Lok Sabha Question No. 3686 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2020-03-17
Subject: Housing for Rural Poor
Ministry: RURAL DEVELOPMENT
Asked by: Annasaheb Shankar Jolle, Indra Hang Subba

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

## LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 3686 TO BE ANSWERED ON 17.03.2020

## HOUSING FOR RURAL POOR

## 3686.   SHRI ANNASAHEB SHANKAR JOLLE: SHRI INDRA HANG SUBBA:

Will the Minister of RURAL DEVELOPMENT be pleased to state:

- (a) whether the Government is working towards a permanent solution for providing housing for all the rural poor in a time bound manner;
- (b) if so, whether all the people in the country would have their own houses by 2022 as planned or the Government would require additional time to make this plan a reality;
- (c) if so, the details thereof; and
- (d) the manner in which the Government would tackle the issue of people not able to get access or fully benefit from the PMAY-G scheme for building 20 million houses by 2022?

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

(a)  to  (d)  :   To  achieve  the  objective  of  'Housing  for  All'  by  2022,  the  Ministry  of  Rural Development is  implementing  Pradhan  Mantri  Awaas  Yojana  -  Gramin  (PMAY-G)  w.e.f. 01.04.2016 and aims at construction of 2.95 Crore houses in two phases i.e. 1.00 Crore in Phase I (2016-17 to 2018-19) and 1.95 Crore in Phase II (2019-20 to 2021-22).  Against this target, the Central Government has allocated target of 2.21 crore to the States/UTs, including for 2020-21. The States/UTs have completed 99.06 lakh PMAY-G houses  as on 16.03.2020. At  present,  there  is  no  proposal  for  extending  the  timeline  for  completion  of  2.95  crore houses under PMAY-G.

The Government has issued guidelines on death of beneficiaries, temporary and permanent migration, unwilling beneficiaries etc under PMGSY. However, to  achieve the completion target in a timely manner by States/ UTs under PMAY-G, the Government has taken several initiatives and innovative steps which include:

- i. Implementation  and  monitoring  of  the  scheme  through  end  to  end  e-Governance model using MIS-AwaasSoft.
- ii. Evidence based monitoring of construction of house through uploading of geo-tagged photographs at each pre-determined stage of house construction.
- iii. Single bank account (State Nodal Account) of PMAY-G at the State/UT level from where the assistance is transferred directly to beneficiary account through DBT.
- iv. Increasing availability of trained rural mason by encouraging Rural Mason Training.
- v. In  many  States/  UTs,  house  sanctioned  under  PMAY-G  are  assigned  to  a  field functionary  for  better  monitoring,  hand-holding  leading  to  timely  completion  of houses.
- vi. Giving awards to the best performing States/UTs, Districts.
- vii. Performance  Index  Dashboard,  has  been  developed  to  monitor  different  aspects  of implementation of the programme, both geographically and parameter-wise, wherein States / UTs are ranked based on performance on daily basis, thereby creating healthy competition and motivation.
- viii. Increasing  choices  available  to  beneficiaries  by  providing  a  menu  of  house  design typologies  based  on  climate,  topography,  cultural  and  traditional  housing  practices and vulnerability to disaster.

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