Lok Sabha Question No. 193 (STARRED), answered on 2022-12-20
Subject: Investigation under PMAY-G
Ministry: RURAL DEVELOPMENT
Asked by: Saptagiri Sankar Ulaka

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

## LOK SABHA STARRED QUESTION NO. 193

ANSWERED ON 20/12/2022

## INVESTIGATION UNDER PMAY-G

## *193.   SHRI SAPTAGIRI SANKAR ULAKA:

Will the Minister of RURAL DEVELOPMENT be pleased to state:

- (a) whether the Government has undertaken any investigation regarding eligible persons not getting  houses  under  the  erstwhile  Indira  Awas  Yojana  (IAY)  and  ineligible  persons being allotted houses under the Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana- Gramin (PMAY-G) during the last three years and if so, the details thereof, State-wise;
- (b) the manner in which the Union Government receives information in this regard from the State Governments;
- (c) whether the Government does not have such information at central level and if so, the reaction of the Government thereto along with the corrective steps taken in this regard; and
- (d) whether the Government has set up any enquiry committee or agency to check corruption and fraud taking place in PMAY-G so as to provide a prompt solution in this regard and if so, the details thereof?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF RURAL DEVELOPMENT (SHRI GIRIRAJ SINGH)

(a) to (d) : A statement is laid on the table of the house.

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## STATEMENT IN REPLY TO PARTS (a) to (d) OF LOK SABHA STARRED QUESTION NO. *193 (13TH POSITION)

- (a)        Under the erstwhile Indira Awaas Yojana (IAY), the assistance was given to a shelterless Below Poverty Line (BPL) families for construction of houses. In order to address various gaps including  lack  of  transparency  in  selection  of  beneficiaries,  IAY  has  been  discontinued.  The Pradhan Mantri Awaas Yojana-Gramin (PMAY-G) is being implemented w.e.f 1 st April, 2016 to provide assistance to 2.95 crore eligible rural households by March, 2024. The identification of beneficiaries  under  PMAY-G  is  based  on  the  housing  deprivation  parameters  and  exclusion criteria prescribed under Socio Economic Caste Census (SECC) 2011. These criteria are applied on SECC 2011 database and a system generated priority list of households from the database was provided to the States/Union Territories (UTs) for conducting Gram Sabha meetings. After due verification  by  the  Gram  Sabhas  and  completion  of  Appellate  Process,  Gram  panchayat-wise Permanent Wait List (PWL) is prepared. Thereafter, the Government conducted Awaas+ survey during January 2018 to March 2019 to identify those beneficiaries who, though are eligible for inclusion  in  PWL,  but  claimed  to  be  left  out  from  the  SECC  2011.  In  this  exercise,  the States/UTs  have  uploaded  details  of  additional  households,  which  is  also  subjected  to  Gram Sabha verification.
- (b)  &  (c)  The  end-to-end  transaction  of  identification  of  eligible  beneficiaries  and  removal  of ineligible  beneficiaries  is  being  done  on  the  MIS  of  PMAY-G  known  as  AwaasSoft  by  the States/UTs.
- (d)        Under  PMAY-G there is  a  grievance  redressal  mechanism set  up  at  different  levels  of administration  viz.,  Gram  Panchayat,  Block,  District  and  the  State.  An  official  of  the  State Government is to be designated at each level to ensure disposal of grievances to the satisfaction of  the  complainant.  In  addition,  the  Ministry  has  also  engaged  the  services  of  Ombudsperson appointed under MGNREGA and the State Level Appellate Authority for receiving grievances, enquiring and passing awards.

Further, there is a system of regular monitoring through National Level Monitors (NLMs) and wherever  necessary  special  monitoring  is  also  conducted.  The  report  thus  received  from  such Central Teams/NLMs is shared with the concerned State for taking corrective measures as per the  guidelines  of  PMAY-G.  During  the  last  three  financial  years,  NLMs  have  inspected  and covered 11,152 villages across the country and the response has been found satisfactory in 99% cases.

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