Lok Sabha Question No. 2627 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2019-07-09
Subject: Indira Awas Yojana
Ministry: RURAL DEVELOPMENT
Asked by: Krupal Balaji Tumane, Sanjay Haribhau Jadhav

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

## LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 2627 TO BE ANSWERED ON 09.07.2019

## INDIRA AWAS YOJANA

2627.  SHRI  KRUPAL BALAJI TUMANE: SHRI  SANJAY HARIBHAU JADHAV:

Will the Minister of RURAL DEVELOPMENT be pleased to state:

- (a) whether the Government has conducted any review of the progress of the Indira Awas Yojana in various States;
- (b) if so, the details and the outcome thereof State-wise;
- (c) whether the Government proposes to revamp the said scheme and if so, the details thereof and the reaction of the Government thereto;
- (d) the modalities being adopted for revamping the said scheme; and
- (e) the steps taken by the Government to ensure housing for all within the stipulated period of time?

## ANSWER

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

(a) to (d): The  erstwhile rural  housing  scheme  Indira  AwaasYojana  (IAY)  aimed  at providing  houses  to  families  Below  Poverty  Line  (BPL)  in  rural  areas.  The    Comptroller  and Auditor  General  (C&AG)  in  their  Performance  Audit  Report  on  IAY  pointed  out  major challenges in implementation including non-assessment of housing shortage, lack of transparency  in  selection  of  beneficiaries,  low  quality  of  house,  lack  of  technical  supervision, lack of convergence, weak mechanism for monitoring, etc.

To address these shortcomings and lacunae in IAY and in the context of Government's priority for  'Housing for All' by  2022, the scheme has  been restructured into Pradhan Mantri Awaas Yojana - Gramin (PMAY-G), which came into effect from 1st April, 2016.

PMAY-G aims to provide a pucca house with basic amenities to all houseless households and households living in kutcha and dilapidated house in rural areas by 2022. The beneficiaries are identified  based  on  housing  deprivation  parameters  as  per  Socio  Economic  Caste  Census (SECC), 2011 after due verification by Gram Sabha.

To  achieve  the  objective  of  'Housing  for  All'  by  2022  in  rural  areas,  it  is  aimed  to  provide assistance for construction of 2.95 crore houses. In the first phase from 2016-17 to 2018-19, the target  assigned  to  the  States  /  UTs  is  construction  of  1.00  crore  houses.  Under  phase  II, assistance would be provided for construction of remaining 1.95 crore houses in three years i.e., 2019-20 to 2021-22.  The year-wise targets under Phase -II is as under:-

| Financial Year   | Target (Number of houses)   |
|------------------|-----------------------------|
| 2019-20          | 60.00 Lakh                  |
| 2020-21          | 70.00 Lakh                  |
| 2021-22          | 65.00 Lakh                  |

(e): To achieve the objective of 'Housing for All' by 2022 in rural areas, the Government has taken following steps under PMAY-G:

- i. All States / UTs now have a single bank account of PMAY-G at the State/UT level, the State  Nodal  Account,  from  where  the  assistance  is  transferred  directly  to  beneficiary account through Fund Transfer Order, thus ensuring smooth and faster transfer of funds to the beneficiary.
- ii. Implementation  and  monitoring  of  the  scheme  is  through  end  to  end  e-Governance model. All activities of implementation of scheme from identification of beneficiaries till completion of houses are done through MIS-AwaasSoft.
- iii. Evidence based monitoring of construction of house through uploading of geo-tagged photographs  at  each  pre-determined  stage  of  house  construction  through  the  mobile application- AwaasApp. This has helped in reduction of time in verification of house construction enabling  faster release of assistance leading to timely house completion.
- iv. Increasing availability of trained rural mason by implementing 'on the job' Rural Mason Training Programme which has helped in construction of quality houses at a faster pace.
- v. Assigning  each  house  sanctioned  under  PMAY-G  to  a  local  functionary  to  improve monitoring and facilitate timely construction of houses.
- vi. Awards  to  the  best  performing  States/UTs  based  on  performance  index  dashboard, thereby  creating  healthy  competition  and  motivation  among  the  States/  UTs  for achieving the set targets.

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