and  if  so,  the  number  of  houses constructed under the second phase of PMAY-G so far;
- (e) the details of the factors responsible for not achieving the rural housing targets in these phases; and
- (f) the corrective steps taken by the Government to accelerate the work?

## ANSWER MINISTER OF RURAL DEVELOPMENT (SHRI NARENDRA SINGH TOMAR)

(a) to (c): To achieve the objective of 'Housing for All' by 2022, target is construction of 2.95 crore  houses  under  Pradhan  Mantri  Awaas  Yojana  -  Gramin  (PMAY-G),  to  be  taken  up  in phases. In the first phase, 1.00 crore houses have been taken up for construction in three years from 2016-17 to 2018-19. A total of 86.21 lakh PMAY-G houses have been completed under the first  phase  of  Pradhan  Mantri  Awaas  Yojana  -  Gramin  (PMAY-G)  by  the  end  of  December, 2019.

(d) to (f): The Government has taken up construction of 60 lakh houses during the year 2019-20 under PMAY-G out of which target of 59.90 lakh houses have been allocated to States/UTs. As on 31.01.2020, the numbers of houses sanctioned and completed are 41.03 lakh and 6.52 lakh, respectively.  As  per  the  provisions  of  Framework  for  Implementation  of  PMAY-G,  the  time duration  given  for  construction  of  house  under  PMAY  -  G  is  12  months  from  the  date  of sanction of house.

In order to achieve the objective of 'Housing for All' by year 2022 and to ensure faster pace of completion, the Government has taken following measures:

-  Regular Video Conference (VC) meeting with States/ UTs at the level of Secretary/ Special Secretary to review the progress and address the issues
-  States/UTs to provide strategy for completion of houses from and regular follow-up on the same
-  District-wise review in the States with larger targets
-  Visits to the States by Officers of the Department to understand and address issues at the ground level
-  Timely availability and release of funds to the States/UTs
-  State-wise analysis of delayed houses and regular follow-up
-  Engaging  field functionaries by various States/UTs  for monitoring  and  facilitating beneficiaries in timely construction of houses.
-  Review and implementation of PMAY-G in DISHA meeting chaired by Hon'ble Members of Parliament.
-  Awards  to  the best performing  States/UTs, Districts based on  performance  index dashboard, thereby creating healthy competition and motivation among the States/ UTs for achieving the set targets.

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