Lok Sabha Question No. 4382 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2023-03-28
Subject: Irregularities under PMAY-G
Ministry: RURAL DEVELOPMENT
Asked by: Jagdambika Pal

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

## LOK  SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 4382 ANSWERED ON 28/03/2023

## IRREGULARITIES UNDER PMAY-G

## 4382.   SHRI JAGDAMBIKA PAL:

Will the Minister of RURAL DEVELOPMENT be pleased to state:

- (a) the total number of the beneficiaries under Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana-Gramin (PMAYG)  during  the  year  2020-21  and  2021-22,  State  and  district-wise  particularly  in  Uttar Pradesh and North Eastern States;
- (b) the details of the houses allotted, State and district-wise particularly in Uttar Pradesh and Meghalaya;
- (c) whether the Government is planning to increase the number of beneficiaries under PMAYG, if so, the details thereof and if not, the reasons therefor;
- (d) whether the Government is targeting to provide houses for all in rural area and if so, the time by which this target will get achieved and the amount that has been sanctioned by the Government in the year 2022 for the scheme; and
- (e) whether irregularities have been identified in the implementation of the PMAY-G and if so, the details of the action taken by the Government in this regard?

## ANSWER

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

(a)  &  (b)      The  State/  Union  Territory  (UT)  -  wise  number  of  houses  sanctioned  to  the beneficiaries  under  Pradhan  Mantri  Awaas  Yojana-  Gramin  (PMAY-G)  during  2020-21  and 2021-22, particularly in Uttar Pradesh and North-Eastern States including Meghalaya is given in Annexure.

The  district-wise  details  of  houses  sanctioned  can  be  seen  at  the  programme  website  at www.pmayg.nic.in--->AwaasSoft--->Reports--->Houses  progress  against  the  target  financial year.

(c)  &  (d)      The  Union  Cabinet  had  approved  the  overall  target  of  construction  of  2.95  crore houses by March, 2024, against which a total of 2.86 crore houses have been sanctioned and 2.22 crore  houses  have  been  completed  as  on  22.03.2023.  At  present,  there  is  no  proposal  for enhancing the coverage and extending the target date for completion of targeted houses. So far, the Government had allocated Rs. 30,057.15 crore for FY 2021-22 and Rs. 48,422 crore for FY 2022-23 for implementation of the scheme.

(e)      Under  PMAY-G,  there  is  a  grievance  redressal  mechanism  set  up  at  different  levels  of administration  viz.,  Gram  Panchayat,  Block,  District  and  the  State.  The  cases  of  irregularities reported by the Hon'ble Members of Parliament, Members of State Assembly and general public directly  or  through  CPGRAMS  are  taken  up  with  the  State  Government  for  taking  necessary action. Since inception of PMAY-G i.e. 01.04.2016 till 23.03.2023, a total of 1,787 complaints relating to irregularities  in  implementation of PMAY-G have been received in the Ministry of Rural Development on CPGRAMS. As the State Govt. implements PMAY-G, these complaints have been forwarded to the State for taking necessary action under intimation to this Ministry. Out of 1,787 complaints, 1,757 have been disposed of as on 23.03.2023.

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Statement referred to in reply to parts (a) & (b) of Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No. 4382 to be answered on 28.03.2023 regarding 'Irregularities Under PMAY-G'

State-wise  details, as  on  23.03.2023 ,  of  total  number  of  houses  sanctioned  to  the  eligible beneficiaries during years 2021-22 & 2022-23, particularly in Uttar Pradesh and North-Eastern Region/States including Meghalaya:

(units in nos.)

| Sl. No.   | State/UT Name                      | Houses sanctioned in 2020-21   | Houses sanctioned in 2021-22   |
|-----------|------------------------------------|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
| 1         | Arunachal Pradesh                  | 19,059                         | 11,045                         |
| 2         | Assam                              | 1,50,040                       | 2,16,386                       |
| 3         | Bihar                              | 6,25,495                       | 9,00,020                       |
| 4         | Chhattisgarh                       | 1,57,535                       | 371                            |
| 5         | Goa                                | 32                             | 47                             |
| 6         | Gujarat                            | 21,380                         | 1,07,619                       |
| 7         | Haryana                            | 61                             | 3,318                          |
| 8         | Himachal Pradesh                   | 4,001                          | 2,730                          |
| 9         | Jammu And Kashmir                  | 64,057                         | 55,925                         |
| 10        | Jharkhand                          | 3,61,809                       | 3,90,325                       |
| 11        | Kerala                             | 3,331                          | 12,642                         |
| 12        | Madhya Pradesh                     | 7,56,736                       | 4,81,942                       |
| 13        | Maharashtra                        | 2,92,865                       | 1,18,514                       |
| 14        | Manipur                            | 17,873                         | 1,738                          |
| 15        | Meghalaya                          | 26,497                         | 3,354                          |
| 16        | Mizoram                            | 7,017                          | 0                              |
| 17        | Nagaland                           | 4,706                          | 9,832                          |
| 18        | Odisha                             | 2,90,496                       | 3,427                          |
| 19        | Punjab                             | 1,887                          | 11,420                         |
| 20        | Rajasthan                          | 2,65,114                       | 3,87,515                       |
| 21        | Sikkim                             | 0                              | 282                            |
| 22        | Tamil Nadu                         | 1,17,025                       | 2,36,247                       |
| 23        | Tripura                            | 991                            | 1,57,248                       |
| 24        | Uttar Pradesh                      | 7,28,522                       | 4,34,985                       |
| 25        | Uttarakhand                        | 47                             | 15,390                         |
| 26        | West Bengal                        | 9,41,812                       | 1,66,854                       |
| 27        | Andaman And Nicobar                | 402                            | 0                              |
| 28        | Dadra &Nagar Haveli and Daman &Diu | 99                             | 49                             |
| 29        | Lakshadweep                        | 0                              | 0                              |
| 30        | Andhra Pradesh                     | 1816                           | 0                              |
| 31        | Karnataka                          | 36,730                         | 3,978                          |
| 32        | Ladakh                             | 200                            | 477                            |
|           | Total                              | 48,97,635                      | 37,33,680                      |

Note: Telangana & Puducherry are not implementing PMAY-G.