Lok Sabha Question No. 1915 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2020-03-03
Subject: Houses for Homeless under PMAY
Ministry: RURAL DEVELOPMENT
Asked by: Jual Oram

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

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.1915

TO BE ANSWERED ON 03.03.2020

## HOUSES FOR HOMELESS UNDER PMAY

## 1915.   SHRI JUAL ORAM:

Will the Minister of RURAL DEVELOPMENT be pleased to state:

- (a) whether the Government has taken steps to provide houses to every homeless people in the country;
- (b) if so, whether the Pradhan Mantri Awaas Yojana(PMAY) has been introduced for the purpose;
- (c) if so, the number of people provided with house under the scheme in Odisha State;
- (d) whether the Government has come across any incident of irregularities in the allotment of houses under PMAY in the said State; and
- (e) if so, the steps taken to check such irregularities?

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

(a) & (b): To achieve the objective of 'Housing for All' by 2022, the Government is implementing  Pradhan  Mantri  Awaas  Yojana-  Gramin  (PMAY-G)  w.e.f.  1 st April, 2016 in rural areas and Pradhan Mantri Awaas Yojana Urban (PMAY-U) since 25 th June, 2015 in urban areas of the country.

(c):  In  the  State  of  Odisha,  under  PMAY-G, as on 28.02.2020, a total of 15,36,469 houses have been sanctioned  out  of  which 11,01,907  have been completed.  Under PMAY-U a total of 1,50,384 houses have been sanctioned out of which 59,616 houses have been completed.

(d) & (e): Under PMAY-U, no such specific instance of irregularities in allotment of houses has been reported by the State Government of Odisha so far. However, under PMAY-G, as on 28.02.2020, a total of 43 complaints from the State of Odisha relating to irregularities in implementation, including irregularities in allotment of houses have been  received  in  Ministry  of  Rural  Development  since  its  inception.  As  the  State Govt./UT Administration  implement  PMAY-G,  these complaints  have  been  sent  to the State for taking necessary action as per the provisions  of the scheme guidelines.

The  Framework  for  Implementation  (FFI)  of  PMAY-G,  provides  for  setting  up  a grievance  redressal  mechanism      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.

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