Lok Sabha Question No. 597 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2019-06-25
Subject: Housing Units under PMAY-G
Ministry: RURAL DEVELOPMENT
Asked by: Nihal Chand Chauhan

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

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 597

TO BE ANSWERED ON 25.06.2019

## HOUSING UNITS UNDER PMAY-G

## 597. SHRI NIHAL CHAND:

Will the Minister of RURAL DEVELOPMENT be pleased to state:

- (a) the  number  of  landless  and  economically  weaker  families  living  below  poverty  line allotted  housing  units  under  the  Pradhan  Mantri  Awaas  Yojana  -  Gramin(PMAY-G) during the last two years, State-wise;
- (b) whether the Government has received any proposal from the State Governments to raise the targets of building housing units, if so, the details and present status thereof; and
- (c) the effective steps taken by the Government to achieve the targets set in this regard?

## ANSWER

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

- (a): Under Pradhan Mantri Awaas Yojana - Gramin (PMAY-G) beneficiaries are identified based on housing deprivation parameters as per Socio-Economic Caste Census (SECC) - 2011 data  and  not  on  the  basis  of  Below  Poverty  Line.  Accordingly,  all  rural  households  who  are houseless  and  living  in  zero,  one  and  two  room  kutcha  house  as  per  SECC  2011  including landless  households  are  provided  assistance  under  PMAY-G.  The  State/UT-wise  number  of households provided assistance under PMAY-G is given in Annexure -I.
- (b): Under  PMAY-G,  the  target  set  is  construction  of  2.95  crore  houses  to  achieve  the objective of 'Housing for All' by 2022. As on 20 th June, 2019, the States / UTs have identified 2.53 crore eligible beneficiaries after due verification of SECC 2011 data.  All these identified households are targeted for providing assistance under PMAY-G by 2021-22. However, requests have been received from various States/ UTs for providing assistance under PMAY-G to such households who though eligible for assistance under PMAY-G but could not be included in the Permanent Wait List prepared based on SECC 2011 data. Ministry of Rural Development has developed mobile application (Awaas+) for capturing details of such households for inclusion in the PWL after due analysis and verification.

(c): To achieve the target of construction of 2.95 crore houses under PMAY-G by 2021-22, Ministry has taken following steps:

- i. All States / UTs have opened a separate bank account of PMAY-G at the State/UT level called State Nodal Account from where the assistance is transferred directly to beneficiaries bank account through Fund Transfer Order.
- ii. Assistance is transferred directly to beneficiary's bank account through AwaasSoft-PFMS Platform which ensured smooth and faster transfer of funds to the beneficiary.
- iii. Comprehensive online monitoring of different aspects of implementation of PMAY-G viz., identification of beneficiaries, physical and financial progress etc., through  MISAwaasSoft.
- iv. Evidence  based  monitoring  of  construction  of  house  through  uploading  of  geo-tagged photographs at each stage of house construction through the mobile applicationAwaasApp.
- v. Increasing availability of trained rural mason through Training, Assessment and Certification under Rural Mason Training Programme.
- vi. Engagement of local functionaries for tagging of each house sanctioned under PMAY-G to improve monitoring and facilitate timely construction of houses.
- vii. Promotion  of  identified  house  design  typologies  for  adoption  of  the  same  by  the beneficiaries  of  PMAY-G enabling them to construct an affordable, durable and disaster resilient houses.
- viii. Disbursement of Awards to the best performing States/UTs based on performance index dashboard, thereby creating a sense of competition and motivation among the States/ UTs for achieving the set targets.

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Annexure-I Annexure referred in part (a) of reply to Lok Sabha Unstarred Question no. 597 due for answer on 25.06.2019

| #SNo   | State Name             |   PMAY-G Houses Sanctioned |   PMAY-G Houses Completed |
|--------|------------------------|----------------------------|---------------------------|
|        | Total                  |                    9928631 |                   8113635 |
| 1      | ARUNACHAL PRADESH      |                       1370 |                        82 |
| 2      | ASSAM                  |                     226911 |                    176383 |
| 3      | BIHAR                  |                    1039315 |                    566415 |
| 4      | CHHATTISGARH           |                     788234 |                    675045 |
| 5      | GOA                    |                        108 |                         9 |
| 6      | GUJARAT                |                     212186 |                    174051 |
| 7      | HARYANA                |                      21002 |                     12105 |
| 8      | HIMACHAL PRADESH       |                       6903 |                      6553 |
| 9      | JAMMU AND KASHMIR      |                      33251 |                     15052 |
| 10     | JHARKHAND              |                     547097 |                    452590 |
| 11     | KERALA                 |                      17077 |                     15800 |
| 12     | MADHYA PRADESH         |                    1518001 |                   1309618 |
| 13     | MAHARASHTRA            |                     534706 |                    339400 |
| 14     | MANIPUR                |                       9740 |                      6777 |
| 15     | MEGHALAYA              |                      20687 |                     10402 |
| 16     | MIZORAM                |                       4683 |                      2233 |
| 17     | NAGALAND               |                       4049 |                         0 |
| 18     | ODISHA                 |                     992394 |                    824954 |
| 19     | PUNJAB                 |                      14023 |                     13171 |
| 20     | RAJASTHAN              |                     700111 |                    634395 |
| 21     | SIKKIM                 |                       1079 |                      1015 |
| 22     | TAMIL NADU             |                     301044 |                    171966 |
| 23     | TRIPURA                |                      25358 |                     23826 |
| 24     | UTTAR PRADESH          |                    1278115 |                   1241829 |
| 25     | UTTARAKHAND            |                      12580 |                     12030 |
| 26     | WEST BENGAL            |                    1392984 |                   1306386 |
| 27     | ANDAMAN AND NICOBAR    |                          0 |                         0 |
| 28     | DADRA AND NAGAR HAVELI |                       5615 |                       192 |
| 29     | DAMAN AND DIU          |                         14 |                        13 |
| 30     | LAKSHADWEEP            |                         53 |                         0 |
| 31     | PUDUCHERRY             |                          0 |                         0 |
| 32     | ANDHRA PRADESH         |                      81494 |                     45293 |
| 33     | KARNATAKA              |                     138447 |                     76050 |
| 34     | TELANGANA              |                          0 |                         0 |
|        | Total                  |                    9928631 |                   8113635 |