Lok Sabha Question No. 1533 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2020-09-20
Subject: Design & Quality of PMAY-G Houses
Ministry: RURAL DEVELOPMENT
Asked by: Ramcharan Bohra

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

## LOK  SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1533 ANSWERED ON 20/09/2020

## DESIGN & QUALITY OF PMAY-G HOUSES

## 1533.   SHRI RAMCHARAN BOHRA:

Will the Minister of RURAL DEVELOPMENT be pleased to state:

- (a) whether  any  efficient  mechanism  has  been  evolved  by  the  Ministry  to  ensure  better design  and  quality  of  the  houses  to  be  built  under  the  Pradhan  Mantri  Awas  Yojana (PMAY);
- (b) if so, the details thereof;
- (c) the  steps  taken  by  the  Government  for  capacity  development  of  labourers/workers engaged in construction work;
- (d) the  steps  taken  by  the  Ministry  to  expedite  the  work  to  achieve  the  target  of  the construction of houses?

## ANSWER

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

(a)  &  (b):  The  Pradhan  Mantri  Awaas  Yojana  -  Gramin  (PMAY-G)  is  being  implemented from 1st April, 2016 across the country. The following mechanism is in place under PMAY-G to ensure the better design and quality of the houses:

- i. The beneficiaries are being assisted in house construction with a bouquet of house design typologies  inclusive  of  disaster  resilient  features  that  are  suitable  to  their  local  geoclimatic conditions, cultural preferences and availability of construction materials.
- ii. The  Ministry  with  the  help  of  IIT-Delhi,  United  Nations  Development  Programme (UNDP)  and  CSIR-Central  Building  Research  Institute  (CSIR-CBRI)  undertook  statespecific studies in 18 states for the development of house design typologies appropriate to local geo-climatic and cultural context with disaster-resilient feature. As an outcome of the  study,  Ministry  published  a  compendium  of  region-specific  house  designs  with  the name 'Pahal' which includes 108 house designs for 62 housing zones in 15 States for the use of the beneficiaries.
- iii. The  geotagged  and  time  tagged  photographs  of  the  houses  at  different  stages  of construction,  have  been  linked  with  the  release  of  subsequent  installments  of  financial assistance  leading  to  evidence-based  monitoring.  The  captured  photographs  are  further being  used  for  reviewing  the  construction  quality/  completion  of  the  houses  under PMAY-G.
- iv. To  avail  the  skilled  workforce  for  the  construction  of  quality  houses  the  Ministry  has launched the Rural Mason Training (RMT) program under PMAY-G in partnership with the  Construction  Skill  Development  Council  of  India  (CSDCI)  and  National  Skill Development Corporation (NSDC).
- v. States are being encouraged to construct demonstration houses on region-specific house design  typologies  for  PMAY-G  beneficiaries  to  visit,  experience  and  opt  for.  In  this regard guidelines also have been issued by the Ministry.
- vi. To bring about the effective collaboration among the academic / technical institutes and State government under PMAY-G for the technical support in quality construction of the houses and use of alternative construction technologies under PMAY-G, the guidelines have  been  issued  by  the  Ministry.  Accordingly,  States  are  collaborating  with  the academic/ technical institutes.
- vii. The quality construction of the houses under PMAY-G is also being reviewed through field visits by the Common Review Mission (CRM) teams, officials from the Ministry, etc.
- viii. For quality construction of the houses, the States/ UTs have been asked to take necessary steps to ensure the sustained availability of good quality construction materials. On the other hand, building materials manufacturers and suppliers' associations have been asked to keep preparedness for the supply of likely demand of the construction materials in the house construction.
9. (c):        The  steps  taken  for  the  capacity  building  of  labour  /  workers  engaged  in  construction work are as follows-
- i. The Ministry has launched the Rural Mason Training (RMT) program under PMAY-G in partnership with the CSDCI and NSDC.
- ii. Recognition of Prior Learning (RPL) along with the bridge training activities have also been initiated to ensure certification, career progression, and improvement in wages/income and standards of the rural masons.
- iii. Presently training is being imparted on the Rural Mason Qualification Pack (QP) which is placed at National Skill Qualification Framework (NSQF).

(d):       The  following  steps  taken  by  the  Ministry  to  expedite  work  to  achieve  targets  of construction of houses -

- i. As  per  Framework  for  Implementation  (FFI)  of  PMAY-G,  the  construction  of  houses should be completed within 12 months from the date of sanction.
- ii. Timely release of funds to the States/UTs
- iii. Following up with the States to ensure provision of land to the landless beneficiaries for the house construction.
- iv. Timely review of sanction of houses to the beneficiaries to ensure sanction of the targeted houses.
- v. Extra Focus on completion of those houses where 3 rd or 2 nd installment of funds has been released.
- vi. Special focus on completion of  delayed houses.
- vii. Issuance  of  the  guidelines  to  the  States/UTs  for  dealing  with  the  cases  of  unwilling beneficiaries, death cases and migrant beneficiaries.
- viii. Cleaning of the Permanent Wait List (PWL)  by  removing  ineligible/ unwilling beneficiaries from the PWL.
- ix. Timely Allocation & targets to the States/UTs.
- x. Expeditious resolution of technical issues, if any, faced by the States/UTs.

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