Lok Sabha Question No. 215 (STARRED), answered on 2020-03-05
Subject: Construction of Houses under PMAY
Ministry: HOUSING AND URBAN AFFAIRS
Asked by: Santosh Pandey

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF HOUSING AND URBAN AFFAIRS

## LOK SABHA

## STARRED QUESTION NO. 215

TO BE ANSWERED ON MARCH 05, 2020

## CONSTRUCTION OF HOUSES UNDER PMAY

NO. 215. SHRI SANTOSH PANDEY :

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

- (a) whether there is any time frame for completion construction work of houses after being approved under the Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana (PMAY) and if the details thereof; and
- (b) the district-wise number houses approved under the PMAY since 1st January, 2018 which are still incomplete in Rajnandgaon Parliamentary Constituency along with the reasons therefor?

## ANSWER

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

(SHRI HARDEEP SINGH PURI)

- (a) to (b): A statement is laid on the Table of the Sabha:

## STATEMENT REFERRED TO IN THE LOK SABHA STARRED QUESTION NO. 215 DUE FOR 05.03.2020 REGARDING KCONSTRUCTION OF HOUSES UNDER PMAY"

- (a) : Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs is    implementing the Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana (Urban) [PMAY (U)] and providing assistance to States/Union Territories (UTs) in addressing the housing requirements in the urban areas through following four verticals:
- GIn-Situ" Slum Redevelopment (ISSR);
- Credit-Linked Subsidy Scheme (CLSS);
- Affordable Housing in Partnership (AHP); and
- (iv) Beneficiary-led individual house construction or enhancement (BLC):

Based On the project proposals received SO far from the States/UTs, total1,03,61,738houses have been sanctioned under PMAY(U); out of this 61,57,734 are at various stages of construction and 32,15,926 are completedldelivered:

Usually, duration of construction varies from 12 months to 36 months in different verticals of the scheme- The tentative time frame for completing the houses approved under BLC vertical of the scheme varies from 12 to 18 monthsUnder AHP and ISSR verticals, the tentative time frame is 24 to 36 months as mentioned in the respective Detailed Project Reports (DPRs) approved by StatelUT Governments. According to the strategy March, 2022 the Ministry has sought project proposals from the StateslUTs by MarchlApril, 2020 for approval, in order to complete constructionloccupancy in the given time frame:

Further, Ministry of Rural Development (MoRD) is implementing Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana-Gramin (PMAY-G) since 01.04.2016 to achieve the objective of 6Housing for All" in rural areas by 2022. As per para 5.6 of the framework for implementation of PMAY-G, the construction of house should be completed within 12 months from the date of sanction:

- (b) Based on received far from the State of Chhattisgarh, total 2.55 lakh houses have been sanctioned under the PMAY(U); out of which; 1.95 Iakh houses are at various stages of construction and 83,351 have been completedldelivered:In Rajnandgaon Parliamentary Constituency of Chhattisgarh total 24,943 houses have been sanctioned; out of  which, 16,677 have been grounded for construction; of which, 8,665 houses are under construction and 8,012 have been completedldelivered: District-wise status of houses approved under the PMAY(U) since 1stJanuary, 2018 is as given below:

| Details   | Details                                          | Details            | Kabirdham District   | Rajnandgaon District   | Total   |
|-----------|--------------------------------------------------|--------------------|----------------------|------------------------|---------|
| A         | Status of over all houses in the Constituency    | Sanctioned         | 6,783                | 18,160,                | 24,943  |
| A         | Status of over all houses in the Constituency    | Grounded           | 4,362                | 12,315                 | 16,677  |
| A         |                                                  | Completed          | 1,759                | 6,253                  | 8,012   |
| A         | (Nos)                                            | Under Construction | 2,603                | 6,062                  | 8,665   |
| B         | Status of houses sanctioned after 1.1.2018 (Nos) | Sanctioned         | 4,500                | 13,752                 | 18,252  |
| B         | Status of houses sanctioned after 1.1.2018 (Nos) | Grounded           | 2,552                | 9,156                  | 11,708  |
| B         | Status of houses sanctioned after 1.1.2018 (Nos) | Completed          | 801                  | 4,053                  | 4,854   |
| B         | Status of houses sanctioned after 1.1.2018 (Nos) | Under Construction | 1,751                | 5,103                  | 6,854   |

Land and colonization are State subjects. The on-ground implementation of the scheme is done by StateslUTs through their Urban Local BodieslImplementing agencies in the spirit cooperative federalism: The houses under PMAY(U) are sanctioned in different meetings of Central Sanctioning and Monitoring Committee and therefore, the houses are completed progressively-

Further,the data on houses  targeted, sanctioned and completed under PMAY-G in Rajnandgaon Parliamentary Constituency is given below:

| Finan- cial Year   | Rajnandgaon District   | Rajnandgaon District                            | Rajnandgaon District   | Rajnandgaon District   | Kawardha (Kabirdham) District   | Kawardha (Kabirdham) District   | Kawardha (Kabirdham) District   | Kawardha (Kabirdham) District   |
|--------------------|------------------------|-------------------------------------------------|------------------------|------------------------|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|                    | Target fixed by        | Sanctio ned out of Geo- Districts | Tagged | Houses Comp- leted     | Houses Incom- plete    | tar- (geted                     | Houses Houses sanc- tioned      | Houses comp- leted              | Houses income- (plete           |
|                    |                        |                                                 |                        | (iv)=ii+i              |                                 |                                 |                                 |                                 |
| 2018- 19           | 21402                  | 21402                                           | 20840                  | 562                    | 12500                           | 12500                           | 11476                           | 1024                            |
| 2019- 20           | 8000                   | 8000                                            | 23                     | 7977                   | 6500                            | 6500                            |                                 | 6497                            |

Reasons for delay in completion of houses under PMAY-G are as under:

- a Larger than the prescribed house size
- Death of Beneficiaries in some cases
- C Non-availability of construction material
- d. Land dispute
- e Natural calamity
- Temporarylpermanent migration

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