Lok Sabha Question No. 3635 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2019-12-10
Subject: Misuse of PMAY Funds
Ministry: RURAL DEVELOPMENT
Asked by: Sukhbir Singh Badal

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

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 3635

TO BE ANSWERED ON 10.12.2019

## MISUSE OF PMAY FUNDS

## 3635.  SHRI SUKHBIR SINGH BADAL:

Will the Minister of RURAL DEVELOPMENT be pleased to state:

- (a) whether the Government has received any complaints regarding misuse of Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana Funds in Punjab;
- (b) if so, the details thereof; and
- (c) whether the Government has initiated any action in this regard and if so, the details thereof?

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

(a) to (c) : The complaints regarding irregularities in implementation and misuse of funds under Pradhan Mantri Awaas Yojana- Gramin (PMAY-G) in States/Union Territories (UTs) including Punjab  are  received  in  the  Ministry.  Since  the  State  Governments/  UTs  are  implementing PMAY-G on the ground, the complaints received in the Ministry are forwarded to the concerned State Government/UT for redressal of the grievances under intimation to this Ministry. As per the report received from the State Government of Punjab, no complaint captioned as 'Misuse of PMAY funds' has been received. The State/UT wise, including the State of Punjab, number of complaints  received  and  forwarded  to  the  State  Governments/UT  Administration  is  given  at Annexure .

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ANNEXURE

STATEMENT  IN  REPLY  TO  PARTS  (a)  to  (c)  OF  LOK  SABHA  UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 3635 TO BE ANSWERED ON 10.12.2019 REGARDING MISUSE OF PMAY FUNDS

States /UTs wise list of complaints / grievances received and forwarded to the concerned States/ UTs since 01.04.2016 till 09.12.2019

| 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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