Lok Sabha Question No. 326 (STARRED), answered on 2019-01-03
Subject: Pradhan Mantri Awaas YojanaGramin
Ministry: RURAL DEVELOPMENT
Asked by: RAMA DEVI, RODMAL NAGAR

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

## LOK SABHA STARRED QUESTION NO. 326

TO BE ANSWERED ON 03.01.2019

## PRADHAN MANTRI AWAAS YOJANA-GRAMIN

## *326.   SHRIMATI RAMA DEVI:

## SHRI NAGAR RODMAL:

Will the Minister of RURAL DEVELOPMENT be pleased to state:

- (a) whether  the  Government  has  investigated  the  matter  regarding  eligible  persons  not getting houses under the erstwhile Indira Awaas Yojana (IAY) and ineligible persons being allotted houses under the Pradhan Mantri Awaas Yojana- Gramin (PMAY-G) during the last three years and if so, the details thereof, Statewise;
- (b) the manner in which the Union Government receives information in this regard from the State Governments;
- (c) whether the Government does not have such information at central level and if so, the reaction  of  the  Government  thereto  along  with  the  corrective  steps  taken  by  the Government in this regard;
- (d) whether  the  Government  has  set  up  any  enquiry  committee  or  agency  to  check corruption and fraud taking place in PMAY-G so as to provide a prompt solution in this regard and if so, the details thereof; and
- (e) the details of authority available at local level, which is responsible for redressing the complaints related to construction of houses?

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

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

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## Statement referred to in reply to the Lok Sabha Starred Question No. 326 to be answered on 03.01.2019

(a) to (e): To achieve the objective of 'Housing for all by 2022', the erstwhile rural housing scheme  Indira  Awaas  Yojana  (IAY)  has  been  re-structured  into  Pradhan  Mantri  Awaas  YojanaGramin (PMAY-G) from 01.04.2016. PMAY-G has an impoved scheme architecture and evidence based monitoring  mechanism.  The  scheme  is  implemented  by  the  State  Governments/UT Administrations. To ensure transparency in selection, objectively verifiable norms and parameters reflecting housing deprivation from the Socio Economic and Caste Census (SECC), 2011 data are used  to  determine  eligibility  under  the  scheme.  Priority  lists,  prepared  using  SECC  data,  are verified  by  the  Gram  Sabha  (GS).  After  disposal  of  all  the  cases  of  a  Gram  Panchayat,  by  the Appellate  Committee,  the  Gram  Panchayat  wise  final  Permanent  Wait  List  (PWL)  for  each category with a distinct rank for each household, is to be published on the notice board of the Gram Panchayat  and  advertised  widely.  The  Permanent  Wait  List  is  then  entered  on  the  website  of PMAY-G.  Left out IAY beneficiaries have also been included in the PWL of PMAY-G, if found eligible as per PMAY-G beneficiary selection criteria.

Any grievance pertaining wrongful deletion or change in ranking without following due procedure, is  dealt  with  and  resolved  by  the  Appellate  Committee  constituted  at  the  district  level  by  the respective States/UTs. After the process of grievance redressal is concluded, the final priority list is published and disseminated including through a digital platform i.e. the scheme MIS-AwaasSoft. The  entire  process  leading  up  to  the  finalisation  of  the  priority  lists  is  monitored  and  tracked through reports available in the public domain on the PMAY-G MIS, AwaasSoft.

Other  mechanisms  to  improve  transparency  include  monitoring  and  assessment  of  important parameters  under  the  scheme  by  DISHA  Committee  which  is  headed  by  Hon'ble  Member  of Parliament,  National  Level  Monitors,  Area  Officers.  To  increase  community  participation  in monitoring and to ensure public accountability in use of funds, social audits are to be conducted in every Gram Panchayat at least once in a year, involving a mandatory review of all aspects of the scheme.

As per Framework for Implementation (FFI) of PMAY-G, there is a grievance redressal mechanism set up at different levels of administration viz., Gram Panchayat, Block, District and the State. An official of the State Government is to be designated at each level to ensure disposal of grievances to the satisfaction of the complainant. The official who is designated at each level is responsible for disposing off the grievance / complaint within a period of 15 days from the date of receipt of the grievance / complaint. The details of the designated grievance redressal official (including name, telephone number and address) at each level for addressing the grievance and the procedure to file the grievance is to be clearly displayed in each Panchayat.

There is also a procedure of lodging of complaints on the Centralized Public Grievance Redress And  Monitoring  System  (CPGRAMS)  portal  (pgportal.gov.in).    The  complaints  received  in  the Ministry of Rural Development through CPGRAMS or otherwise are forwarded to the respective State Governments/ UT Administrations for redressal of the grievance.