Lok Sabha Question No. 217 (STARRED), answered on 2019-12-03
Subject: Irregularities in PMAY
Ministry: RURAL DEVELOPMENT
Asked by: Aparajita Sarangi

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

## LOK SABHA STARRED QUESTION NO. 217

TO BE ANSWERED ON 03.12.2019

## IRREGULARITIES IN PMAY

## 217. SHRIMATI APARAJITA SARANGI:

Will the Minister of RURAL DEVELOPMENT be pleased to state:

- (a) whether  32  cases  of  irregularities  under  PMAY  (G)  have  been  forwarded  to  the Government of Odisha in October, 2019 and if so, the details thereof;
- (b) the  number  of  cases  of  irregularities  in  allotment  of  houses  under  PMAY  (G) brought to the notice of the Ministry, State-wise, particularly in Odisha; and
- (c) the steps taken by the Government to examine these cases of irregularities and the action taken so far in this regard?

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

(a) to (c) : A statement is laid on the table of the house.

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## STATEMENT IN REPLY TO PARTS (a) to (c) OF LOK SABHA STARRED QUESTION NO.* 217 (17 TH POSITION)

- (a) : As per information received from the State Government of Odisha, the Hon'ble Member of Parliament had written regarding irregularities in allotment of Pradhan Mantri Awaas Yojana - Gramin (PMAY-G) houses to 32 beneficiaries.

The  State  Government  has  reported  that  during  enquiry,  it  was  found  that  4  ineligible persons have availed PMAY-G house and 4 others have constructed house not over their recorded land.

The  State  Government  has  also  informed  that  Sri  Rabindra  Kumar  Panda,  the  then Panchayat Executive Officer of Gadamanitri GP has been placed under suspension for selection of 4 ineligible beneficiaries. FIR has been lodged against three persons namely Sri Sisir Kumar Mangaraj, S/o-Satrughna Mangaraj, Village-Kapileswar of Gadamanitri GP,  Sri  Chitta  Ranjan  Moharana,  Village-Baliberani  and  Sri  Sachidananda  Sahoo,  S/o Manguli Sahoo of Baliberani for collection of illegal gratification from the beneficiaries.

- (b) : As on 28.11.2019, a total of 968 complaints relating to irregularities in implementation of PMAY-G since 01.04.2016, including irregularities in allotment of houses have been received  in  Ministry  of  Rural  Development.  As  the  State  Govt./UT  Administration implement PMAY-G,  these complaints have been sent to the concerned State Governments/Union  Territory  (UT)  Administrations  for  taking  necessary  action  under intimation to this Ministry.  The State/UT wise, including the State of Odisha, number of complaints received and forwarded to the State Governments/UT Administration is given at Annexure.
- (c) : 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 detail  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 on programme implementation are forwarded  to  the  respective  State  Governments/  Union  Territory  (Union  Territory) Administrations for redressal of the grievance.

## ANNEXURE

## STATEMENT  IN  REPLY  TO  PARTS  (b)  OF  LOK  SABHA  STARRED  QUESTION NO.*217 ANSWERED ON 03.12.2019 REGARDING IRREGULARITIES IN PMAY

States /UTs wise list of complaints / grievances received and forwarded to the concerned States/  UTs  relating  to  irregularities  in  implementation  of  PMAY-G  since  01.04.2016  till 28.11.2019

| S. No.   | State Name        |   No. of complaints |
|----------|-------------------|---------------------|
| 1        | Andhra Pradesh    |                   2 |
| 2        | Assam             |                   9 |
| 3        | Bihar             |                 143 |
| 4        | Chhattisgarh      |                  19 |
| 5        | Haryana           |                   8 |
| 6        | Jammu And Kashmir |                   2 |
| 7        | Jharkhand         |                  20 |
| 8        | Karnataka         |                   1 |
| 9        | Kerala            |                   3 |
| 10       | Madhya Pradesh    |                  57 |
| 11       | Maharashtra       |                  32 |
| 12       | Manipur           |                   1 |
| 13       | Meghalaya         |                   1 |
| 14       | Odisha            |                  39 |
| 15       | Punjab            |                  13 |
| 16       | Rajasthan         |                  40 |
| 17       | Tamilnadu         |                   9 |
| 18       | Telangana         |                   2 |
| 19       | Tripura           |                   1 |
| 20       | Uttar Pradesh     |                 505 |
| 21       | Uttarakhand       |                   7 |
| 22       | West Bengal       |                  54 |
| Total    | Total             |                 968 |

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