Lok Sabha Question No. 63 (STARRED), answered on 2020-02-06
Subject: Affordable Housing under PMAY
Ministry: HOUSING AND URBAN AFFAIRS
Asked by: Chandra Prakash Choudhary, Kuruva Gorantla Madhav

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF HOUSING AND URBAN AFFAIRS

## LOK SABHA

## STARRED QUESTION NO. 63

## TO BE ANSWERED ON FEBRUARY 06, 2020 AFFORDABLE HOUSING UNDER PMAY

## No. *63. SHRI CHANDRA PRAKASH CHOUDHARY: SHRI KURUVA GORANTLA MADHAV:

## Will the Minister of HOUSING AND URBAN AFFAIRS be pleased to state:

- (a) the number of cities selected for construction affordable houses under various stages of Pradhan Mantri Awas   Yojana
- (PMAY); State-wise including Jharkhand and Andhra Pradesh;
- (b) whether the target to select 100 cities to be included in the first
- phase of the said yojana has been achieved;
- (c) if the number housing units constructed or being constructed thereunder in the first phase, especially in Jharkhand;
- (d) whether the Government follows the specific quality norms for the construction of houses; and
- (e) if so, the details thereof and if not, the reasons therefor along with the remedial measures taken in this regard?

## ANSWER

THE MINISTER OF STATE (INDEPENDENT CHARGE) OF THE MINISTRY OF HOUSING AND URBAN AFFAIRS

(SHRI HARDEEP SINGH PURI)

(a) to (e): A statement is laid on the Table of the Sabha:

STATEMENT REFERRED IN REPLY TO LOK SABHA STARRED QUESTION NO. *63 FOR 06.02.2020 REGARDING 'AFFORDABLE HOUSING UNDER PMAY'

- (a) : The StatelUnion Territory (UT)-wise including Jharkhand and Andhra Pradesh details of number of cities selected for construction of affordable houses under Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana Urban (PMAY-U) Mission are at Annexure-I:
- (b) : Yes, Sir- Phase-wise provision for inclusion of cities under PMAY-U Mission was relaxed in March, 2016 to include all statutory towns as per Census 2011 and towns notified  subsequently  including Notified Planning/Development Areas- So far, against the validated demand of 1.12 crore houses, 1.03 crore houses have been sanctioned across cities in the country under various verticals of PMAY-U Mission.
- (c) Till now, 1,98,751 houses have been sanctioned in the State of Jharkhand under PMAY-U Mission, out of which 1,35,156 houses have been grounded and 76,865 completedldelivered respectively: The details of physical and financial progress of PMAY-U Mission in the State of Jharkhand are at Annexure-II.
- (d) & (e): Yes, SirThe PMAY-U Mission guidelines stipulate that houses constructed under the Mission under each component should conform to the standards provided in National   Building Code (NBC): The houses under the Mission are designed and constructed to meet the requirements of structural safety against earthquake, flood, cyclone, landslides etc. conforming to the NBC and other relevant Bureau of Indian Standards (BIS) codes. In order to ensure quality of houses sanctioned under the Mission, apart from regular quality checks by Urban Local Bodies
- (ULBs)Implementing Agencies (IAs); Third Party Quality

Monitoring (TPQM) of all the ongoing projects is also mandatory: StateslUTs engage Third Party Quality Monitoring Agency (TPQMA) to ensure quality of construction under various components of the Mission:

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## Annexure-| referred in reply to LS SQ No. *63 due for answer on 06.02.2020

## State/UT-wise details of cities selected for construction of affordable houses under the PMAY-U Mission

| S. No.   | Name of the StateUT   | Houses Sanctioned in Cities/Towns (Nos. _   | No of Houses Sanctioned (Nos:)   |
|----------|-----------------------|---------------------------------------------|----------------------------------|
| 1        | A&N Island (UT)       | 1                                           | 612                              |
| 2        | Andhra Pradesh        | 183                                         | 20,07,430                        |
| 3        | Arunachal Pradesh     | 29                                          | 7,230                            |
| 4        | Assam                 | 98                                          | 1,17,493                         |
| 5        | Bihar                 | 145                                         | 3,13,039                         |
| 6        | Chandigarh (UT)       | 1                                           |                                  |
| 7        | Chhattisgarh          | 165                                         | 2,55,011                         |
| 8        | D&N Haveli (UT)       | 1                                           | 4,333                            |
| 9        | Daman & Diu (UT)      | 2                                           | 1,236                            |
| 10       | Delhi (UT)            | 5                                           | 17,303                           |
| 11       | Goa                   | 14                                          | 855                              |
| 12       | Gujarat               | 192                                         | 6,44,446                         |
| 13       | Haryana               | 86                                          | 2,67,727                         |
| 14       | Himachal Pradesh      | 53                                          | 9,986                            |
| 15       | Jammu & Kashmir       | 80                                          | 54,615                           |
| 16       | Jharkhand             | 45                                          | 1,98,751                         |
| 17       | Karnataka             | 277                                         | 6,52,455                         |
| 18       | Kerala                | 96                                          | 1,29,555                         |
| 19       | Ladakh (UT)           | 2                                           | 1,777                            |
| 20       | Lakshdweep (UT)       |                                             |                                  |
| 21       | Madhya Pradesh        | 385                                         | 7,84,976                         |
| 22       | Maharashtra           | 386                                         | 11,77,084                        |
| 23       | Manipur               | 27                                          | 42,825                           |
| 24       | Meghalaya             | 10                                          | 4,692                            |
| 25       | Mizoram               | 23                                          | 30,357                           |
| 26       | Nagaland              | 32                                          | 32,001                           |
| 27       | Odisha                | 118                                         |                                  |
| 28       | Puducherry (UT)       | 6                                           | 13,419                           |
| 29       | Punjab                | 167                                         | 90,631                           |
| 30       | Rajasthan             | 171                                         | 2,00,530                         |
| 31       | Sikkim                | 8                                           | 537                              |
| 32       | TamilNadu             | 719                                         | 7,68,938                         |
| 33       | Telangana             | 70                                          | 2,16,860                         |
| 34       | Tripura               | 20                                          | 82,088                           |
| 35       | Uttar Pradesh         | 678                                         |                                  |
| 36       | Uttrakhand            | 94                                          | 39,880                           |
| 37       | West Bengal           | 132                                         | 4,11,344                         |
|          | Total*                | 4,521                                       | 103,22,560                       |

Including 13,965 houses under CLSS for which funds have been released recently to Central Nodal Agencies

## Annexure-Il referred in reply to LS SQ No. *63 due for answer on 06.02.2020 Physical and Financial progress of PMAY-U Mission for the State of Jharkhand

| S_ No.                                       | Particulars   | Achievement Under PMAY-U Mission   |
|----------------------------------------------|---------------|------------------------------------|
| No. of Project(s) Approved                   | 389           |                                    |
| Project Cost Approved (Rs. in crore) 2       | 12,382.67     |                                    |
| Central Assistance Sanctioned (Rs. in crore) | 2,994.53      | 3                                  |
| Central Assistance Released (Rs. in crore)   | 1,643.87      |                                    |
| Houses Sanctioned (Nos:)                     | 1,98,751      | 5                                  |
| Houses Grounded for Construction (Nos )      | 1,35,156      |                                    |
| Construction of Houses Completed (Nos:)      | 76,865        |                                    |
| Houses Occupied (Nos:)                       | 76,611        | 8                                  |

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