Lok Sabha Question No. 1251 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2023-02-09
Subject: Funds under PMAY-U
Ministry: HOUSING AND URBAN AFFAIRS
Asked by: Sukanta Majumdar

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF HOUSING AND URBAN AFFAIRS LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1251 TO BE ANSWERED ON FEBRUARY 09, 2023

## FUNDS UNDER PMAY-U

Will the Minister of HOUSING AND URBAN AFFAIRS be pleased to

- NO. 1251.     DR. SUKANTA MAJUMDAR: state:
- (a) the  details  of  funds  released  to  West  Bengal  under  the  Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana- Urban (PMAY-U) since 2019, year-wise;
- (b) the details of projects proposals received, approved and executed under the PMAY-U since 2019 in the said State, district-wise; and
- (c) the  details  of  beneficiaries  under  the  PMAY-U  in  the  districts  of South Dinajpur and North Dinajpur since 2019, year-wise, including the complaints received regarding corruption in allotment of houses under PMAY-U?

## ANSWER THE MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF HOUSING AND URBAN AFFAIRS (SHRI KAUSHAL KISHORE)

- (a) &  (b):  The  Ministry  of  Housing  and  Urban  Affairs  (MoHUA)  is implementing  Pradhan  Mantri  Awas  Yojana  -  Urban  (PMAY-U)  since 25.06.2015 to provide pucca house with basic amenities to all eligible urban  beneficiaries  across  the  country.  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)  based  on  eligibility criteria  as  per  scheme  guidelines.  Under  PMAY-U,  as  on  31.03.2022, against  the  validated  demand  of  112.24  lakh  houses,  122.69  lakh houses were sanctioned, out  of  which  more  than  107.55  lakh  houses have been grounded and 68.02 lakh have been completed/delivered to the beneficiaries. Since 2019, for the State of West Bengal ₹ 931.36 Cr. in FY 2019-20; ₹ 1,606.02 Cr. in FY 2020-21; ₹ 431.24 Cr. in FY 2021-22

and ₹  1,034.72  Cr.  in  FY  2022-23  (till  23.01.2023) were  released  for construction of houses sanctioned in the state. The district wise details of  houses  sanctioned,  grounded  and  completed/delivered  to  West Bengal is at Annexure-I.

(c): Any  instance of irregularity/complaint/representation regarding PMAY-U including those of ineligible applicants during the entire course of implementation are addressed through suitable grievance redressal system available at both State/UT and City level as per existing rules and regulations. Moreover, a Centralised Public Grievance Redress and Monitoring System (CPGRAMS) is also available to the citizens to lodge their  grievances  to  the  public  authorities  on  any  subject  related  to service  delivery  including  PMAY-U  for  redressal.  Further,  MoHUA  has also developed a Public Grievances Redress and Monitoring System for registering any form of complaints regarding implementation of PMAY-U and its speedy disposal. The years-wise details of beneficiaries, since 2019,  under  the  PMAY-U  in  the  districts  of  South  Dinajpur  and  North Dinajpur is at Annexure-II.

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District wise details of houses sanctioned, grounded for construction and completed along with beneficiaries and no of projects sanctioned in the State of West Bengal under PMAY-U

| S.No.   | Name of District   |   No of Projects | Houses Sanctioned since 2019   | Houses Sanctioned since inception   | Grounded   | Completed   |
|---------|--------------------|------------------|--------------------------------|-------------------------------------|------------|-------------|
| 1       | Alipurduar         |                5 | 1,824                          | 5,126                               | 4,099      | 1,923       |
| 2       | Bankura            |               16 | 6,060                          | 11,745                              | 8,360      | 6,231       |
| 3       | Birbhum            |               34 | 23,724                         | 39,954                              | 31,706     | 16,346      |
| 4       | Cooch Behar        |               34 | 6,948                          | 15,117                              | 11,769     | 5,629       |
| 5       | Dakshin Dinajpur   |               14 | 5,858                          | 11,382                              | 8,730      | 3,384       |
| 6       | Darjeeling         |               16 | 10,361                         | 16,345                              | 13,212     | 5,411       |
| 7       | Hooghly            |               75 | 31,633                         | 57,610                              | 43,409     | 26,027      |
| 8       | Howrah             |                9 | 24,735                         | 36,776                              | 29,421     | 24,267      |
| 9       | Jalpaiguri         |               16 | 8,874                          | 23,694                              | 18,971     | 8,160       |
| 10      | Jhargram           |                4 | 882                            | 3,236                               | 2,559      | 1,806       |
| 11      | Kalimpong          |                4 | 2,281                          | 2,869                               | 2,083      | 807         |
| 12      | Kolkata            |               15 | 24,042                         | 30,826                              | 27,322     | 24,878      |
| 13      | Maldah             |               10 | 5,818                          | 10,796                              | 9,402      | 5,373       |
| 14      | Murshidabad        |               45 | 34,565                         | 61,376                              | 52,486     | 19,996      |
| 15      | Nadia              |               53 | 22,216                         | 47,390                              | 38,979     | 26,834      |
| 16      | North 24 Parganas  |              144 | 72,838                         | 1,41,941                            | 1,15,523   | 63,108      |
| 17      | Paschim Bardhaman  |                8 | 16,936                         | 25,873                              | 13,986     | 8,664       |
| 18      | Paschim Medinipur  |               33 | 13,824                         | 30,808                              | 25,441     | 16,039      |
| 19      | Purba Bardhaman    |               25 | 12,463                         | 20,257                              | 13,438     | 8,224       |
| 20      | Purba Medinipur    |               23 | 13,192                         | 26,971                              | 18,077     | 11,426      |
| 21      | Puruliya           |               17 | 6,745                          | 13,285                              | 11,223     | 4,975       |
| 22      | South 24 Parganas  |               35 | 18,698                         | 31,722                              | 22,486     | 12,412      |
| 23      | Uttar Dinajpur     |               21 | 13,881                         | 26,047                              | 19,743     | 7,338       |
| Total   | Total              |              656 | 3,78,398                       | 6,91,146                            | 5,42,425   | 3,09,258    |

Year  wise  details  for  number  of  Beneficiary  sanctioned  since  2019  in South  Dinajpur  &  North  Dinajpur  in  the  State  of  West  Bengal  under PMAY-U

| FY      | South Dinajpur   | North Dinajpur   |
|---------|------------------|------------------|
| 2019-20 | 540              | 3,892            |
| 2020-21 | 1,876            | 3,106            |
| 2021-22 | 3,379            | 6,824            |
| 2022-23 | 40               | 46               |
| Total   | 5,835            | 13,868           |