Lok Sabha Question No. 302 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2020-09-15
Subject: PMAY in Kerala
Ministry: RURAL DEVELOPMENT
Asked by: M. K. Raghavan

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

## LOK  SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 302

ANSWERED ON 15/09/2020

## PMAY IN KERALA

## 302. SHRI M.K. RAGHAVAN:

Will the Minister of RURAL DEVELOPMENT be pleased to state:

- (a) whether the Government is aware that large number of houses have been damaged or completely crushed in the floods affected Kerala in 2018 and 2019;
- (b) if so, the details thereof, district-wise and yearwise;
- (c) the measures taken to reconstruct these houses; and
- (d) the details of target set, funds released and houses constructed under the Prime Minister Awas Yojana (PMAY) for these flood victims, district-wise and year-wise separately?

## ANSWER

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

(a) to (d):     The State Govt. of Kerala had submitted proposal vide letter dated 31 st August, 2018 to the Ministry regarding damage cases to houses during floods in year 2018 with the request to provide  100%  of  the  unit  cost  @  Rs.4  lakh  per  house  as  a  special  case  for  12477  houses exempting guidelines parameters and category ratio of PMAY-G.  Further, Govt. of Kerala had also proposed to provide assistance to those households also who are not part of the Permanent Wait List of PMAY-G.  The Cabinet decisions and the Framework for Implementation (FFI) of PMAY-G allows PMAY-G assistance of Rs.1.20 lakh on sharing basis in the ratio of 60:40 only to those households whose name feature in SECC list and consequently in Permanent Wait List (PWL) of that Gram Panchayat.  Since these households were not part of PWL, thus the request of the State could not be agreed to.

In  respect  of  PMAY-U,  in  September  2018,  the  State  Government  of  Kerala  informed that  a  total  of  17,810  houses  had  been  destroyed  /  damaged  in  urban  areas  in  the  devastating flood occurred in August 2018 and requested for special sanction to provide financial assistance to  renovate  houses  under  Pradhan  Mantri  Awas  Yojana  (Urban)  [PMAY (U)] damaged in the flood. In response, Rs. 492.95 crore of central assistance was released to the State of Kerala by relaxing  the  conditions,  as  a  special  case,  for  releasing  2nd  installment,  for  construction  of houses including those damaged due to floods which were approved under PMAY(U). The State Government of Kerala was also advised to submit project proposals, as soon as possible, with due  approval  of  the  State  Government  for  construction  of  houses  of  the  flood  affected persons/households  who  are  eligible  under  PMAY  (U)  for  consideration  of  grant  of  central assistance as admissible under PMAY (U).

Under  PMAY-G,  targets  have  not  been  allocated  to  the  State  of  Kerala  during  the financial  years  2018-19  and  2019-20  owing  to  exhaustion  of  the  PWL  of  the  State.    On  the request of Govt. of Kerala for surrendering targets of 17651 houses owing to exhaustion of PWL, the Empowered Committee in its meeting held on 16 th June, 2020   had approved surrendering of targets with the advice to remove the name of ineligible beneficiaries from PWL using remand module.

PMAY (U) being implemented by the Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs, aims at providing  houses  to  all  eligible  urban  beneficiaries  including  those  affected  by  flood.  Under PMAY  (U),  1,21,768  houses  involving  central  assistance  of  Rs.  1,953.84  crore  have  been sanctioned so far in the State of Kerala. Central assistance of Rs. 1,311.74 crore [including Rs. 341.68 crore as interest subsidy under Credit Linked Subsidy Scheme vertical of PMAY (U)] has been released. Of the sanctioned houses, 97,914 houses have been grounded for construction of which  71,702  have  been  completed.    Details  of  District-wise  and  year-wise  Physical  and Financial  Progress  in  the  State  of  Kerala  under  PMAY-(U)  during  2018-19  &  2019-2020  are given at Annexure.

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Annexure  referred  to  in  reply  to  Lok  Sabha  Unstarred  Question  No.302  to  be  answered  on 15.09.2020

District wise and year wise Physical and Financial Progress in the State of Kerala under PMAYU during 2018-19 and 2019-2020.

| Sr. No.   | District Name       | Houses Sanctioned (Nos)   | Houses Sanctioned (Nos)   | Houses Completed (Nos)   | Houses Completed (Nos)   | Central Assistance Sanctioned (Rs. In Cr.)   | Central Assistance Sanctioned (Rs. In Cr.)   | Central Assistance Released (Rs. In Cr.)   | Central Assistance Released (Rs. In Cr.)   |
|-----------|---------------------|---------------------------|---------------------------|--------------------------|--------------------------|----------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------|
| Sr. No.   | District Name       | 2018-19                   | 2019-20                   | 2018-19                  | 2019-20                  | 2018-19                                      | 2019-20                                      | 2018-19                                    | 2019-20                                    |
| 1         | Alappuzha           | 1,988                     | 1,007                     | 2,320                    | 1,026                    | 29.50                                        | 15.59                                        | 29.79                                      | 14.35                                      |
| 2         | Ernakulam           | 9,022                     | 1,871                     | 4,939                    | 4,343                    | 137.27                                       | 34.14                                        | 88.49                                      | 41.93                                      |
| 3         | Idukki              | 386                       | 63                        | 1,000                    | 542                      | 5.86                                         | 1.09                                         | 13.71                                      | 3.18                                       |
| 4         | Kannur              | 1,411                     | 707                       | 3,687                    | 1,115                    | 18.38                                        | 10.56                                        | 40.15                                      | 12.59                                      |
| 5         | Kasaragod           | 200                       | 171                       | 675                      | 492                      | 2.98                                         | 2.75                                         | 12.27                                      | 1.88                                       |
| 6         | Kollam              | 2,442                     | 308                       | 2,811                    | 1,412                    | 36.77                                        | 5.18                                         | 35.35                                      | 13.39                                      |
| 7         | Kottayam            | 1,449                     | 234                       | 1,226                    | 664                      | 21.72                                        | 3.57                                         | 18.29                                      | 10.41                                      |
| 8         | Kozhikode           | 2,264                     | 1,370                     | 2,559                    | 2,434                    | 33.46                                        | 21.25                                        | 46.85                                      | 18.79                                      |
| 9         | Malappuram          | 3,827                     | 567                       | 5,365                    | 2,456                    | 54.86                                        | 7.08                                         | 100.51                                     | 20.17                                      |
| 10        | Palakkad            | 2,950                     | 1,158                     | 2,915                    | 2,102                    | 43.30                                        | 17.28                                        | 45.70                                      | 21.21                                      |
| 11        | Pathanamthitta      | 617                       | 65                        | 817                      | 256                      | 8.87                                         | 1.00                                         | 9.00                                       | 3.05                                       |
| 12        | Thiruvananthapu ram | 3,412                     | 793                       | 5,908                    | 3,591                    | 51.24                                        | 15.16                                        | 93.32                                      | 21.72                                      |
| 13        | Thrissur            | 3,034                     | 515                       | 4,241                    | 2,264                    | 45.63                                        | 8.68                                         | 55.04                                      | 22.85                                      |
| 14        | Wayanad             | 711                       | 155                       | 1,072                    | 1,002                    | 10.40                                        | 2.08                                         | 30.51                                      | 5.63                                       |
|           | Grand Total         | 33,713                    | 8,984                     | 39,535                   | 23,699                   | 500.20                                       | 145.39                                       | 618.98                                     | 211.17                                     |

Note: Houses completed and Central Assistance released are inclusive of completed houses and released Central Assistance for which sanctions were accorded during preceding years (source: information received from Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs)