Lok Sabha Question No. 2285 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2023-03-14
Subject: Survey of Homeless under PMAY
Ministry: RURAL DEVELOPMENT
Asked by: Guman Singh Damor

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

## LOK  SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 2285

ANSWERED ON 14/03/2023

## SURVEY OF HOMELESS UNDER PMAY

## 2285.   SHRI GUMAN SINGH DAMOR:

Will the Minister of RURAL DEVELOPMENT be pleased to state:

- (a) the time by which a survey was conducted to prepare the list of the homeless people under Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana (PMAY);
- (b) the basis on which the criteria for eligibility was fixed;
- (c) whether the names of many eligible beneficiaries could not be included in the survey list;
- (d) if so, whether the Government proposes to prepare a list of eligible beneficiaries by conducting a survey again in this regard;
- (e) the details of the number of houses allotted for construction for homeless people living Below Poverty Line (BPL) in rural areas during the last three years in Ratlam, Jhabua and Alirajpur district under Ratlam Parliamentary Constituency;
- (f) whether a grant of rupees one lakh twenty thousand is provided to the eligible beneficiary of Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana Gramin (PMAY-G); and
- (g) if so, whether the Government is taking any action to raise this amount of grant considering the inflation?

## ANSWER

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

(a) & (b) In order to achieve 'Housing for All' in rural areas, the Ministry of Rural Development is  implementing Pradhan  Mantri  Awaas  Yojana-Gramin  (PMAY-G) with  effect  from  1st April, 2016 to provide assistance to eligible rural households with an overall target to construct 2.95  crore  pucca  houses  with  basic  amenities.  The  beneficiaries  under  PMAY-G  have  been identified based on the housing deprivation parameters prescribed under Socio Economic Caste Census (SECC) 2011. After due verification  by  the  Gram  Sabha  and  completion  of  Appellate Process,  Gram  panchayat-wise  Permanent  Wait  List  (PWL)  is  prepared.  The  auto  generated priority  list  of  households  from  SECC,  2011  database  was  provided  to  the  States/Union Territories (UTs) for conducting Gram Sabha meetings to finalize the PWL. As on 10.03.2023, a total target of 2.08 crore houses has been allocated from from SECC, 2011 based PWL.

Further,  the  details  of  such  households  who  claimed  to  be  left  out  from  the  SECC  2011  and eligible  for  inclusion  in  PWL,  have  been  captured  in  the  Awaas+  Survey  conducted  during January,  2018  and  7th  March,  2019.  In  this  exercise,  the  States/UTs  have  uploaded  details  of additional households. In order to fill the gap of 87 lakh houses (2.95 crore - 2.08 crore), Awaas+ data is being utilized. Out of this, a target of 85.67 lakh has been allocated to the States/UTs till date.

On  the  basis  of  housing  deprivation  parameters  and  exclusion  criteria  prescribed  under  Socio Economic  Caste  Census  (SECC)  2011,  the  beneficiaries  are  identified  under  PMAY-G  from SECC  2011  database  and  Awaas+  survey  conducted  by  the  Ministry  of  Rural  Development through States/UTs.

The Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs (MoHUA) is implementing Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana - Urban (PMAY-U) , Housing for All since 2015 to provide pucca house to the eligible urban families across the country including homeless people. The scheme is implemented through four verticals i.e., Beneficiary Led Construction (BLC), Affordable Housing in Partnership

(AHP),  In-Situ  Slum  Redevelopment  (ISSR)  and  Credit  Linked  Subsidy  Scheme  (CLSS). PMAY-U  is  a  demand  driven  scheme  wherein  States/Union  Territories  (UTs)  have  been empowered to approve the projects  for  the  beneficiaries  identified  by  them  through  a  demand survey based on eligibility criteria

(c)  & (d) Under PMAY-G, the Awaas+ survey for all States/UTs was started in January, 2018 with the initial deadline of 31st March, 2018. The deadline was extended 4 times till 30th June 2018,  30th  September  2018,  30th  November  2018  and  finally  till  7th  March,  2019.  Owing  to Cyclone affected/natural calamities affected and certain reasonable and justified circumstances, special windows were granted to some States for registration of additional houses on Awaas+.

The objective of Awaas+ exercise was identification of households, who though are eligible for assistance under PMAY-G as per the parameters specified under SECC-2011 but have not been included in the list of eligible beneficiaries in SECC database due various reasons. This exercise has already been completed by States after granting multiple extensions. There is no plan to open the Awaas+ portal in general for re-survey now.

As per scheme guidelines of PMAY-U, States/UTs undertook demand survey for identification of eligible  beneficiaries  including  homeless  people  based  on  the  criteria  laid.  Based  on  validated demand,  States/UTs  prepare  Detailed  Project  Report  (DPR)  for  approval  by  the  State  Level Sanctioning and Monitoring Committee (SLSMC), chaired by Chief Secretary of the State. Post approval,  the  project  proposal  is  recommended  to  the  MoHUA  for  consideration  of  Central Sanctioning and Monitoring Committee (CSMC) for release of Central Assistance. During the mission period i.e. till  31.03.2022  a total  of  122.69  lakh  houses  were  sanctioned.  The  mission period has been extended up to 31.12.2024 for completion of 122.69 lakh houses sanctioned till 31.03.2022 without changing  funding pattern and implementation methodology of the scheme. Credit  Linked  Subsidy  Scheme  vertical  has  not  been  extended  beyond  31.03.2022.  Further, during the extended period, no additional houses will be sanctioned. However, within an overall ceiling of 122.69 lakh houses sanctioned till 31.03.2022, States/UTs may be sanctioned houses under BLC vertical against curtailment of non-starter houses under BLC, AHP and ISSR verticals of PMAY-U.

(e) The details of the number of houses sanctioned to eligible beneficiaries under PMAY-G during the last three years in the Ratlam,  Jhabua and Alirajpur district under  Ratlam Parliamentary Constituency is given as under:

| Name of the Parliamentary Constituency   | Name of the   | Houses Sanctioned by State Government (in Nos.)   | Houses Sanctioned by State Government (in Nos.)   | Houses Sanctioned by State Government (in Nos.)   | Houses Sanctioned by State Government (in Nos.)   |
|------------------------------------------|---------------|---------------------------------------------------|---------------------------------------------------|---------------------------------------------------|---------------------------------------------------|
|                                          | District      | FY 2019- 20                                       | FY 2020- 21                                       | FY 2021- 22                                       | Total                                             |
| Ratlam                                   | Ratlam        | 15,470                                            | 5,562                                             | 24,938                                            | 45,970                                            |
| Ratlam                                   | Jhabua        | 15,027                                            | 22,204                                            | 27,682                                            | 64,913                                            |
| Ratlam                                   | Alirajpur     | 15,776                                            | 23,156                                            | 16,774                                            | 55,706                                            |
| Ratlam                                   | Total         | 46,273                                            | 50,922                                            | 69,394                                            | 1,66,589                                          |

(f) The scheme provides financial Assistance of Rs.1.20 lakh in plain areas and Rs.1.30 lakhs in  hilly  states  (including  North  Eastern  States  and  UTs  of  Jammu  &  Kashmir  and  Ladakh), difficult areas and Integrated Action Plan (IAP) districts. Additional assistance of Rs. 12,000/- is extended for construction of toilets through convergence with Swacch Bharat Mission - Gramin (SBM-G),  Mahatma  Gandhi  National  Rural  Employment  Guarantee  Scheme  (MGNREGS)  or other  dedicated  source  of  funding.  It  is  mandatory  to  provide  support  of  90/95  person  days unskilled wage employment at the current rates to a PMAY-G beneficiary for construction of his / her house in convergence with MGNREGS

(g) No Sir. There is no such proposal under consideration of this Ministry.

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