Lok Sabha Question No. 2279 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2022-12-20
Subject: PMAY-G during Amrit Mahotsav
Ministry: RURAL DEVELOPMENT
Asked by: Sanjay Haribhau Jadhav, Omprakash Bhupalsinh alias Pawan Rajenimbalkar

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

## LOK  SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 2279 ANSWERED ON 20/12/2022

## PMAY-G DURING AMRIT MAHOTSAV

## 2279.   SHRI SANJAY JADHAV: SHRI OMPRAKASH BHUPALSINH ALIAS PAWAN RAJENIMBALKAR:

Will the Minister of RURAL DEVELOPMENT be pleased to state:

- (a) the current status of Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana-Gramin(PMAY-G);
- (b) the objective of PMAY-G to make available houses to all economic, low economic and low income household on the golden occasion of 75 years of independence (Amrit Mahotsav);
- (c) whether the Government has reviewed the current status of PMAY-G;
- (d) the assistance being provided by the Union Government to make available the houses to all eligible beneficiaries in rural areas under this yojana;
- (e) whether it is a fact that different amount has been fixed for urban (2.67) and rural areas under this yojana;
- (f) if so, the reasons therefor; and
- (g) the measures and steps taken by the Government to bridge the gap between urban and rural areas?

## ANSWER

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

(a) & (b)  In order to achieve the target of 'Housing for All' in rural areas, the Ministry of Rural  Development  is  implementing  Pradhan  Mantri  Awaas  Yojana-  Gramin  (PMAY-G) with effect from 1 st April, 2016 to provide assistance to eligible rural households with overall target  to  construct  2.95  crore  pucca  houses  with  basic  amenities  by  March,  2024.  Under PMAY-G, a total target of 2.92 crore houses had been allocated various States/UTs, out of which,  2.49  crore  houses  have  been  sanctioned  to  beneficiaries  by  various  States/UTs  and 2.11 crore houses have been completed as on 15.12.2022.

On the occasion of 75 years of independence (Azadi ka Amrit Mahotsav), under PMAY-G, the Ministry has achieved the completion target of 2.02 crore houses by 15 th August, 2022.

(c) The status  of  the  PMAY-G has  regularly been  reviewed  by  the  Ministry  at  various fora including through Performance Review Committee (PRC) meetings and Annual Action Plan  meetings,  state  and  regional  level  meetings  to  ensure  timely  completion  of  targeted houses with the stipulated time.

(d) to (f)  Pradhan Mantri Awaas Yojana- Gramin (PMAY-G)

A unit  assistance  of  Rs.  1.20  lakh  in  plain  areas  and  Rs.  1.30  lakh  in  difficult  areas,  IAP districts,  Hilly  States  (including  UTs  of  J&K  and  Ladakh)  under  PMAY-G is   provided to beneficiaries.  In  addition  to  this  assistance  of  Rs.12,000/-  is  provided  for  construction  of toilets  through  convergence  with  Swacch  Bharat  Mission-Gramin  (SBM-G),  Mahatma

Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (MGNREGS) or any other dedicated source of funding. There is also a provision of 90/95 persondays of un-skilled labour wage under  MGNREGA  for  construction  of  house,  over  and  above  the  unit  assistance.   In convergence  with  other  Government  Schemes  for  provision  of  basic  amenities  viz.,  toilet, drinking water connection, electricity connection, clean & efficient cooking fuel, treatment of social and liquid waste etc is provided to PMAY-G beneficiaries.

The  Union  Cabinet  had  approved  the  continuation  of  PMAY-G  beyond  March,  2021  till March,  2024  as  per  the  existing  norms  to  complete  the  remaining  houses  within  the cumulative target of 2.95 crore houses.  The unit assistance provided to beneficiaries under PMAY-G is as per the approval of the Union Cabinet and at present, there is no proposal under consideration in the Ministry for revision of unit assistance under PMAY-G.

Pradhan Mantri Awaas Yojana- Urban (PMAY-U)

Land  and  Colonization  are  State  subjects.   However,  the  Ministry of Housing and  Urban Affairs,    under the vision of 'Housing for All', supplements  the  efforts  of  States/UTs  by providing Central Assistance under Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana-Urban (PMAY-U), for construction of houses for all eligible families/ beneficiaries in urban areas since 25.06.2015. The scheme covers the entire urban area of the country, i.e., all statutory towns as per Census 2011 and towns notified subsequently, including Notified Planning/Development Areas.

The scheme comprises four components, viz., Beneficiary-led individual house construction/ enhancements  (BLC),  Affordable  Housing  in  Partnership  (AHP),  'In-situ' Slum Redevelopment (ISSR) and Credit Linked Subsidy Scheme (CLSS). Under BLC and AHP  components,  the  central  assistance  of  ₹1.5  lakh  per  house,  while  for  the  ISSR component, the Central assistance of ₹1 lakh per house is provided by the Government for Economically Weaker  Section (EWS)  beneficiaries. Under  CLSS  component  of the PMAY(U), there is an interest subsidy of 6.5 % for Economically Weaker Section (EWS)/ Low Income Group (LIG) calculated on housing loan up to ₹6 lakh over a loan tenure of 20 years.

The mission period of PMAY-U was up to 31.03.2022 which has since been extended upto 31.12.2024  for  completion  of  all  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.

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