Lok Sabha Question No. 4925 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2021-03-25
Subject: PMAY-U
Ministry: HOUSING AND URBAN AFFAIRS
Asked by: V. Kalanidhi

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF HOUSING AND URBAN AFFAIRS LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 4925

## TO BE ANSWERED ON MARCH 25, 2021 PMAY-U

## NO. 4925. DR. KALANIDHI VEERASWAMY

Will the Minister of HOUSING AND URBAN AFFAIRS be pleased to state:

- (a)     the features of the Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana- Urban (PMAY-U);
- (b)     the  funds  sanctioned,  allocated  and  utilized  under  this  yojana
- within Tamil Nadu during the last three years ;
- (c)     the  details  of  the  number  of  houses  sanctioned  within  Tamil Nadu under this yojana so far during the last three years;
- (d)     the details of the target set along with its progress so far; and
- (e)     the steps being taken by the Government for timely completion of its pending projects?

## ANSWER

## THE MINISTER OF STATE (INDEPENDENT CHARGE) OF THE MINISTRY OF HOUSING AND URBAN AFFAIRS

## (SHRI HARDEEP SINGH PURI)

(a):  Government  of  India  has  launched  Pradhan  Mantri  Awas  YojanaUrban  (PMAY-U)  on  25 th June,  2015  for  providing  assistance  to  States/ Union  Territories  (UTs)  for  addressing  the  housing  requirement  of eligible beneficiaries in urban areas. The  Mission comprises  four components viz. In-Situ Slum Redevelopment (ISSR), Affordable Housing in  Partnership  (AHP),  Beneficiary  Led  Construction  (BLC)  and  Credit Linked Subsidy Scheme (CLSS).

ISSR, AHP and BLC components under PMAY (U) are Centrally Sponsored their agencies  while  the  CLSS  component  of  PMAY  (U)  is  a  Central  Sector

Schemes  that  are implemented  through  the States/UTs and Scheme.

- (b) & (c): Central Assistance of ₹6,754.49 crore has been sanctioned in Tamil Nadu during the last three years; out of this ₹4,545.47 crore has been  released  to  the  State  Government  and  ₹3,557.64  crore  has  been utilized. A total of 4,30,033 houses have been sanctioned during the last three years in Tamil Nadu.
- (d)&  (e):  Under  PMAY-U,  State/UT  Governments  undertake  demand assessment and validate the same to determine the actual requirement of  houses  to  be  built  under  PMAY-U.  Against  the  validated  demand  of around  112  lakh  houses  under  PMAY-U,  111  lakh  houses  have  been sanctioned so far, out of which 75.8 lakh houses have been grounded for construction including 43.5 lakh completed houses. Against the validated demand of 8.3 lakh houses in Tamil Nadu, over 7 lakh houses have  been  sanctioned  so  far,  out  of  which  5.7  lakh  houses  have  been grounded for construction that includes 3.8 lakh completed houses.

For successful implementation of the scheme and in order to achieve the  vision  of  'Housing  for  All'  by  2022,  this  Ministry  has  taken  the following measures:

- (i) PMAY-U through its four verticals has adopted a cafeteria approach to suit the needs of individuals based  on the geographical conditions,  topography,  economic  conditions,  availability  of  land, infrastructure etc. All houses constructed under the scheme have provision of basic amenities like water supply, electricity, kitchen and toilet.
- (ii) The on-ground implementation of the scheme is done by States/UTs through  their  Urban  Local  Bodies/Implementing  Agencies  in  the spirit of cooperative federalism. PMAY-U guidelines provide flexibility to States/UTs for assessing the housing demand, appraisal and approval of projects.

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- (iii) To ensure uninterrupted flow of funds, in addition to budgetary resources,  National  Urban  Housing  Fund  (NUHF)  for  ₹60,000 crore  has  been  created  for  raising  Extra  Budgetary  Resources (EBR) in phases  for rapid implementation  of  the  scheme. Moreover, an 'Affordable Housing Fund' (AHF) with a corpus of ₹10,000 crore has been created in National Housing Bank (NHB) using  the  Priority  Sector  Lending  Shortfall  in  Banks/Financial Institutions  to  reduce  interest  burden  on  housing  loans  in Affordable  housing  segment.  This  was  followed  by  a  further allocation of ₹10,000 crore in 2019-20.
- (iv) Aadhaar  validation of beneficiaries, funds transfer through Direct Benefit Transfer (DBT) mode, geo-tagging of projects and houses,  social audit, third party quality  monitoring,  robust centralized Management Information System (MIS) and tools like CLSS Awas Portal (CLAP) and CLSS tracker are provisioned to ensure transparency and accountability.
- (v) Alternative  and  innovative  technologies  have  been  promoted under the scheme for rapid delivery of houses.
- (vi) PMAY-U Awards 2021 has been strategized through the 100-days Challenge  for  performance  against  pre-defined  indicators  with emphasis  on  grounding,  completion,  occupancy  of  houses  and declaration of 'HFA Achieved Cities/States/UTs' during the period from 8 th March to 20 th  June 2021.
- (vii) This Ministry regularly monitors the progress of implementation of the scheme through periodic review meetings/videoconferencing with States/UTs and field visits.

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