Lok Sabha Question No. 4442 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2021-03-23
Subject: Quality of Houses under PMAY
Ministry: RURAL DEVELOPMENT
Asked by: Ramcharan Bohra, Ajay Bhatt

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

## LOK  SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 4442 ANSWERED ON 23.03.2021

## QUALITY OF HOUSES UNDER PMAY

## 4442.   SHRI RAMCHARAN BOHRA: SHRI AJAY BHATT:

Will the Minister of RURAL DEVELOPMENT be pleased to state:

- (a) whether any effective system has been established by the Ministry to ensure better design and quality of houses to be constructed under Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana (PMAY);
- (b) if so, the details thereof;
- (c) the steps taken by the Government for capacity building of workers engaged in construction sector; and
- (d) the steps taken by the Government to speed up the works to meet the target of construction of the houses?

## ANSWER

MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF RURAL DEVELOPMENT (SADHVI NIRANJAN JYOTI)

(a) & (b) The  Pradhan  Mantri  Awas  Yojana  -  Gramin  (PMAY-G)  is  being  implemented from 1 st April, 2016 across the country with the target of construction of 2.95 crore houses by the year 2022.  The following mechanism is in place under PMAY-G to ensure 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 features. 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  instalments  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 PMAYG.
- iv. 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. Further,

building materials manufacturers and suppliers' associations have been asked to ensure supply of   construction materials for use in the house construction under PMAY(G).

- (c) The steps taken for the capacity building of labour/workers engaged in construction are as follows:
- i. 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).
- ii. Recognition of  Prior  Learning  (RPL)  along  with  the  bridge  training  activities  has  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).
- iv. The  Rural  Mason  Training  (RMT)  has  been  included  in  the  Performance  Index Dashboard of PMAY-G to pay more attention to training of rural mason.
- (d) The    following    steps    have  been  taken    by    the    Ministry    to    expedite    work    for achievement of the said targets:
- 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. Timely Allocation & targets to the States/UTs.
- iv. Following up with the States to ensure provision of land to the landless beneficiaries for the house construction.
- v. Timely review of sanction of houses to the beneficiaries to ensure sanction of the targeted houses.
- vi. Extra Focus on completion of those houses where 3rd or 2nd installment of funds has been released.  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. Regular  review  of  progress  at  the  level  of  Secretary/Additional  Secretary/Deputy  DG, Ministry    of    Rural    Development    and    separate    review    of    States/UTs    with    high target,  poor performing States/UTs and delayed houses in States/UTs
- x. Expeditious resolution of technical issues, if any, faced by the States/UTs.

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